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Step 6The Box Proper
To fit it into a false section of an actual box was a bit of a challenge. The box I had... which I had built 10 years ago because my high school thought it was a great idea to teach us to make boxes... had an indentation in the lid that looked promising. This gave me 2 centimeters of depth to play with, which was not much, but I did manage to cram everything in there.
I had varnished the box with satin finish black polyurethane varnish I had lying about. The varnish job turned out well enough, but there are a few places I made mistakes in. Notably, the colour I had added in to the varnish increased it's drying time to the point where it was hard to work with. Next time, I'll use wood stain and spray-on satin varnish.
Since I had decided to line the box with velvet, I decided to wrap the plastic box holding the electronics in velvet so that it would just barely fit in, and friction would hold it in place. That was surprisingly easy once I discovered that using a foam spacer to keep the speaker in place was very effective. All fabric was attached using double-sided tape, the memory of which now causes me to twitch (tip: do not use dollar-store double sided tape or you will likely go mad as a hatter).
Lining the rest of the box with velvet was troublesome, and I have to say I'm not entirely satisfied with the results. I tried to calculate the correct amount of cloth to use to create seamless lining for the inside of the box, and somehow failed miserably. Clearly, unlike my ancestors, I am not destined for the upholstery business.
In any case it's done, and overall I'm satisfied with the way it turned out. I may tweak a few bits to fix the fabric, and/or integrate a photo into the box to cleverly cover up one of the suboptimal spots.
I had varnished the box with satin finish black polyurethane varnish I had lying about. The varnish job turned out well enough, but there are a few places I made mistakes in. Notably, the colour I had added in to the varnish increased it's drying time to the point where it was hard to work with. Next time, I'll use wood stain and spray-on satin varnish.
Since I had decided to line the box with velvet, I decided to wrap the plastic box holding the electronics in velvet so that it would just barely fit in, and friction would hold it in place. That was surprisingly easy once I discovered that using a foam spacer to keep the speaker in place was very effective. All fabric was attached using double-sided tape, the memory of which now causes me to twitch (tip: do not use dollar-store double sided tape or you will likely go mad as a hatter).
Lining the rest of the box with velvet was troublesome, and I have to say I'm not entirely satisfied with the results. I tried to calculate the correct amount of cloth to use to create seamless lining for the inside of the box, and somehow failed miserably. Clearly, unlike my ancestors, I am not destined for the upholstery business.
In any case it's done, and overall I'm satisfied with the way it turned out. I may tweak a few bits to fix the fabric, and/or integrate a photo into the box to cleverly cover up one of the suboptimal spots.
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