Trading Card Box

They are both very nice.
I like Spencer’s box better.
Must be a guy thing.
Did you make the herringbone inlay yourself?

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

Glad you like ‘em. I make all my own inlays, and the rosettes. There is always so article in Fine Woodworking that translates in to additional shop time. Yippee!

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

Excellent work! Beautiful inlay and carving work!

Corey

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Beautiful work here. Keep the saw dust flying!

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

Great box design and implementation.

I like it.

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

Another great piece Douglas… beautiful inlay work and beautiful craftsmanship… thank you for sharing it with us.

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

Nice box. I like the latch you made.

-- Jesus is Lord!

Well done, Douglas – thanks!

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

Douglas – Nice “trading card” box. Spencer is very lucky. I realy like the inlay and latch.

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And Douglas, I should have informed you when first viewing this box that I just love small wooden boxes. What particularly stand out for me are the slim box walls. I think a box looks much more refined with walls about 10mm. But these look even slimmer – about 1/4”?

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

I like the color of the box, as well as the box joints. The clasp is great.

How did you make your box joints anyway?

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

Don I think the divider is 1/4” – 6.35mm. The sides were .325” or 8.255mm. Top, if I recall .5” – 12.7mm.

Bill, I have an Incra Jig Ultra fence on my homemade router table. I recently posted workshop pics, and there is a router table shot. Highly recommended. I decided to buy one of these as opposed to the Leigh or Keller systems, and for small box work I have never looked back. If I decide to go to bigger casework, I might consider expanding the arsenal. But this fence let’s you sneak up in thousand’s of an inch for plows, rabbets, sliding doves etc. It’s totally repeatable. And there are templates for the fancy chased joints, like on my mail inbox project.

The clasp came from a FWW article. I can’t recall who wrote it (I wanna say Lonnie Bird). The tongue and groove work right off the Incra table.

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