Box

this is beautiful. I love the inside of the lid!!

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Very nice box. I like the details.

-- http://foldingrule.blogspot.com

Great stuff VT. Love the subtleness. How did you connect the grains of the top pieces if I may ask? Are there bisquits in there or splines? Same with the miters on the side panels… are there blind splines in them? A box like this obviuosly won’t take much abuse so it probably doesn’t matter but was just curiuos as to your construction approach. Beautiful piece and thanks for sharing it with us.

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

Everything is connected with biscuits. Unfortunately, when I cut it all, I hadn’t realized that the fence on my tablesaw was out of alignment and I had to tweak all of the settings with my belt sander, and I wasn’t all that good with it at the time. Now I have a jointer, and my tablesaw is all tweaked into alignment. I think this one would come out a whole heck of a lot better this time around.

Really nice woodworkin’ here. What are the dimensions of the box?

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

VT, very nice box. You are lucky that your HD carries Maple, they only carry Poplar and once in awhile they might have some red oak in 1/2”. I try not to buy any wood from them (too expensive) but every now and then I need something and the local lumber yard is naturally closed on weekends. Keep up the good work.

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

Panama,

The dimensions are roughly 4” high x 13” long by 7” wide. I actually don’t remember why I chose any of the dimensions other than that it needed to be able to fit an Ipod inside as that was the birthday present.

Cajun,

I too don’t really like buying my lumber there, but at the time, I didn’t have a planer or jointer and my handplane skill was just up to the task of making dimensioned lumber out of what I could get at Woodcraft. Now, I only get the engineered wood from them or one of our other Big Box stores.

Nice box, VT. The design shows originality, the execution is good considering your tool limitations and the finish is very nice. All-in-all, a great start.

I look forward to seeing your work progress and you acquire more tools.

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

Very nice. You shouldn’t fess up to the filling though….we’d never know. :-)

Bill is right….we wish we could get maple at HD down south here.

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

We have maple at our HD and your lucky yours does’nt. The price is ouragious. Menards carries it too. It is high there too. Better off going to a mill and getting some rough cut and milling it yourself. If you don’t have the tools ask a friend or try Lowes or Menards. Beautiful Box. mike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

The scale is excellent. Shows true craftsmanship in my opinion. Demonstrates the ability to make something very nice that doesn’t have to be a giant entertainment center or massive coffee table in order to stimulate the “That is beautiful” side of our brains.

-- -- Skee from MN

Oh, and I forgot to say that I just love small wooden boxes like this, in case you didn’t know.

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