Shaker box prep
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Jay, I think these little boxes were made by steaming the thinly sliced wood then bent to shape using a mold. A bandsaw would come in handy for cutting the wood. I was actually looking at the kits lee valley sells the other day and was trying to come up with a plan on how to steam bend these. My vegetable steamer may see an alternate use in the coming weeks 🙂
13 October 2014 at 1:06 pm #119434John Wilson in Michigan has a lot of info on all things Shaker Boxes. I really want to take a class at his shop someday.
Here is a link to some of his articles.
Hope this helps,
Matthttp://shakerovalbox.com/finished/aboutfinished.htm
Thanks for the replies.
Dave, I think these boxes would actually be great practice for bending. I need to figure out how to prep the wood though. I don’t use a bandsaw, but I do have a frame saw. I think the cuts would be difficult… probably take some practice.
Matt, thanks for the links. Lots of good stuff in there if you are using table/band saws. I’m interested in how this was done traditionally as well.
Thanks again.
14 October 2014 at 3:11 am #119455Take a look at Tom Fidgen,s unplugged woodshop Blog he saws to 1/8 to make vin. He has the kerfing plane and a frame saw. He has youto bit’s on them
FrankjThanks, Frank… I just picked up a frame saw and started practicing with it, which is what got me interested in this topic originally. I’ll look for those Tom Fidgen videos.
Dave… I think the Shakers were making these boxes around 1800, so I guess they were probably using frame saws and planes… it does seem really amazing at the skill involved in something that looks so simple.
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