tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102624311203641219.post8782017960730962373..comments2023-10-06T01:15:50.055-07:00Comments on Manual: diablo woodworker club auction jewelry box in reclaimed redwood part iiAngostura Bittershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18059116265834492301noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102624311203641219.post-54901665442395075032014-11-04T09:08:16.700-08:002014-11-04T09:08:16.700-08:00This is an exquisite case, Adam. Beautifully and s...This is an exquisite case, Adam. Beautifully and sensitively done. I especially appreciate the intricate and enormous effort shown on the end joint's 'half-dovetails' - fantastic. I recall Uncle Mikes purple cloth. Looks simply great there.<br /><br />I wonder if you could place the hinge screws into the redwood with some epoxy smeared on their threads - to give them a little extra 'bonded' shear support. Maybe even a few drops of thick cyano acrylate glue into the screw holes before the screws are set might help. This to let the screws use more of the parent material - be involved in load reaction rather than just the high load potential of the threads bearing against the soft wood with high stress concentrations. (At Boeing there is always the tendency for the ultra conservative structural analysts - Boeing Stress - to require mechanical fasteners in all bonded joints and visa-versa. It's a belt and suspenders world up here. But when you're bouncing around on a cold and rainy night at 40,000 feet in a B777 you're glad those guys insisted on things like that, eh?)popnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102624311203641219.post-19797599930134233412014-11-04T06:36:17.727-08:002014-11-04T06:36:17.727-08:00thanks for the compliment, jeff - yep, i think you...thanks for the compliment, jeff - yep, i think you're right: i should have laid down a few more coats before continuing...alack next time!.Angostura Bittershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18059116265834492301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102624311203641219.post-35736632910118932292014-11-04T06:17:02.881-08:002014-11-04T06:17:02.881-08:00With softwood, it can take a good number of coats ...With softwood, it can take a good number of coats of Watco to get an even finish. I like to let it set until its tacky before wiping as it tends to give a bit more build on the surface. When I want a bit more surface build, but not much, I use two or three coats of Minwax Antique Oil which is really an oil/varnish mix. I let it get tacky and wipe (hard) the excess. Then light steel wool and wax.<br /><br />I very much like the lid lifting detail. Very Krenovian.<br /><br />JeffPremodern Blokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05341688338690161075noreply@blogger.com