How To Make A Shadow Box
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- Опубліковано 25 лип 2024
- Today We are making a shadow box. it is a simple project with a few things to think through.
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To any beginner discouraged about how their dovetails are coming out as you fit them together, always complete the projects. Water based glue will actually swell the joint a tiny bit, a lot of gaps I’m upset about aren’t even visible by the time they’re glued and planed flush
I'll add that finishing them make them pop and kinda hide their flaws too ;-)
James I’ve watched this video multiple times. I’ve looked for a shadow box that I can commemorate my 2 best friends that I lost over the last couple years. This one is exactly the concept I’m looking for. Thanks so much
The timing of this couldn't be more perfect. I am an amateur woodworker from the Philippines and I tried my first handcut dovetail a week ago using Lauan which is very accessible to me. It's very inspiring to see woodworkers I look up to, actually use the wood I can work with. ❤️❤️
More power to you!
love your enthusiasm.
Very nice and I was blown away that you cut the front off with a hand saw. There’s countless videos on how to get this right with a table saw, much less with a hand saw.
I gift like this is something that I sure your Pastor and his family will cherish for generations.
Simple but beautiful, inspiring as always. Thank you.
As a new hobbyist, I have no clue how you more experienced guys are so so precise!
I learned the hard way to use the marking knife for everything when wanting precision.
Practice makes perfect. make it a goal to cut & fit a set of 3 dovetail joints every day, before you know it you can cut & fit a box with beautifully done dovetails in under an hour.. if you are disciplined enough to do a set a day for practice , you'd probably be as good as these guys in a month or two.
Go look at Rob Cosman (elsewhere on YT) for his excellent hand tool dovetail technique videos. His approach will get you really satisfying dovetails straight off the saw - if not first time, then within a very few tries.
I tested Rob’s claim about this by attempting my first dovetails using a battered ‘Black & Decker WorkMate’ knockoff of a folding bench for my work holding, a work site panel saw for my cutting and some not great plywood for my material. The only other tools I used were a combination square, a 1:7 dovetail layout ‘square’, a Stanley knife for layout lines and 1/2” chisel. My cynical, disbelieving self thought “If your claims about this method are true, then it’ll work in crap circumstances as well as good.” The results left me gobsmacked. The joint went together first time, straight off the saw (i.e. no trimming to adjust), lined up, with the boards automatically square to each other, was self supporting and looked good (despite the habit of less-than-perfect plywood to delaminate when you’re sawing its edges). I’d been learning woodworking for perhaps a year, & I’m still a w/e woodworker not a full timer.
After that, @briangustin3745 is right: just practice stuff. Make stuff that doesn’t have any other purpose except allowing you to practice your techniques.
The wood is just a shadow of its former self
Thanks James!
Thanks. When I started following you, I was wanting to work on smaller boxes with hand tools. This is a little larger than the projects I am planning but the techniques are exactly what I expect to use. Gives me a sense of the tools. Now if I could just get that small bench for working on my apartment balcony....
That was a nice gift for your pastor. I'm sure he will cherish it.
Beautiful display!! Look forward to the memories it brings in the years to come!
Hi back James! And nice project there
This is a truly beautiful shadow box. Excellent video and narration was perfect and helped explain each step.👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Super neat build. Love it.
I`ve never heard of a shadow box before this video. Thank you.
I love this man. U have some really nice tools. I like to use the hand saw now and again but I'm not skilful enough just yet. I really enjoy using hand planes. I recently bought some cheaper hand planes to get started with. They're well made for planes so cheap and the soles are true too. I need to work more on the edging of my blades though.
Phillopeno Mahogany look very soft wood to work with. My issue is here where I live it's very hard to get hands on good timber like these species. I live in Ireland.
It's not easy to get even some Ash anymore. We used ASH for well over 140 yrs to make the HURLEY's we played our national sport with but I don't think it so easy to get ash now. Isn't Ash a decent hardwood?
I really like the look of ur workshop my brother. I started working with wood about 18 months ago. I had to fix some old doors at home nad it would kill me to spend that kind of money when I could easily fix them. Well that was my thinking anyways.. LOL
Would it be ok to make one of these boxes out of cheaper PINE? I was asked to make one for a family member bcos she wants to keep some of her sons medals and things in it. He recently became a father himself and I think she wants to keep it for his son.
I'm not good enough just yet to cut dovetails so I was thinking on 45 mitre corners with some nice splines in there? I know it's not the classy finish u have here but for me it will be fine. I use power tools as well bcos I don't have rebate planes or hand tools like that. I will be looking for the video u said u made one and are still using.
My apologies for my usual longwinded comment. I say usual bcos when I begin talking about woodworking I cannot stop my friend.
Take care and keep up the great content. I sub'd & liked and I will be looking for more of ur videos soon.
Thanks for the inspiration man..
God go with u brother
I’ve been thinking about making a shadow box. Nicely done!
My son will be retiring from the Army in two years and this will make a nice gift.
Great project
Liked the magnet trick, better than fumbling around with a magnet with my fat fingers
Beautiful simplicity
Beautiful work, James! It really looks great! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Always a pleasure to watch your videos 😊 appreciated.
Lovely! Nice work, as always.
