Spalted Maple Box

Charlie you box is beautiful.

-- Only the Shadow knows....................

Great box, Charlie…. I like that maple and the routed corners…. Well done

Steve

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †

very nice Charlie ! the maple, with the scale of the grain pattern almost looks like stone or marble. beautiful …

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Yes very nice Charlie. I too LOVE that spalted maple. It is an awesome wood.
PEACE!!!

-- Allison, Northeastern Ca. Remember, Amateurs built the Ark. Professionals built the Titanic!

simple, elegant…and a dazzler…

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looks great charlie

-- making sawdust....

You’ve let that maple sing out loud and clear. I like the coves a lot and the splines are clever. Beautiful box Charlie.

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a great looking box , i like the wood and everything else about it . ... i might be sealing the mitered key idea

-- Paul , Calfornia

Very, very nice Charlie….......... the spalted maple is beautiful, I would really like to try something like that.
The router cove is a really nice touch, it sets off the box just perfectly and the splines are very unique.

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You’ve got a way with boxes Charlie, always something different. Nice box.

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Another Beauty, Charlie!

Do you create the lid and box separate or an “enclosed box” and then cut off the lid?

Lew

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...just beautiful.

Lew, I always make the box first, then cut the lid off.

Since this box was pretty small, I tried something different…. I set up a fence on my crosscut sled and tried to use that to cut the lid free. It seemed like a good idea in theory, but I must have not had the fence square to the sled, because I really fouled it up. I had to sand lboth the lid and the box like heck to get a good fit. LOL!

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

amazing….

-- Matt--Proud LJ since 2007

Very nice job Charlie…

How did you do the miter keys???

Tom

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