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I call this joinery radial dovetails. If your interested, I have a blog on its construction. The woods used in this box are curly maple, Caribbean rosewood, and hickory.
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Instead of traditional angles, the dovetails were cut from two perspective points per each corner as you can see below.
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The sides were curved to accentuate the "fan" or radial shape of the dovetails. This was a lot of fun to build and more challenging than traditional dovetails because the angle of each side of each dovetail is different than the adjacent one.
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The lid handle was made with the same radial effect and mortised into the lid…
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The center panel in the lid also carries the radial dovetail theme. It is "inlaid" into the frame…into a rabbet joint modified with radial dovetail shaped "mortises" that match the corners of the box.
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The inside of the lid's panel pieces were also curved with multiple passes on the router table.
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The finish is an oil blend first coat followed by 9 coats of satin poly/oil wipe-on. The finish fills in all the grain pores and was sanded to 1500 grit and hand rubbed out with auto body polishing (not to be confused with buffing) compound after curing for a week. It was then given two coats of paste wax.

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Wow, this box is really really nice, once again I have not seen anything like this before, well done!
 

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wow thats really beautiful! i love the contrasts of the woods and the radial dovetails are very cool to!
 

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This is another fantastic box man..! Great variation in box making creativity…!
You really inspire me to make more boxes before trying to make anything else.

Thanks for the blog too.
 

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That is a tour de force, Martin. Beautiful in concept and execution. Thanks for posting the blog as well.
 

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Glad to see something different for a change….....way to go
 

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Beautiful box. Great job on the joinery.
 

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The design and execution are both flawless. Great work.
 

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Beautiful box and design that was executed flawlessly. Thanks for sharing, Martin.
 

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Man, this is just insane! (And I mean that in the best possible way) :)
 

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That is ine great looking box you got there!
Excellent design and execution.
 

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Very nice box and I like the detailed blog.
 

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Great job, the dovetails are beautiful. Well done.

Woody.
 

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Most excellent! This is beyone my capability but I'd like to know your source for the hinge material for some of my 'simpler' boxes. Thanks,
 

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just spectacular…i love it!!!!
 

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I'll add my WOW to the list. Beautiful, original, all the good stuff. Thanks for the show!
 

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That is one cool box. Excellent Dovetails! Excellent Craftsmanship! This box should go into the woodbox hall of fame. Thanks for posting.
 

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Martin,

This is a great looking box. It certainly is unique and I like the design and finish as well.

Well done!! Thanks for the post. I enjoyed seeing this piece.
 

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Awesome dovetailing technique!

Beautiful box!

Thank you!
 

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A lovely Art Deco feel to this box WH. Beautifully executed too. Thanks for taking the time to blog it.
 

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I like the uniqueness of this one. Looks great! I really like the radial dovetail.
 
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