Small projects from your milled wood others would trow away..

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Had a few blanks left over from this piece I milled,,and hated to just trow it away,,so I searched on the net and wondered what I can do with this,,,and then I found it,,a band saw box...Thought this was a neat idea with pieces some people would just trow away for the trash,,and wanted to share..Did this in a few hours...Just want to share the step by step process I wnt tru makin this so far...
First pic. I squared a blank and cut a top radius,,,this is for the top of the box...

Then I cut the end of the box off around a 1/2 inch,,and will glue it back together later....

Layout for the top of the box...

Top cut out...

 

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Layout for the inside of the box...

Blank cut out with the top...

Sanding more radius for clearance for the top to clear...

I glued the 1/2 inch ends I cut off earlyer and put me a shim,,really,,,paper shim at .030 thousands for the top to open ,and clearance,,and layed out for dowelling the ends for a hindge....

 

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After pushing dowells tru and not glueing them in yet,,did somemore ruff sanding for everything to be smooth,,and to check fit....

Tomorrow alot of fine sanding then stain.....I just wanted to share with all us that mill and some as I did,,what can I do with these small pieces....Had a good day in the shop and it was fun,,and this is my first band saw box...I know it wont be great like some of the pics. of on the web I seen,,but so far so good.... Thank you all my friends that got me into millin, helped me,this is a wonderfull hobby I been enjoying so much.....I'll post finished pics when she's done..

 

[Daninvan]

Very nice 1st effort!

So, locust?

 

[dustytools]

Well done Jesse!!

 

[TraditionalTool]

That is a nice little box, I like it!

 

[huskyhank]

Excellent!

 

[BobL]

Sweet!

 

[DUGs-sawshop]

Nice idea , looks great.

 

[jimdad07]

Very good use of scrap.

 

[Backwoods]

Very nice.
By the time a piece of wood makes it to the fire wood pile I have to be getting real cold or I just can not see it being of use. I have a growing assortment of project wood. The other day I started making a set of croquet balls and a mallet, which may turn into a nest box full of eggs before I get a croquet set turned to proper size. I had a piece of apple firewood in the back of my truck when a friend brought over some homemade blackberry brandy as a gift so I grabbed that stick of wood and turned a goblet. I need more storage or more time for projects.

 

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Finished today,,and Thank you all....

I hope this helped for someone as I did to search on how to make a band saw box,,,now there are alot more diffrent ways I seen on here,,,but it's hard to find anything that show a step by step way of doing it and thats why I wanted to show how I made this one...
This was a pretty fun project ...It didnt take alot of tools or machines to make this,,bandsaw,, belt sander,,,drill press,,alot of hand sanding,,but it was fun and relaxing,,and will make a nice gift for a friend of mine..
This was one of the scrap slabs I was gonna go ahead and cut up for firewood,,and glad I didnt...Now,,,I still dont know exactally what kinda tree it is..I been told so many diffrent things,,but this is the one from the ice storm last year that I cut and milled for the man in Richmond,,and he said it was german oak,,what ever that is,,cause thats the first time I heard of that...
The lighting was kinda off on this and makes it look lighter,,but this is part of the slab I got it from.....

This is the tru color..

Backwoods "" By the time a piece of wood makes it to the fire wood pile I have to be getting real cold or I just can not see it being of use. I have a growing assortment of project wood. The other day I started making a set of croquet balls and a mallet, which may turn into a nest box full of eggs before I get a croquet set turned to proper size. I had a piece of apple firewood in the back of my truck when a friend brought over some homemade blackberry brandy as a gift so I grabbed that stick of wood and turned a goblet. I need more storage or more time for projects...""
Kinda the way I think...If anyone else have any ideas of small things,,,post em,,and I'd love to try it......Ty all again....

 

[BobL]

Even Sweeter!

Kinda the way I think...If anyone else have any ideas of small things,,,post em,,and I'd love to try it......Ty all again....

Some stuff I've made from firewood

Grey edge is naturally weathered

This was not turned and made with a router to follow the irregular shape of the branch.

Knock box for an espresso machine

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