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Tissue Box
I just joined this forum after Pottz was nice enough to contact me on the “other” forum. Nice to see some familiar people here. I’ll post a few of my recent projects, starting with the current one.
It seems that cardboard tissue boxes are getting uglier all the time, so I decided to make a nicer one from wood. The sides are Walnut with Maple inlay. The attached top is an off cut from a previous project of figured Walnut that was too nice to discard, with Wenge trim. The removable bottom is solid Walnut with Wenge trim. It’s held in place with another piece of 3/8” Walnut glued to the inside face and milled to the exact dimensions of the box interior. I used my shooting board and a sharp plane to produce a tight friction fit. The finish is Osmo Polyx satin. Now that it’s received the stamp of approval from my wife, I’m making a second one so that we’ll have a matching pair in our bedroom. Thanks for looking, Tim
It seems that cardboard tissue boxes are getting uglier all the time, so I decided to make a nicer one from wood. The sides are Walnut with Maple inlay. The attached top is an off cut from a previous project of figured Walnut that was too nice to discard, with Wenge trim. The removable bottom is solid Walnut with Wenge trim. It’s held in place with another piece of 3/8” Walnut glued to the inside face and milled to the exact dimensions of the box interior. I used my shooting board and a sharp plane to produce a tight friction fit. The finish is Osmo Polyx satin. Now that it’s received the stamp of approval from my wife, I’m making a second one so that we’ll have a matching pair in our bedroom. Thanks for looking, Tim
14 Comments
Clean fabrication and good looking! Very nice:)
No name noobie here
Nicely done! I've made a few, but didn't put in a bottom - this has a nice clean look.
Very nice.
Looks very nice for snot receptacles. Possibly the nicest tissue box I have seen. Friction fits are so nice. Good to see you posting here.
Very nice!
L/W
L/W
“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” Benjamin Franklin
Real nice work
Really nice work. And welcome!
Ryan/// ~sigh~ I blew up another bowl. Moke told me "I made the inside bigger than the outside".
Thanks everyone!
Excellent work and great looking as well.
Ron
Beautiful colors! Rich and warm.
I'm always tempted to make these with a friction fit but I figure as soon as I do, they'll change the standard dimensions.
I'm always tempted to make these with a friction fit but I figure as soon as I do, they'll change the standard dimensions.
Very attractive tissue box! Nice design and choice of woods!!
Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day
Thanks again. Just to be clear, the friction fit comes from sliding the bottom on to the box, the same way that is often used to hold a lid in place . A 3/8” thick piece of Walnut is milled to tightly fit into the body of the box, then glued to the bottom. That way the bottom will slide snugly in place and not fall off. I had originally planned to add small magnets to hold the bottom in place, but I found that they were not necessary. I left a bit of clearance inside for the cardboard box. And you are right, I hope they don’t change the size of the boxes!
An interesting combination of timber which works well.
A very nice build - I especially like the wenge and walnut top.
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