Curved Lids
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I’m contemplating building a couple projects that would create a rounded or curved lid. The nearest I can figure is to mitre two angle edges and then join them (glue) with a a flat top or buy a thick piece of wood and then plane the round top out of a single piece which would be expensive. Any idea how to go about such a task using hand tools.
18 November 2014 at 5:07 am #121077I found a couple of sites to research building a pirate’s chest. Hopefully this is what you’re looking for.
http://www.binkyswoodworking.com/PiratesChest.php – scroll down the page a little to see how this guy did it
http://www.instructables.com/id/Pirates-treasure-chest/?ALLSTEPS
http://www.wbgu.org/americanwoodshop/episodes.html?season=18&episode=1805 – I didn’t watch the whole video so I don’t know how good their technique is. I just bookmarked it for later reference.
20 November 2014 at 4:49 pm #121224Hello Dave,
I was hoping to see a few answers to this before I started my project, a small treasure chest for my little brother. I used the method of a segmented top which was glued together and planed down to shape.
Trace one end once you’ve cut the other. It’s much more important that they’re the same, so the segments will lie flat, than that the angles are particularly exact. I made the mistake of laying them out individually, which left a lot of tiresome trimming when it came to fitting the segments.
I didn’t like the idea of using screws or nails to hold on the slats, for visuals and also because I’d be running my plane over it, so used screws to clamp the slats in place while the glue dried then drilled out the holes and filled them with dowels.
The pictures tell the rest of the story.
I am looking for a lock now, like a drawer lock but with a sort of hook. Anyone know a good supplier?
Thanks, Matt
20 November 2014 at 6:25 pm #121231Thanks Nir.
It also occurred to me that pinch dogs would work well, and if you left the segments long you could trim off the holes. Combine that with a strap to clamp the lid down and you wouldn’t have to spoil the top at all.
20 November 2014 at 6:25 pm #121232Thanks Nir.
It also occurred to me that pinch dogs would work well, and if you left the segments long you could trim off the holes. Combine that with a strap to clamp the lid down and you wouldn’t have to spoil the top at all.
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