Wood collection box - how to

Gary,

Thanks for all your effort. It’s a great box and it’s really nice of you to do all that work and share the method to construct that box.

Your the best!

BrianM

-- There is no such thing as scrap wood!, http://www.saltrivergallery.com

Shoot, Gary! I thought I knew how you did that but I was wrong! GREAT tutorial. Thanks for taking the time to photograph and blog it. Veeeeeeery clever.

-- Dust collectors suck.

Excellent tutorial. Thanks Gary.

-- Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.

Well done how to!

-- North Texas

great job Gary. like i said before you’ve left us all dumbstruck again! thanks for taking the time to show us how to make this piece.

Another of your absolutely FANTASTIC tutorials – this is clear, concise and and a great read.

THANKS for taking the time!

-- Bill - - Ad-Marketing Guy, Ramsey NJ

Gary: A great use of your talents to design a great looking box. It looks fantastic.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Gary, I agree with the teenager. Absolutely ingenious. I would never think of doing a job like that.
FABULOUS ! THANKS FOR POSTING!

DAVE

-- Dave Leitem,Butler,Pa.,http://dlcarver.etsy.com

As usual, a very informative blog. You have taken a complex construction and broken it down into easily understood steps. Excellent photography too, by the way.

Thanks for the post. I enjoyed looking at this one.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Hi Gary

Thanks for posting. It makes a great looking box. You did a beautiful job on it. Need to add this one to my favorites!

God bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

Gary, Very inventive ,fun to work the gray matter. Thanks

-- Al, South E. Az., But it's a dry heat.

Wow, that is really cool!

You’ve given me an idea … if the contrasting inserts were round instead of triangular … and if you put them in after shaping the face of the walnut … then they’d be raised accents … yeah, I think that would be cool, too.

I must be having one of my more eloquent days.

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The ability to see below the surface is a remarkable ability. I wish I had it. After seeing how you did this, I say, “Why didn’t I think of that.” Then, of course, I realize, I’m not that creative. Good process and great results Gary.

-- If at first you don't succeed, try again. Then quit. No use being a darn fool about it.

Peter O – That’s another of my ideas that I have in the works. It would also work with the triangles.
Another is to vary the depth of the inserts to get other great designs.

I’ll do up some more sample boards and post them and some other ideas I have.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Great blog Gary! You must have way to much free time on your hands. Ever see your wife much? :) ( just given you a hard time). This is really an excellent project,,,,,Kudoo’s.

-- Les, Wichita, Ks. (I'd rather be covered in saw dust!)

wow The Best of the Best. Thanks for the how to.

-- Make every day the best day of your life. Chips, Mississippi

Thanks for the blog it was very informative. You are a very creative fellow.

-- Tom D

Hey that’s real cool! Thanx for posting it!

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

Here are a couple more variations on the theme. The first is the one that Peter O mentioned above.
It has the depth of cut varied also.

Here the insert was inserted after the cut.
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This is after.
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This shows both side by side.
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-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Gary, this is great stuff! Where do you find the time? The raised inserts look like a 3D optical illusion. Did you use dowels or did you use stock with a bullnose on one side? It occurs to me that with full-round, you’d have to be very careful not to go past half the thickness of the inserts or you’d have gaps.

Is that blood on your workbench?

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Thanks for sharing this Gary. Very ingenious. I only hope someday my own imagination kicks in, because I would never have dreamed up anything like this.

Kerry

-- Alberta, Canada

Peter O – I’ve been asked before if that was blood. It’s dye.

To test this I just used dowels I had. I would use bullnose if I were doing this for real.
You are right about going more than halfway and having gaps.

I have a few more ideas that I am working on also. They are pretty exciting also. I hope any way.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Very cool stuff Gary. It’s funny. I thought the variations that you just posted were how the box was done in the first place. When I read the process I was confused a little. I need to adjust the contrast on my monitor methinks! LOL. Thanks for giving us another technique in our toolboxes. Quite gracious.

-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN

Gary,

I get soooo mad at you ;-)

Why can’t I think of things like this?!?

Lew

Excellent blog Gary.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Beautiful as usual.

I misunderstood the title completely. I was thinking that for wood collection I just put a milk crate next to the chop saw and drop the offcuts into that but you were talking about something different . . . ;-)

Gary;

That was quite a photo session!

Very good both on presentation and techniques.

Lee

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Gary, I just stumbled across this …Wow. That is sooo cool!

I’m going to have to come back to this to absorb it all.

Thanks for sharing this technigue.

-- Martin, Kansas

Gary,
That’s a major contribution – thanks very much for the detail – its sets the mind to work on all sorts of variations. I also like the end-grain effect as seen in your picture of the mitres – must be some way of using that saw tooth effect as a decorative trim on the edge of a box.