Roll-Top Breadbox
Posted: Sun May 04, 2014 10:36 pm
My bride has been after me for a couple of years to build her a breadbox. So, I figgered it was probably a good idea for me to build a breadbox:)
I used a set of plans I found from Dale Hayes, and modified/tweaked things to fit what I wanted. I used canvas to back the tambour lid. I wound up with ballpark dimensions of 18" wide, 12" tall, and 11 1/2" deep. The wood is soft maple. I even turned the knob from a piece of hard maple that I had. The base coat of finish was boiled linseed oil. After the BLO dried for several days, I finally got a day with minimal wind and no brown stuff falling from the sky and sprayed several coats of Zinsser Spray Shellac.
I actually had fun building this thing. I've always wanted to try a tambour roll, and found out it is really not hard to do. My guess is that I will be asked to make several more in the not too distant future. While non of the steps to put this together was hard, it took a lot of time to set up to do whatever step was next. If I do build more, I'll build several (3-5) at a time...
Here's how it turned out. The wood and finish combo does not play well with the camera flash. In natural light, there is not quite as much contrast as what shows in these pics.
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I used a set of plans I found from Dale Hayes, and modified/tweaked things to fit what I wanted. I used canvas to back the tambour lid. I wound up with ballpark dimensions of 18" wide, 12" tall, and 11 1/2" deep. The wood is soft maple. I even turned the knob from a piece of hard maple that I had. The base coat of finish was boiled linseed oil. After the BLO dried for several days, I finally got a day with minimal wind and no brown stuff falling from the sky and sprayed several coats of Zinsser Spray Shellac.
I actually had fun building this thing. I've always wanted to try a tambour roll, and found out it is really not hard to do. My guess is that I will be asked to make several more in the not too distant future. While non of the steps to put this together was hard, it took a lot of time to set up to do whatever step was next. If I do build more, I'll build several (3-5) at a time...
Here's how it turned out. The wood and finish combo does not play well with the camera flash. In natural light, there is not quite as much contrast as what shows in these pics.
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