Dragon Box

[Marcel in Longueuil]

Hi all,

Just thought I'd show you my latest (no, it's not the horse sign...yet)

I felt like making myself a little box to store my hearing aid at night.

So this is what I came up with:
The pattern is adapted from one named woody tribal dragon.gif gotten off one of the two MSN free pattern groups.

I have one coat of Danish oil on it, and will add semi-gloss lacquer or something later.

The wood is scrap leftover flooring Beech.

This was all done using the press drill & scrollsaw, as I do not have a lathe.
BTW, the pattern is sized/cut 2" high.I used #9 blades to cut the box, and #2/0 to cut the Dragon


Comments are welcome,
Marcel

[William Young (SE BC)]

Marcel;
That is lovely.
Excellent work especially considering the tools you had on hand.
I am in no way trying to be critical but perhaps a ring of felt in the bottom would look nice or use flocking on the inside of the box.
Either than that it looks just fine the way it is.
W.Y.

[CanadianScroller]

Great job Marcel, always crossing that artisan line arent you!

[SculpturedBox]

I like the box and the idea that your creative skills were not limited because of a lack of the right machinery!

Tony Ward

[lucky788scroller]

very nice! Speaking of dragon box, wasnt the contest winner supposed to have his dragon box in the summer issue? Dale

[Daryl185]

Marcel that dragon face is awsome and something hit me that dragon would be scary as can be with a set of glowing eyes

[minowevie]

Marcel , your dragon looks great. and I love the box what did you do there. are you turning now.?. your growing in leapes and bounds.
Evie

[Minnesota scroller]

Marcel, very nifty, It took me awhile before I could visualize how that project could even be possible with a scroll saw. I'm impressed. You must dream about wood in your sleep to come up with these neat ideas. Thanks for sharing.

Mike

[ozarkhillbilly]

Way to go Marcel! Ahhh, the creative mind is a marvelous thing.

Lathe? Marcel doesn't need no stinking lathe!

[bearfretworks]

Outstanding Job!

You've raised your personal bar high with this one, Marcel. Absolutely wonderful job, especially considering the tools you used.

I tip my hat (and budweiser ) to you!

[Marcel in Longueuil]

Thank-you all.

I should have mentioned the process I used.

Tools used:
Drill press
Forstner bits
Circle cutter drill bit
DW788 scrollsaw
2 pieces of left over Beech wood from the downstairs floor 4 years ago.

I used the circle cutter to do the outside lip first, then used the Forstner bit to do the box cavity. The reason for that order is that the circle cutter's center bit makes a centering hole for the Forstner bit. I then scrolled following the outside of the lip for my outside diameter.

I went to show it to my wife and that's about when I realized it wouldn't be deep enough. So I glued a second piece I cut from the first piece's left over that I got when I trimmed the piece in order to scroll saw it (you still following?) to the bottom of the first piece that was scroll sawed. And the next day after the glue had dried, I scrolled following the previously scrolled circle, then re-bore the inside with the Forstner bit to a proper depth.

That's about it for the bottom part.

I measured the bottom part to make the lid.

I followed the same procedure: circle cutter for the inside lip and Forstner bit for the cavity.

I then looked at it and decided it needed personalizing. So I came to the pattern vault on my PC and started looking at what I could use.
This one wasn't my first choice, but the other one, well lets just say it would have been as hard as doing a chickadee stamp size (or just about).

I started the dragon skull, and had to use creativity a few times. I'd cringe every time, swear a few times, finish the cut trying to smooth out the little kink or nick the broken piece left behind, then I would take off the same piece on the mirror side for symmetry.

Sanded down to 320, and used Tried & True Danish oil for the first part of the finish.

Bill you are absolutely right about the inside. I was thinking of trying out the mini flocker I got from LV, but wasn't sure about the green (that' the one that comes with the mini "trial" kit). So I started looking into putting black felt.

Then came the questions:
Do I glue it to the box?, With what?
Or do I glue it to a cardboard inserted inside, and maybe tack glued if required?
Or do I use the green flock?
Which would look best?

Then the ego kicks in:
The heck with all that, take pictures and post it: go brag that you are proud of the results even though it's not finished yet, and couldn't wait to share.




Actually to be honest I went through some rough stuff this past week: I found out last week that my mom passed away March 17th 2004, and her mom on June 15th of the same year, and that is why I couldn't track my mom down when I looked for her in the last 2 years.

As you can see we weren't what you would call close, I got into an argument with my mom 10 years ago, and we had not spoken since. My wife kept in touch with her for a while, but I guess she stopped after a while. My grandma was suffering from dementia since before that, and was in a nursing home. She practically raised me, and I could not stand to see her like that, so I didn't visit her. Someone told me that she wasn't recognizing anyone at some point and that was it for me, I shut her out and kept good memories of her.

The source and way it came out of the blue, and the news of their death was still somewhat of a choc, and I needed the morale boost.

And I respectfully request you don't allude to how we should talk while everyone is alive, or to family relationships; Keep the reply's subject on the Dragon Box, not me or my family story.

Thanks for being there.

[Powakee]

I am liking this place a little better every day. Marcel, your approach reminds me of . . . me. Some folks call me cheap ~ I think of it as creative in a practical way. Not many folks would come up with a design and an item like that because they would only say, 'oh, I don't have the proper tools!' I think the proper tool here is the one between your ears - the rest were just crutches to help you get to where you needed to go. That's a great piece and a wonderful job. I like the dragons myself and have cut out several. I like your dragon!

John
of the desert

[Rolf]

Very nice, I like the simple solution for the lack of lathe. Thanks for the explanation on how you did the steps with a circle cutter. Now you know you need to get a mini lathe

I am always impressed by clever problem solvers, I wish there were
more people like you here at work.