Noah B Woodworks

There’s nothing too crazy different to report on since yesterday. I’m happy with the 3D printer upgrade, it definitely makes a significant difference in the amount of noise that’s coming out of the machine. I’ve sort of been in music making mode for the last few days and yesterday I rearranged a bunch of hardware in the studio. I know what needs to happen out in the shop but I haven’t gotten to it yet. Unfortunately that doesn’t make for a very interesting blog post. My daughter has daycare today so I’ll try to motivate myself to get out there for a couple hours to finish up the tessellated box project.

I really like the way that this tessellated box is turning out. I’m very interested to try another pattern, and to sure up my method for making mitered joinery. Obviously doing it on the table saw with a sled is probably the best way to go about it, but I can’t help but think that there’s a better way. It seems that the miters are just a little bit off, and there might be some play in the table saw and sled that’s causing small gaps to occur at glue up. From a distance it looks fine but because the tessellations will likely be getting more and more detailed, those gaps will become more and more of a problem.

I’d also like to do rabbeted joinery for the top and bottom. The butt joint looks a little sloppy on this first one. It should clean up with a round over but still. I’ve been wanting to make a humidor for myself so I’m thinking that’ll be the next project. The tricky thing with humidors is that the inside is lined with either Spanish cedar or Honduran mahogany. It’s easier for me to get Honduran mahogany here in Michigan and I’ve got some from the last time I attempted to make a humidor. A thin quarter inch lining is all that is needed, and I’d most likely do a box within a box method. I’d make the outer box first and then carefully do the lining with the mahogany. More research needs to be done there as to what method is best for my shop.

Another adjustment I’d like to make is to CAD in a horizontal break in the tessellation that is the width of my table saw blade. This way I can cut the box lid off at the table saw, which seems a little sketchy, but it would theoretically be more accurate. I could also do this with my thin Japanese pull saw blades, but it’s almost not even worth doing, as those are around a 32nd or 64th of an inch thick. It really depends on how this first one turns out, and if the material that’s cut away makes the tessellation look weird at the seam.