Christmas Box #3 Birdseye Maple - Rosewood Splines

That is some awesome birdseye maple!! Did you use your new Jet tablesaw on this Damian? Great job!!

-- Matt, Houston Texas

Awesome job Damian! Very nice birdseye to. No Curves? ;o)

-- Les, Wichita, Ks. (I'd rather be covered in saw dust!)

Nice execution, that birdseye maple is incredible. The rosewood splines really add to the overall project.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Beautiful wood and a great build, Damian!

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

Damian, great looking box. I love that maple.

Thanks for posting it.

-- Martin, Kansas

Beautiful work Damian, working with that beautiful wood did’nt hurt. The Splines set it off.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Thanks guys and happy New Year :) I most definitely used my new TS on this project, I can honestly say I couldn’t have done without it, being able to trust 45 and 0 is simply priceless, so much more productive with it, and yeah the birdseye is really nice, got it from PALS/Earthsource, my favorite lumber store in the Bay Area.

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

Happy New Year to you as well ! The box design is very nice and that BirdsEye is awesome . Any pix of the box closed / top shots ?

-- 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 .

Lovely use of some amazing wood Damian. A happy 2009 to you and yours!

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business. http://www.folksy.com/shops/TreeGems

Sweet looking box!

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

Damian a fantastic looking box. The wood just sets on fire. Nice job.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Sweet.
And hinges too! Good job.

Happy New Year,
Steve

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

Super! Gorgeous wood!

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

Hi Damian,

You did a beautiful job, worthy of the wood.

Lee

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

Really sweet box. That birdseye is incredible. Did you use the flipstick jig from the article? I have a Stowe box in the wings, and am wondering whether to try that technique or stick to a jig and trim router.

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

I did use the flip stick and in theory it will work perfectly, but in my case I had some issues with it. I’m thinking that I hadn’t cut one end quite square so it wasn’t precisely the length of the box when I set my stop blocks, you have to be spot on with it. My router table/stop block setup isn’t exactly the best (a project for this year) but I think if you do have a good setup you’ll get really good results.

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

I love this box and all of your posted projects are VERY nice!

-- Cedrus of British Columbia

Hi Damian,

Another great box. That bird’s eye maple is just gorgeous!

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

The birdseye is really nice huh, I was surprised how reasonably priced it was too, I’d always imagined birdseye to be really spendy, but compared to the rosewood it was pretty much free :) I have one more box to post that uses a bit more of it (just the top)

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

Beautiful box Damian…

-- Steffen

Beautiful Box!!! Beautiful Bird’s Eye maple. Thanks for posting.

-- Dennis Zongker