Jewelry Box

Very nice box, Jon. I’m looking to make some jewelry boxes for gifts this year. I hope they turn out this nice. And welcome to Lumberjocks.

-- Even if to be nothing more than a bad example, everything serves a purpose. cippotus

looks great, I’m sure your wife must love it.

Thanks guys. I forgot to mention that the raised panel top was done on the table saw as well. I used a cove cutting technique similiar to the technique used for shaping the sides.

-- Jon in Canada. Favorite coffee mug reads: "I never repeat gossip...so listen carefully"

Nicely built and finished jewellery box. The hinge mortises were cleanly cut.

You said you used maranti (Shorea uliginosa) for box bottom & inside trays. I’m not sure whether we are refering to the same species. If it is the same maranti, my concern is when sanding it. The sanding dust is so light that it fly like wool fiber. But sanding the red maranti is not a problem.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

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Your box is very nice. I really like the top. How did you make the round over effect on the top?

-- Jim

Welcome to Lumberjocks. This is a very nice box, your first crack at the ‘finer side’ seems to be a really good one, well done.

-- "Checking for square? what madness is this! The cabinet is square because I will it to be so!" Jeremy Greiner LJ Topic#20953 2011 Feb 2

Very nice. I like how you used a raised panel for the lid.

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

This is really nice! I like the shape of the sides and the traditional panel top.

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Thanks for the positive feedback. I will attempt to answer the questions that came in earlier posts.

To Woodworm: Maranti, as it is was explained to me here in eastern Canada at a local lumber yard, is a sheetgood used for underlay for different types of flooring. It is single ply sandwiched between two layers of veneered wood (I assume these nice-looking veneers must be the actual maranti wood). It is 1/4” thick and is very inexpensive – great for small drawer and box bottoms.

Jim, the round-overs you see on the top were done on my router table using a round-over bit. Inside round-overs were cut prior to the framed panel assembly and the outside round-over cuts were done post panel assembly.

-- Jon in Canada. Favorite coffee mug reads: "I never repeat gossip...so listen carefully"

Nice looking box. Thanks for sharing.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

Nice box, I really like the shape and proportions.

Good one. I too, like that double-fielded panel, and the contoured sides.
Stopped hinges might make it more convenient for the end user…

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Nice project!

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://americancraftsmanworkshop.com