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   vern | Jan 07, 2004 06:51pm | #1

   you have me a little confused about your gluing up problem--can you use wax paperor wax a particular area--I have made several dome top boxes using Jeff Greef's jig -- it is shown in his Marvelous Wooden Boxes  pg 116 -- I made the top out of slidiing dovetails so I was able to get the thickness I needed-- the dovetails are verticial then each row is glued together--by using different woods  the curved top sort of distorts the dovetails  and changes colors   interesting! I KNOW THE DIRECTIONS FOR  Jeff's jig  are a little complicated but  not really hard--once you have the jig you can make many more boxes  good luckif you get back to I 'll try to send a pix --Vern

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   rckendall | Jan 08, 2004 04:17am | #2

   Vern,

   Thanks for the response. I guess using care in the amount of glue in the corners and alignment marks can get me past the glue-up.

   It sounds like you used dovetails where I had planned to use tongue and groove. How did the strips attach to the end pieces? I'm now thinking about just glue and screws with enough gap between the strips for seasonal movement.

   Thanks again,

   Richard

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   vern | Jan 08, 2004 09:03am | #3

   Richard  I think that what you are making is larger than  my box-- but even if it is there shouldn't be a problem of restricted movement at the end-- I use the Incra to make the dovetails and with that you can make joints the same way corners are made but just straighten  the joint out --that is confusing so make them anyway that you want to --anyway you end up with a whole bunch of dovetails locked together and glued together which makes up a big chunk of wood so that when you cut the curve[actually 2 curves] you don't run out of wood[if you use Jeff's method] there is no frame aat the end of this top!!  sand them smooth- I will get my grandson to figure out how to send a pix to you-- he might be by here tomorrow  Thurs-- went to town this afternoon and picked up  70 bd ft curly cherry[ it was really only highly figured but it should work ok for a conference table 4.55 $  Vernon

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   Buzzsaw | Feb 24, 2004 08:54pm | #4

   Richard,

    Do you have any pictures of this trunk.  I am thinking of building a trunk for a coffee table so that I have storage within it but it can double as a table.  Thanks...

   Regards,

   Buzzsaw

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   rckendall | Feb 25, 2004 04:44am | #5

   Buzzsaw,

   Yes I do have some pictures of my finished chest but I'm unable to post them on the site. My computer has picked up a virus, I guess, and I just can't go very deep into any particular page. I wanted to post pictures when I was building, for input but could not.

   My chest is too small for a coffee table but it is similar in style to a steamer trunk and uses steamer trunk hardware. Mine is considered a treasure chest, I believe. It is the rounded top that I wanted, and built, but that style wouldn't work as well as a coffee table. Today's Woodworker issue 47 has plans for a steamer trunk that doubles as a coffee table. I think the book/plans were available at Rockler.

   If you still want to see my project, I guess I could attach them to an e-mail to you.

   Thanks for all your input to the site.

   Richard

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   Buzzsaw | Feb 25, 2004 05:07am | #6

   Richard,

     I'd love to see your trunk project.  My email address is: [email protected].

   Thanks..Regards,

   Buzzsaw