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I made this box for a 6 year old girl who is a friend of the family and who asked me to make her a box. It's made of Arizona ash and walnut which I had milled with a chainsaw mill and air dried. The top and bottom panels are from a slab I cut from the stump and are floating panels in grooves set in the sides. The dimensions of the box are 12" x 7" x 5" high. It's got a removable tray with walnut splines that match the box. The hinge is similar to the Shipwright style hinge except that I glue in a semicircular section around the 1/8" brass rod that runs the length of the hinge. This method allows me to cut the lid off with the tablesaw after the box is assembled and decide at that point whether I'm going to make a wooden hinge or go with brass hinges. Finished with Watco Danish Oil.

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I like it.
Interesting take on the hinge, good idea.

Thanks.
 

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A beautiful box! I love the way the wood hinge is incorporated in the project.
 

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Simply fabulous. Excellent design and execution. Thanks for sharing it with us.
 

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Wow, that walnut sings. The hinge is pretty sweet too. Good job man.
 

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Hey thanks for all the positive feedback guys. Much appreciated. Thanks also Paul, for your tutorial on how to make these integral hinges.
 

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I dug out a photo of cutting that walnut stump. The piece I used for the top and bottom of this box came from the one on the lower left.


There were a lot of enclosed pockets of clay and gravel in the lower portion of the stump.



I got some nice lumber from the rest of the tree though.


 

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Very beautiful work. She's a lucky girl.
 

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Beautiful box, beautiful wood and a novel take on the hinges. Love that walnut grain. Nice work.
 

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Beautiful box and the fact that you milled the wood makes it even better!

I have done a lot of Shipwright hinges but not sure how you did yours. Got any build pics? Feel like doing a blog/tutorial?
 

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I also noticed the hinge method, and also like it too, as gfadvm indicated I wold like to see a blog as well.

Thats far too much walnut for one person to have …share the wealth .. a Joke
 

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What a beautiful job! And that's some great wood. Nice!
 

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Beautiful slabs. Beautiful box. What a lucky kid
 

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Great job on the box.

I came over to see the slabs from the walnut stump. I hope mine turns out to be similar.
 
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