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Maple and Walnut Box

Project by Tim Dorcas posted 257 days ago 626 views 3 times favorited 11 comments Add to Favorites Watch

After finishing another project, I had a left over piece of veneered walnut. I thought it would make a nice box top. I pulled out the last of some birdseye maple scraps and put it together. More than likely it will be a Christmas present for my grandmother. Enjoy!

-- www.responsetolight.com - A Woodworking & Renovation Blog & www.craftedbytim.com - I make. You buy.


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lew

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posted 257 days ago

Great Looking Box! I really like the splines!

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Napaman

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posted 257 days ago

very nice…I agree with lew on the splines…

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Blake

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posted 257 days ago

Beautiful. Very “refined” looking.

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Kerux

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posted 257 days ago

That’s a homerun! But if you would put a matching pen in that and your going to hit a grand slam!

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woodworm

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posted 257 days ago

Nicely built box. Did you colour the splines?
How thick is the veneered top?

I have 4pcs of quilted maple (1/8”T X 5”W X 24”L), bought a year ago, haven’t got idea what to do with it.

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Tim Dorcas

117 posts in 610 days


posted 257 days ago

Thanks for the kind words.

The splines are walnut. I cut them on the tablesaw using this jig. I have a spline cutting jig which makes these cuts very easy.

The top is 1/4” MDF.

-- www.responsetolight.com - A Woodworking & Renovation Blog & www.craftedbytim.com - I make. You buy.

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CharlieM1958

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posted 257 days ago

Very classy-looking box!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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RonH

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posted 257 days ago

I really like projects that are simplistic in their design. This does not mean that aren’t beautifully crafted. Your box is elegant and your choice of woods and grains is perfect. Nice work!

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Devin

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posted 256 days ago

Beautiful piece, simple and refined. Excellent combination of design elements and wood choice.

-- If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over? - John Wooden

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Jim Crockett

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posted 252 days ago

I like it! Simple but the design is effective and eye-pleasing. What did you use for hinges – the kerf cut small box hinges that Rockler sells? I have looked at those hinges several times but feel that $43 for the blade and another $43 for the arbor just seems a bit ridiculous to me!

Keep up the nice work!

Jim

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Tim Dorcas

117 posts in 610 days


posted 249 days ago

Jim,

The time they save is worth the money. I use to mortise the hinges by hand or on the router table. Those hinges are incredibly easy to do. Just my two cents :)

Thanks again everyone for your interest!

Tim

-- www.responsetolight.com - A Woodworking & Renovation Blog & www.craftedbytim.com - I make. You buy.

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