Kimberly Pine Wall Display Boxes
Detailed Construction Notes
 Wall Display Boxes Completed |
The Kimberly Pine Wall Display Boxes you see here were a prototype. I received an email inquiry about making some boxes which seemed of little interest as I don't want to make simple things. But ... upon discussion with the gentleman, it was very interesting!
 Walnut Sculpture Display Boxes |
My daughters' room has many items I've made and stylistically contain dark walnut stained pine pieces combined with light stained Kimberly Pine. Kimberly Pine is a more expensive pine with much nicer grain patterns than "normal" pine. I decided to make these Wall Display Boxes out of Kimberly Pine.
To start, I examined some spare Kimberly Pine Boards I had laying around. I selected a few and from those, determined what size box or boxes I could make from that wood. I ended up making 3 boxes. 2 boxes are 5 1/4 inches square while the third box is a little wider at 8 inches by 5 1/4 inches.
So, I cut the original boards all to a width of 5 1/4 inches. Next, appropriate lengths were cut a little longer than the final sizes need to allow machining of the wood. From there, each of the side joining angles were cut at the proper widths. Rabbit grooves were cut into the tops and bottoms of all sizes to the exact depth of the top and bottom piece thinkness for latter assembly. Biscuit grooves were then cut into the angled eventual joining edges.
Time to glue up all the side pieces. Each also had the biscuit joinery included to assure a strong, reliable glued edge at the 45 degree joins. The eventual hanging bracket was adhered to the underside of all the tops. The tops and bottoms were glued together next.
All the boxes were then sanded and stained. For a final finish I chose tung oil which became extremely nice after about 6 coats. The boxes were hung and my daughter loves them (as do I).
 Wall Display Boxes Completed Mounted In My Daughter's Room Wall View |
