Walnut/Maple Box, Cutting Board

That walnut has some fantastic grain in it. I like both the box and the cutting board. Great save…..

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

Very nice. Both pieces turned out great. I never would have thought to try and save that scrap..

Pretty nice. You don’t usually see the dovetails facing the front.

-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way - Tyler, TX

That is so fun to take a chunk of wood like that and turn it into something beautiful. Excellent!

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

Very nice projects. I think as “green’ woodworkers we need to make more use of ugly duckling wood. A beautiful piece of walnut like this deserves a better end than a landfill.

-- Jim Westbrooks

Nice work, I agree with Gary, the dovetails out are great great. What kind of finish did you use on the box? and the board?

-- Things of the greatest worth are from the Earth. If you tell yourself that something is "close enough" it is not...do it again.

Sweeeet!

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

The finish is wipe on gloss poly for the box. 1:4 wax to mineral oil on the cutting board.

How did the walnut get burned? I especially love that box, what a little gem. Really like those forward-facing dovetails.

-- Happy woodworking! http://www.blakeweber.us

Sweet little box …do you have anymore pix of it ?

-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.