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gorgeous. Love the top!

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

What great treatment your bills have… may I suggest – to add a little more whimsey – a Cigar Pen Box ;)

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

Looks good!

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Fancy double dovetails. I have yet to attempt them… what “system” did you use to cut them? (Incra, Jointech, etc. ...?)

-- † Hops †

A very nice box, even if just for mail. I like the multi-color dovetails with their light and dark contrast.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

Beautiful… and the dovetails are just terrific. Thanks for letting us see this.

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

i very much like the dovetails! very nice finish too! great job all around!

-- "What one can make with good tools is limited only by one's talent" (lucius-hill@comcast.net)

Good job on the dovetails, and the rest of the project. Looks very nice. jockmike

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

I’ve never tried double dovetails. But have all of the tools to do that. Great looking box. The wood is great.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Douglas – very nice! I like the wood choices. I also enjoy the smells of woodworking. The smell of a dust bag full of aromatic cedar is wonderful!

-- http://foldingrule.blogspot.com

Yes, Douglas, woodworking is a very sensual thing. I defy people to just look at a box – box did I say box? I just love small wooden boxes!

One of the magic aspects of small box is that people become full involved with it. They first view it, then pick it up and touch it and then smell it. It’s my opinion why box making requires a fairly high attention to detail. Close inspection like this requires meticulous work.

I like they way this box morphed as you progressed.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hilsbiblechurch.org/

heheh I just pictured Fred Flintstone saying (with a glazed look) “B-b-b-bet, bet…” or… “b-b-box.. box”.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Douglas! What a marvelous box! This just came around again in “roll the dice” and I hadn’t viewed it before. The contrasting woods are very appealing!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Tom, it’s one of my favorites. Except when it’s time to gather up the bills for payment.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

I am waiting (or have I already missed) the tutorial on those gorgeous double dovetails. It’s simply beautiful.

Sweet, Doug. Great joinery. Getting good use out the the ol’ Incra, I see.

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Rikkor,
There isn’t much to it, other than using a jig with four distinct cuts and some careful trimming on the table saw. But Blake is right, it’s an Incra thing. I think-ra I’ll keep my Incra.
Truth told, I started to blog the creation of a double-dovetail box, and was too distracted by the process to do a competent job of it. Next time I’m making more than one and am on a roll, I’ll take some snaps.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Very nicely done, Douglas. Too bad the BLO accident happened.
Was the double dovetail much work to setup and acomplish? I have the incra jig but have yet to attach it to my router table. First thing this spring…maybe. They do look grand, though! Your mail must feel special!

God Bless,
Hawg

-- Saving barnwood from the scrapyards

Doug,

You posted this box long before I came on board but I am glad it surfaced on my review list. It is simply gorgeous. Every time I see a post like this (yours, Blake, GaryK, Odie) it pushes me closer to getting the Incra. Great job, Doug. And a blog is a good thought and will be warmly received- I promise.

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

Hi Douglas, I just stumbled across this in looking at “box” projects… I really like this!

It is a beautiful box, and you did a great job on it….nice design too!

-- Martin, Kansas

From one Doug to another this is an awesome box…

-- Wood and Glass they kick (well you know) Have a great day - Dug

Thanks, Doug! Your scrap box

is pretty cool too. I look forward to seeing more mixed media work with that wood and glass…

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.