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spalted sliding lid mahogany box

Project by coloradoclimber posted 371 days ago 483 views 0 times favorited 13 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Another xmas gift. A couple coats of tung oil, couple coats of shellac, rubbed on wax to shine it up.


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Greg3G

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posted 371 days ago

Love the lid! Outstanding job.

-- Greg - Charles Town, WV

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lew

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posted 371 days ago

Beautiful!

Are these called “candle boxes”?

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CharlieM1958

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posted 371 days ago

Love that spalting!

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

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Grumpy

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posted 371 days ago

The spalted lid adds a great effect.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

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Woodhacker

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posted 371 days ago

Beautiful top! Someone’s getting a great Christmas gift.

Thanks for posting it.

-- Martin, Kansas

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brianinpa

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posted 371 days ago

Very nice box and the top is beautiful.

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

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TheCaver

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posted 371 days ago

Excellent wood choices!

I just finished some of these, almost ready to post them, I think you’ll like the lid addition I added….

JC

-- Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. -Carl Sagan

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Douglas Krueger

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posted 371 days ago

Great looking piece of wood

-- I can so I wood but why are my learning curves always circles

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jockmike2

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posted 371 days ago

Beautiful, nothing else to say.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

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Thos. Angle

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posted 371 days ago

Pretty, pretty. Very well done.

-- Thos. Angle

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coloradoclimber

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posted 370 days ago

Thanks for the comments everyone. I do enjoy making the boxes and they seem to be appreciated by the recipients.

JC, I looked at your projects, you do some nice work. I particularly like your veneers and inlays. I’m looking forward to your new posts.

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Dusty56

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posted 112 days ago

The Spalted lid really adds alot to this piece.

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

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a1Jim

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posted 111 days ago

cool box

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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