Recipe Boxes

comments (7) December 8th, 2009 in Reader's Gallery

tooljunkie12 tooljunkie12, member
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Christmas Gifts 2009
Book matched lid panel
Quadrant hinge
Raised panel lids and splined miter corners
Maple divider tabs
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Recipe boxes for my Wife, Daughter and Son. One each of African Manogany, Lyptus and Cherry with raised panel lids of Quilted Maple. Finished with varnish and wax.


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SelenaW SelenaW writes: My recipes are a mess. A gift this nice would certainly inspire me to clean off the top of the fridge were the stack leans precariously most of the time. Great idea and love the quilted maple tops.
Posted: 12:01 am on May 27th

gnmix gnmix writes: Beautiful work, and something that will be used every day! I'm intrigued by the divider labels. The grain shows through and the words almost look stenciled. May I ask, how did you do the labels?
Posted: 1:14 pm on January 2nd

tooljunkie12 tooljunkie12 writes: Thanks for all the kind comments.
I built a dedicated table saw sled to cut the miters and still had problems until I added slots for hold-downs, if the piece moves or lifts even slightly the miter won't be accurate.
I mortised for the quadrant hinges by hand and used a 1/8" spiral cutter (used to cut sheet-rock around electrical boxes) in my drill press as a sort of long router bit to drill and cut the deep mortise for the bar of the hinge to drop into. The hinge needs to be flush with the surface of the wood or the box won't close properly. I use a small curved carving gouge to cut the round ends of the mortise for the hinge leaf.
Posted: 11:54 pm on December 10th

jbschutz jbschutz writes: These recipe boxes are exquisite! I have made a few recipe boxes as gifts, but never the double size. Beautiful work and nice desigh, too.
Posted: 5:26 pm on December 9th

jbschutz jbschutz writes: These recipe boxes are exquisite! I have made a few recipe boxes as gifts, but never the double size. Beautiful work and nice desigh, too.
Posted: 5:26 pm on December 9th

Huckleberry Huckleberry writes: Very nice work!
I like the corner splines.
I am going to attempt to install quadrant hinges. Do you have any pointers?
Thanks!
Posted: 3:47 pm on December 9th

misha1031 misha1031 writes: Hi Randy
I have been having trouble getting good bevels on my boxes (I'm just a beginner)..
Would you mind sharing how you are getting such perfect miters on the box sides?
Beautiful work, very inspiring!
Posted: 8:54 am on December 9th

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