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I made this for a friend/co-workers wedding. It is quilted HICKORY (I know I about died when I saw the board) with lacewood top. Brass and lacewood splines. I made the brass thingy for the handle and used a brass rod for the pin hinges since the lid was so heavy. I delivered it a week late because I took a ton of photos at the wedding and used the announcement and one of my shots for the lid frames. It holds six 5×7 photo albums that I filled with the shots I took. Pockets for thank you cards and stationary. You can't really see it but there is a rail for pen pencil set I also turned out of scraps of the hickory. I didn't get a shot of them but the feet are beveled squares of the lacewood.

I learned a few things on this project/
1. if your brass splines are not cut perfectly, don't try to sand them flush, pull them out and redo them.
2. fresh cut brass is sharp as hell
3. don't show your other friends that recently got married and which you store bought their gift!

The photos were taken before I got my light tent so not that great of quality. sorry

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beautiful work
 

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Wow, beautiful box. It's much larger than I originally thought. Good tips on the brass!
 

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very awesome. that grain really pops! nice design and gr8 idea/s for the whole project
 

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Very nice keepsake idea. The lacewood and the hickory go well together and nice work on the brass accent.
 

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Another nice one Jen. Like the brass touches.
 

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Another great looking project Jen, Sorry to hear about the blood letting on the fresh cut brass…..
 

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Excellent box, I also like the brass. The whole thing seems to go together well.
 

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You did a fantastic creation making this present. Looks like alot of thought went into the design and work.
 

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very nice.
 

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Dang, Jen…you are certainly creative. Really nice box/gift
 

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Great job on the box details : )
 

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That is beautiful! The grain is impressive. Thanks for the great idea as a gift.
 

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Great design and really nice wood. I have plans to make a photo top box. You just gave me the push to incorporate it on the current set of boxes. Thanks for posting.
 

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Thoughtful choice of materials , nice execution (love the grain wrap), and a creative design on the lid lift. Congratulations on a beautiful project. Oh yea, I would hate to be the friend who got the toaster instead!
 

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Pretty box Jen. The hickory is spectacular.
 

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Amazing design and build. all your work is so impressive.
 

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Fantastic work. I've never seen brass splines, but I love the idea (and will surely steal it). Can you really not cut them a little oversize and sand them flush? What happened when you tried? The cutout for the handle shape is great, too.
 

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I imagine that the wood would sand away before the metal , bobasaurus : )
 

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Don't let the word out too far that you made this fantastic gift box or you'll be invited to more weddings than you can find wood for!
Very nice, Jen!
 

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Dusty56, brass is surprisingly soft. It seems like it could be filed about flush with the wood after epoxying (?) in place, then sanded like normal. I've seen brass used as inlays in a few projects that must have done something similar.
 
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