Creative Woodworks & crafts 2004-09, страница 44

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moose pattern by Marilyn Carmin, box designed and sawn by Wes Demaresf

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SUPPLIES

Wood; wddd of choice (we used chefry)--~one. piece l/2''x 6-1/'4" x 9" (fotlhe tbipvone piece ljTxbAjTx.^:\ 9" (for the bottom)", two pieces t/2"x 3" x 9" {for the f . front end oscki panels!}, Two piecc-s 3/4'^: x 6-1 /2" x 6 •: /4" j (for the ends)": walnut—one piece 3/^6"x 4,1/2" x 3 6" (fot oveday), tv/o pieces 3/4" x 1/14" x 6-1 /2" (for the end top caps)" \

Tools: scroll saw with No. 2/0 blades; drill with No. 58, 3/15", 1/4''-braci npinf. and pilo! with countersink bits; I power carving tools witiVan assortment of burrs Sandpaper, 120- to 320-grir )

Wood glue

Fourteen wood screws/.No; 6^:*_;] - j/4.':;

Two hinges. 1 /4" x 1 "-iong brass rod f

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■*tn our project, there were variations in the widths (sec- -| ond dimension listed) of the top, bottom,, and end pieces. We did not saw the ifregijlar'fronf edges of these I pieces in-order to allow ins worm galleries to function as ; dynamic accents. Trio fron t and back panels vve.-e /.be ; rtdk bex pieces to be cut strdight dn ail.iides. |

Introduction

Whenever we look at a pattern, whether it is a new one fresh off the press (such as this one) or one that is being resurrected from the dusty trunk, we go through an evaluative process to see what we can do with it. Do we cut it out of a slab, plywood, or glued-up stock? Do we frame it, mat it,

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apply a background, dispense with a background, hang it, or sit it? Well, 1 started this one without Alice's input but, ""rankly, as far as Robert and I are concerned, it's a keeper!

INSTRUCTIONS

Cutting and drilling

Step 1. I've had these two cherry boards lying around the shop for several years. They are live edge with worms under the bark and they vary in width, but they have just been waiting to be book matched with the right project. Well, I saw this moose pattern and immediately visualized it small in size and used as an overlay on a box—and that