Christmas Boxes

Those are gorgeous!! So are those mitered corners, with maple splines, and a rabbeted top? How about a pic of them opened? Great job, Damian!!

-- Matt, Houston Texas

Some larger pics would be nice of that gorgeous Rosewood and open them up as well , please : )

-- 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 .

Beautiful boxes Damian. Great figure in the rosewood. Those maple splines really compliment the rosewood.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Very Elegant!!

Love the color contrasts between the darker box and the lighter splines!

Sweeeeeet!

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

Doug Stowe’s article will have launched a thousand Xmas boxes this year (I’ve got one in the pipe, too). Love the rosewood…

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

Damian,

These are gorgeous!

-- Brian, Folsom, CA http://www.brianfullerdesigns.com

Thanks guys :) You got it Matt, mitered and then splined with a rabbeted top, you can find the article here.

Unfortunately I was in quite a rush to get these out as I had to get them in the mail so these are the only shots I have of them. I do have one in birdseye maple that I’m working on too though so I’ll get some better pics of that one. The rosewood really is lovely though, first time I’d used it.

-- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso

Very nice boxes. They allow the wood to speak for itself without distraction.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

You did that Rosewood justice. Great little boxes!

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

Nice job! I just read the article yesterday on making those. I think I will be taking a stab at this design also.

-- Julian, Park Forest, IL

Sweet Little Boxes!

-- Dennis Zongker

Hi Damian;

As always, a beautiful job.

I thought you were going to say you were in such a rush to mail them, they don’t actually open!

Happy Holidays;

Lee
p.s. Where’s the bench?

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

Beautiful boxes Damian.Love the color and detail to them.

-- Dustygirl..Hastings,Ontario.. How much wood can 1 gal chuck if 1 gal can't cut wood?

Hey Lee, I started using the bench before I’d completely finished it which is why these got posted first :) I still need to get the face vise attached, and once I’ve done that I’ll definitely be posting it.

-- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso

I did have one awful moment with these, I was sawing the top off the one on the right but hadn’t left enough web and somehow I pushed it right off the back of the saw where the top promptly fell off and exploded on the floor.. A few choice words were spoken… The rosewood is nice and hard though so barely any actual damage, glued it back together and all was well :)

-- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso

Funny – (story in your last entry there…)

Nice little boxes!

I too am still waiting for that bench of yours!

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA