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TOCREATEA BOXORNAMENT
Tocreateanornamentoftheboxyouhavestartwithwhatsizedoestheboxneedtobetofitonablockofwoodthatis1¾x1¾x4inchlong.Withthatinyourmindyougotosetupyoursawtocuttheperfectdiamondsfromtheselectedwoodyouchose.Youtestyourfitbycutting3diamondsandiftheyfittogetherexactlytightyoucanstartcuttingyourmultidiamondstomaketheboxes.Thenalsocutadjoiningpiecestomakearectangle,thenaddsidepiecestoformasegmentthatwillfitonthebaseblockthatis1¾x1¾x4inches.
Threedifferenttrianglestestedtofitexactly;allthecornersfittightly,atthispointyoucanmasscutyourdiamondsformakingtheboxes.
Youattachtheseboxsegmentstotheblocks,afterslicingtheminhalfandaddingapieceofveneertothebottomofthesegmentwhichbecomesapictureframeafterturningtoaglobe..
ToholdtheboxdesignsevenlyandsquareIusedacoupleof1/8inchdowelpinstoholdtheboxsignsinplace,whenapplyinggluetofoursides.Thingsgetalittleslipperyandhardtoapplyclamps,thedowelpinskeepeverythinginlineandcentered.
Chuckuptheblankandturnitround,thenattherightendwecutaplugthatis13/8inchindiameter,Imademyselfacutoutthatis13/8”,thiswaseasiertomeasuringthanwithcalibers.
Sincethisisaplugwehavea5degreetappertotheplug,Idrewapatternincardboardtotestthe5degreetapper.Thecardboardwasn’tgoingtoholdupinusesoImadeaaluminumpatternofa5degreetapper.
Beforeyoucutofftheplugsectionmarktheplugandtheglobeasshown,thiswillhelpyou
lineupthepluganditsgraindesignwhenyouinserttheplugbackintotheglobesbody.
IhollowouttheglobebycheatingabitIdrillout90%ofthewoodinsteadofusingahollowingtoolandgoingintoasmallhole.Youcangetintotheglobealoteasierthiswhytohollow.Thensizetheopeningtomatchtheplugwithits5%tapperusingaaluminumpatterntoinsertintothehole.Thelipthatisleftontheglobeistheretoindicatethesizeoftheplug,thatwascutfreeandnottogowiderthanthelip.
Makeyourselfasquarescraperasshowandgrindoffthefrontbottomofthescrapertokeepitfromdigginginandgrindoffthesidetokeepfromcuttingthesidesoftheholelargerthanneeded.Thepurposeofthescraperistoaidincuttinga5degreetapertomatchtheplug.
Hollowtheglobeandcuta5degreetaperontheopeningtomatchtheplug.
Thisishowmuchhollowingcanbedoneinahurry.Andyoucanseehowmuchmoretohollow.Byusingaspecialsquarescraperasshownyoucancutandsizetheplugholewithoutenlargingthewidthoftheplughole.Juststaywithinthelipthatwasleftasaguide.
Withthealuminumpatternusetheoppositeendtofitinsidetotestthe5degreetapper.
Testthefitofthepluganddrawalinearoundtoseethedepthoftheplugthatwasinserted.
Onceyoucutthematchingtapperoftheplug,youcanusethicksupergluetoglueintheplug.Hereyouseetheindicatorlinethatwasusedtoaligntheplugtothegrainofthebasewood.
Beforeyouturntheendoftheglobeandtheplug,drilla¼inchholeallthewaythroughtheglobe.Ifoundthatafteryoushapedtheglobesandedandappliedthefinish,wheretheglobeattachedtothechuckandwhereyoucuttheglobeoff.Theglobeusuallyhadalipleftontheendandthefinishneededtobeimproved.
Aftersandingandapplyingafinishtotheglobe,youcutofffromthemainblock.Ifoundthatitleftalipandthefinishwasn’twhatIwanted.SoIcameupwithagigusinganearlierglobeblockandinsertinga¼”dowelgavemewhatIneededtoslidetheglobeontoremovethelipandapplythefinish.
Thegigwitha¼inchdowelsoastobeabletosliptheglobeonandfinishbyremovingthelipandapply
Finish.
Thisgigwasmadefromanearlierglobeblockaddeda¼inchdoweljustshortoftheglobesbodylength.Iftheglobeisabitlooseinsertapiecepapertoweltothe¼inchdowel.
Theendresultsofaboxornament.2017
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