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Andyp wrote:Isn't that what biscuits are for Rob?
Andyp wrote:According to Wiki and Lamello biscuits jointers have been around since the mid 50’s
9fingers wrote:Try as I may, I really can't see any virtue in this design. It's half piratical chest and half apple box joinery.
For me the question is more like why did AP make it not how
Was it a characteristic of his work to make copying a challenge perhaps?
Trying to be positive:-
I think if i were to make it, layers would be the way to go and I think I'd have alternate staves of the ends over long for a more symmetrical log cabin look to the corners and have the staves all the same thickness.
As for the domed lid, a few sums based on the number of staves and the radius required will give the chamfer angle - a bit like my polyagonal coopered waste bins last year.
If you want the curve of the lid to be part of an elipse rather than a circle then different sums are needed.
Good luck with the project Rob - If anyone can pull it off you can with your meticulous attention to details. I will be watching with interest.
Bob
9fingers wrote:Did you say how big it will be?
Certainly I'd fit some sort of stay to limit the lid travel to before the point then lid will try and tear out the hinges.
If young fingers are likely to get near it then a gas spring will offer protection and correctly fitted will also limit lid travel. Either one for short chest or a pair on a longer jobby.
Bob
9fingers wrote:I use both
https://www.sgs-engineering.com/gas-struts
and
https://www.strutsdepot.com/
Both products seem equally good just depends on price.
HTH
Bob
Rod wrote:I bought some from eBay and very cheap too:
But sadly not in brass.
Rod
TrimTheKing wrote:Have a look on Hafele Rob. They have EVERYTHING on there.
You have to buy bulk but I found a guy whose business is placing bulk orders on behalf of others (doesn’t have to be bulk of same item just minimum order value) so he takes orders and when big enough places them then shops to you. Takes a little linger but was only a week for me to receive my stuff.
TrimTheKing wrote:Just had a search. They were called Chippys mate but they’ve expanded now and you can find them at https://www.affordabledreambedrooms.co.uk/contact-page/
Don’t know whether they still do the Hafele provision but you could always ask.
Woodster wrote:Looking good. How does it compare to the Anarchist's tool chest?
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