Spalted Maple Box

Charlie you box is beautiful.

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

Steve

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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!!!

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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

...just beautiful.

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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, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

Very nice job Charlie…

How did you do the miter keys???

Tom

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Tom, I cut the slots just like normal. But rather than insert regular wood keys, I mixed up a paste of epoxy and black crushed stone. Then I just filled the slot the same way you would fill a crack with spackling. After it cures completely overnight, it can be worked just like wood.

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

Charlie, this is a beautiful box. I can well understand your infatuation with spalted maple. And nice save on the scraps as well. The coves give it a nice detail as well.

Thanks for the post.

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Charlie: Nice job on the box and the inlay spline. It looks like the web page you sent us to has three different densities of crushed stones. Which one did you use?

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Another beautiful box Charlie. Some great features set it apart. Those are some nice tight miters to stand the coved edge treatment. The material is great and the epoxy keys are also the first I have seen.

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Very nice Charlie. Spalted maple is a beautiful wood.

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CharlieM1958,
Great looking box man! Where do you get the time to keep cranking these things out? What I really like is that, you’re always doing something different and each new project keeps looking better and better. Don’t ya’ ever just mess up something new that you can’t correct? I hope I can get to that level. The top and bottom fit looks superb to me! Super choice of the wood use also. Take care Sir.

Sincerely,
Ken McGinnis

p.s.- I just noticed a bit of regressiveness on your part! Those are inverted,rounded corners you used aren’t they?

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Nice Box Charlie.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Nice joinery on this one, can’t tell where it’s at!

beautiful wood.

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Thanks, everybody!

Ken, you don’t think I post my screwups, do you? ;-)

Karson: I used the Inlace nuggets.

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

Charlie, This just plain beautiful. I too, love spalted Maple. this is one of the great ones.

-- Thos. Angle

charlie..top of the LINE…would you please do me a favor..and quit showing me up !!!

-- amos

It is a a very beautyful box, like it very much. I had a look at your other projects you posted -very very nice and absolutely perfect!!

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beautiful box charlie, love that maple. great job.

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Well done!

The wood figure does great in the simple design.

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Gorgeous box, Charlie. What do you stash in it?

Thanks for sharing.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

Unfortunately, I’ve got more boxes than I’ve got stuff to stash. :-)

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

Great little box. Simple is best for that wood. I love it!

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Awesome choice of wood . Do you know if Riverside Lumber restocked fine woods ? I have been down with a badly shattered foot since Feb . of this year . Havent been in town for a while . I’m actually live in Slidell .I agree with you ,its easier to say New Orleans area .

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