{"id":6028,"date":"2019-08-07T09:49:47","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T16:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/?p=6028"},"modified":"2019-08-07T09:49:47","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T16:49:47","slug":"woodworking-black-river-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/woodworking-black-river-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Woodworking: Black River Box"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"top\" \/>\n<p>I\u2019ve been getting more seriously into woodworking, and starting to create some products to sell. This is one of the first pieces that I made with the intention of selling, and one of my old college friends was kind enough to be my first customer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Black river wood box - IMG_3167.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Black-river-wood-box-IMG_3167.jpg\" alt=\"Black river wood box\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Black river wood box.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Black-river-wood-box.jpg\" alt=\"Black river wood box\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The box is made out of spalted oak. The process started a couple of years ago when a California black oak tree fell down in my yard. I bought an Alaskan mill attachment for my chainsaw so I could create some lumber from it, but it took me about a year before I got around to it. The wood sat around long enough for some bugs and fungus to start eating away at it. This creates the unique spalted appearance.<\/p>\n<p>I did a video back then of me milling up the wood:<\/p>\n<div class=\"videowrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zcajLUhmzeg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I milled the wood flat with my <a href=\"\/blog\/2018\/11\/slab-leveling-router-jig-planing-sled\/\">router sled jig<\/a> and planer. I chopped up the piece into small sides to make the box out of it:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"IMG_3076.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3076.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 3076\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To do the epoxy river, I made a small mold with melamine. This is one of the first \u201criver table style\u201d epoxy pours that I had ever done. I was hoping the epoxy wouldn\u2019t stick to the melamine, but it did. Subsequently, I started covering the melamine with Tyvek tape, and this works quite well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"IMG_3081.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3081.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 3081\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"IMG_3085.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3085.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 3085\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The box frame is standard miters and held together with a strap clamp while the glue dried:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"IMG_3117.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3117.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 3117\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The miters aren\u2019t very strong, and it is necessary to key the miters to add some strength:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"IMG_3119.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3119.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 3119\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I cleaned it all up, sanded up to 220, and sprayed 3 or 4 coats of some super clear water based finish on it. It turned out awesome!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Black river wood box - IMG_3168.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Black-river-wood-box-IMG_3168.jpg\" alt=\"Black river wood box, open\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My friend had me engrave\/sign it with my name and date on the underneath of the lid with my Tormach PCNC\u2026I forgot to take photo of this, but it turned out nice.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been getting more seriously into woodworking, and starting to create some products to sell. 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