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feinddj
11-28-2014, 06:08 PM
Making a few presents and some left to sell. A local stair company gives me scrap for a few boxes back. Double sided milling on the lids. And the second pic is what you guys will ask about, my vaccum jig.
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Steve Wonser
11-28-2014, 08:24 PM
Your boxes log great! How do you register the lids on the vacuum jig to machine the other side?

feinddj
11-29-2014, 01:11 AM
The jig registers to a straight edge on my table. I keep separate files in Aspire for each part, base or lid. I have two spaces for rough blanks on the jig, one for bases, one for lids. Once the lids are milled on the bottom, they are flipped into a pocket which registers them for the mill on the top. There are two different styles of lid, oval and scalloped so I have two pockets.

David

mikeacg
11-29-2014, 07:53 AM
David,

The boxes are great! Tell me more about the magnets!

Thanks,

Mike :)

scottp55
11-29-2014, 08:04 AM
David, Beautiful work/design! Like the friction/vac assist! Is that AllStar Adhesives cover gasket? What finish are you using?
NICE free wood!! :)
What are people using that size/shape for? Just curious.--nice enough to just sit there and look good:)

feinddj
11-29-2014, 02:55 PM
As designed, they are salt boxes. The originals had a sort of ying yang pattern and were two inches deep. These are 1 inch overall at the base and have a single space or the original pattern. As to what you can put in them, I suppose if its not too big, whatever you want. My Mom keeps her hearing aids in hers.

Magnets are from K&J magnetics and are .375 by .1 deep. Just have to pay attention to the polarity as you install.

D

mikeacg
11-30-2014, 09:26 AM
Thank you David!

Mike :)

feinddj
11-30-2014, 11:53 AM
Scott,

Sorry, I realized I had skipped your questions.

It is a scrap slab of UHMW I picked up at a local plastics supplier conveniently located down the street from my favorite lumber yard. It is Allstar gasket.

The finish is mineral oil. Its food safe and easily refreshed by the user if desired. I have a bucket and they get dunked.

David

scottp55
11-30-2014, 12:20 PM
Thanks David, Probably going to experiment with .125" cover gasket AllStar gave me samples of at Camp just using MDF(cheap big box store stuff I'm trying to use up), before I make final fixtures out of more stable/permeable stuff.
Using 50/50 mineral oil/beeswax(and others) more and more here, as people seem to like the feel and it's so fast and convenient.

scottp55
11-30-2014, 12:21 PM
Impermeable:(

feinddj
11-30-2014, 02:43 PM
Scott, Go thinner if you can. The gasket will compress with use and can vary your z. so go as thin as you can and still make a seal. I am using 1/16th inch that comes by the foot in 12 inches wide. It seals just fine with a joined piece of wood. The only issue I've had has been that some woods will lose vacuum right through the wood. If this happens I use clear packing tape on the bottom of the piece. Seems crazy, but it does work. Wouldn't trust it to any heavy cuts though.

David

scottp55
11-30-2014, 03:20 PM
Thanks David, Must've forgotten to calibrate my eyeball the morning:)
Just calipered the stuff George gave me and it's close to .05" with the paper on(tough stuff to measure accurately).
Yeah, tried that trick when I cut cork as I was pretty sure it wouldn't come off carpet tape in one piece--used 2"painters tape and it was Almost the right tack, but a little more tack would be better and packing tape just might do the trick:) Thanks.
Main use to start would be buttons out of .25" stock surfaced down to .185-.22", but people seem to prefer the denser exotics and only domestics using so far are Cherry,Hard Maple, and B. Walnut so maybe I'm all set(he said). Think George gave me this thickness because the thin stock can cup 3/32" in 4" even though it's clamped as soon as I get it from Ocooch. Little 3cfm oil-spewer might have had something to do with it also:)
Thanks,
scott

MJ
12-03-2014, 03:53 AM
... My Mom keeps her hearing aids in hers.

Magnets are from K&J magnetics and are .375 by .1 deep. Just have to pay attention to the polarity as you install.

D

These look great. Just a FYI "strong" magnets close to hearing aids might not be such a great idea.