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19 Shaker Boxes

April 2nd, 2009 in The Gallery     
Shakergirl Shakergirl, member
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My dad and I made 19 cherry shaker boxes ranging in size from 000 to 20. We used John Wilson's patterns.

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JASkets writes: I LOVE that your whole family gets together to make these. That is just incredible. The boxes themselves look just incredible too. I am planning on going up to John Wilson's this fall (I am keeping my fingers crossed). I am a Shaker basket maker so bend my own wood for handles and rims, so know I would love making the boxes as well.

Keep up the great work!

Tony
http://www.jaskets.com Posted: 4:44 pm on June 23rd
ShakerBabe writes: http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8AatHDZizYtmK8

You can view the shutterfly book that I made about the whole process. Posted: 6:03 pm on April 14th
ShakerBabe writes: The bigger bands were thicker than the smaller boxes. The 14-20 were about 1/8 inch for me. We ordered the bands from John Wilson.

John Wilson's Specs
Size
# Band
Thickness
Range
000 .050-.060
00 050-.060
0 .058-.065
1 .060-.068
2 .065-.072
3 .068-.078
4 .072-.082
5 .078-.088
6 .080-.095
7 .095-.115
8 .100-.125
9 .100-.125
10 .100-.140
11 .100-.140
12 .100-.140
.13 .125-.150
14 125-.150
15 125-.150
16 125-.150
17 .135-.160
18 .135-.160
19 .135-.160
20 .135-.160
Posted: 5:20 pm on April 8th
kmack writes: I love the big ones. Do the 14-20 sizes have the same thin sides as the smaller designs? Posted: 10:55 pm on April 7th
ShakerBabe writes: My Dad, Mom, and two sister-in-laws took John Wilson's shaker box class in Charlotte, Michigan in 2002. We loved making the boxes. Ever since we have gathered at my mom and dad's house each March to try to make some different boxes. My dad is good at making jigs. One year we made small ones. This year was 14-20. The box makers were my 3 neices, sister, 2 sister-in-laws, mom and dad this year. Posted: 10:38 am on April 3rd
GEide writes: Yikes! That's a lot of boxes. Do you have any more pictures? How'd you all decide to embark on the project.

Gina, FineWoodworking.com Posted: 6:45 am on April 3rd
Chuck_Griffith writes: How wonderful! Posted: 6:18 pm on April 2nd
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