Plans for Antique Knife Box repro?
kentmich
| Posted in Project Plans/CAD Software on
I’m looking to build a repro of the old colonial knife boxes you see in restored homes. They’re about 15″ tall of carved wood, made to hold the precious silverware vertically. Like these:
Has anyone ever seen plans for such a box, or know the technique for shaping the front of the box?
Edited 1/27/2008 1:38 pm ET by KentMich
Replies
Kent,
The front of the box needs to be shaped from one solid piece of wood. The sides are usually mitered. Here is a nice example:
Beautiful example. So have you any ideas on how to shape the box other than hand carving? It's too tall to fit in a bandsaw. (My hand carving skills aren't up to this.)
Edited 1/27/2008 10:44 pm ET by KentMich
Molding planes.Cliff
Kent,
If hand carving is not an option then the moulding planes will be your next best bet. Sorry I don't have more info for you. A pair of these boxes is on the "want to do" list for the future for me.
Lee
Lee,
That would take a big moulding plane for that profile, so I guess several planes would be needed. But since the box is veneered, I could build the front up of multiple 1-inch layers stacked one on the other, the individual pieces being small enough to shape with a bandsaw. The veneer would hide this.Mike Holden pointed out to me on General Discussion that the boxes in your JPG were built by Steve Lash, founder of SAPFM, and I found there's an article on how he made them in American Period Furniture. I've ordered that back issue, and if I ever build one I'll post it here.Kent
This forum post is now archived. Commenting has been disabled