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Got a chance to see how Billy makes his wooden
boxes for his special decanter and glass sets which started out with
selecting the Aspin wood...
On the way to the wood place Billy first
stopped to cut some brass plaques for his door plates and then it was off
to select the wood.
Billy was looking for straight wood as quite a
lot has a sigifivant curve in it so he had to be careful. He was also
looking for planks that did not have many knots as that would be wasted
wood.
And it's back to the workshop to make boxes
The first step is to put the planks through
the planer to smooth the wood and get it down to the correct thickness for
the box
Then Billy cuts up the planks to the
appropriate size for making the box
Time for the router to put the edges on the
individual pieces of wood that will make the box
Billy always checks each piece to see what
side would be best for the outside of the box
And now it's on to the sanding phase
Billy has to check the sander is aligned
correctly
And now all is ok the sanding process begins
Billy always eyeballs each piece to ensure
it's up to standard
It's now onto the band saw where the grooved
as added which will take the insert
Now we're ready to start building the box
Billy first adds the glue
And then starts to assemble the box
And the basic box is now complete
Billy now sands the box and this process also
take off any surplus glue
And in case you wondered what Debbie was up
to... well she is working on an order of 250 baseball caps which will take
around 15 hours machine time to complete
Billy now covers the nail holes with putty
Now the putty is dry it's back to sanding to
take off any excess and discguise the work
And again adjusting the sander with the new
sanding belt in position to do the fine work
Billy always eyeballs each piece to ensure it
is up to standard. The piece of wood on the right is to show what has to
be discarded when selecting the best pieces of wood for the box
It's now off to cut the wood for the base of
the box
Billy now fixes the base to the box
Billy always checks the box at every stage of
the process
Now he puts on the glue that will hold the
veneer but he has to wait 45 minuted for this to dry to give a permanent
bond
Once the veneer is on it has to be routered to
make it smooth with the box
And again a sanding finish
At this point I ran out of film but borrowed
these last pictures from a previous story board to show how the box is
completed. The final picture is Billy splitting the box into it's two
halves.
And if you'd like to see how this goes on to
become the full decanter and four whisky glass set
then check out the other storyboard. |