Making this (known colloquially as "shadow boxing") is a great way to improve your fighting skills.
Great build and a beautiful result
Again and again, so many thanks! ❤
Great job!
Comment down below! Or above depending on where this is!
Australia, for example.
Nice work ,I need to make three of these to house my collection of cork screws .now I have an idea where to start.
Good build. I gotta get that Reed chamfer sled built.
Beautiful result! The wood looks real furry while you're working it, but it cleans up good!
Nice Work!
Great video and project!
Good Job James
Nice project
Looks great.
Nicely done
Thanks for sharing that!
Can you do a show on fixing dovetail gaps. Love the box. Very nice
That looked like a lot of fun (and I do like dovetails!)
But I was never a fan of the Shadows. So how would I go about making a Vorlon box? 🤔
. Now there's a good reference.
Would you have to build a special atmosphere for the vorlon box to exist?
@@cheryldawkins7486 Naw, just use smokey glass.
Looks great
Very nice!
That plow plain is groovy
Nice, might make one for my Navy days memorabilia.
Great Video !
I have been wanting to combine a shadow box and flag holder for my late fathers flag and military ribbons. Beautifully done!!
I did one of those a couple years ago.
@@WoodByWrightHowTo do you have a video on it for inspiration?
I want to make one of those too. Will be referencing both this video and the flag box video.
Here you go. ua-cam.com/video/X7y27-_xgFY/v-deo.html
It's always nice when a shadow box's shadow is a box.
Great info on bidding groves
Your boxing skills are impressive
thank you
Great vid
Very nice, as always.
Now, please consider doing a tutorial on making a shadow box with side that are not perpendicular to the wall. Compound mitres on the corners in other words.
Hi, Amazing work, would you be able provide the list of the tools used to make this box ? Thank you.
Your Pastor will treasure it for years.
Hiya fea Scotland.
About the plugs to fill the holes left by the grooves: I'm just a hobbyist, but I find it much easier to compensate by adjusting the pins to avoid holes all together than to make plugs with matching grain direction and all that. Perhaps a topic for a future video? In any case: many thanks and best greetings from Norway.
Usually I do that. But in this case there was not enough space to fit in the two sized tables on this one.
Nice project and...hiiii😜
Its good
Awsome
Nice
Comment down below. Excellent quality craftsmanship as usual.
Hi. That looks a bit mean, so I must say I enjoyed the video.
nice box, do you have a link for the drawer bottom size stick? I could do with one of them.
I have a couple different videos making a couple styles of pinch rods. Here is one. ua-cam.com/video/2yTf0yAT-QA/v-deo.html
Loved the video, need to make a few dozen of these for my Doctor Who collection. No snide comment this time, guess I need to get out and put my new presents to use... wife got me the Veritas marking gauge and one of the dove tail guides so no pressure right ???
Don't the feathers get in the way by the way are you using handgun only or rifles too on your shooting board
Nice JOb
To include ones mistake is a statement in and of itself with regard to the depth of the workman...shalom
i like your videos
Happiness!!!
Nice job, as usual. Have you consider to rotate your board when you cut on the left side of the dovetail jig? This way, you will be again on the right side.
Yes. But I find it more useful to teach my left hand. It comes in handy a lot to be able to saw with both hands.
@@WoodByWrightHowTo That wouldn't work for me, I'm very intensely right handed. My wife, however, sews with either hand regularly.
How will it be hung on the wall, you've done all the joinery and fittings to "make" the box, but how do they hang it on the wall?
I realized an editing I left out that section as well as the final finish. I think I accidentally deleted the files when I moved them over. I just use simple sawtooth hangers. I put two of them on it.
Neat
I LOVE that marking knife!! Link please?
Here you go. lakeerietoolworks.com/products/marking-knife?variant=44363447173334
Thank you sir!
Snide remark du jour.
Hi!
Shhh, Nobody tell White Oak that James was using Mahogany. I guess what he does in the shadows is his business.
Why didn't I think of the magnet trick before I glued them in backwards!
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Did I spot it (W)right? JKM dovetail jig. Is the accuracy for a showcase piece the reason you used it? I follow your channel for years and remember you stating any angle that looks right is fine. Thank you for sharing, I learnt a lot from you. Regards from an Austrian in Malaysia
I use it when the client is expecting perfect dovetails. I have a few videos showing it. Really is the best dovetail jig.
I had to go back and rewatch the cuts, I completely failed to notice any jig the first run through.
What kind of wallmount did you use?
Just two saw tooth hangers.
Is Meranti the same as Phillipines mahogany? Nice video 😊
Yes that is the same thing.
Ah! 😀
Do you take order ? What will be cost for 8x10 box ?
Sorry But I do not take commissions.
what do you need it for?
It is a gift for our pastor that just left the church filled it with memories.
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Comment down below ;-).I recently got hold of a pile of very old wood dried inside a barn. I would appreciate tip on how to store and organise wood storage.
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I'm wondering why this is called a shadow box. Never heard of it before - nice project though.
You fill it with memories and things some stand out from the back and cast shadows.
@@WoodByWrightHowTo wow, that's far-fetched. At least for me as a non-native speaker it is....
Thanks for replying 😀
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