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If you like this little box, I really can’t take much credit for it. The design and construction are very simple to let the beauty of the wood speak for itself. (Can you tell I love spalted maple?)
I had a couple of pieces left over from another project that I didn’t know if I’d ever use because they were of uneven thickness, bowed, and had some wane. I finally gathered the courage to try and mill some usable wood out of them on my little 9” Delta band saw, and I ended up with enough for this little box. It measures about 5” x 4” x 3” high, and the finish is wipe-on poly.
The only unusual thing about the build is that the miter keys are actually a mixture of crushed stone and epoxy, which I forced into the miter slots and sanded smooth when dry.
Thanks for looking.
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
































33 comments so far
John Gray
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posted 301 days ago
Charlie you box is beautiful.
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SteveKorz
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posted 301 days ago
Great box, Charlie…. I like that maple and the routed corners…. Well done
Steve
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DAN
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posted 301 days ago
very nice Charlie ! the maple, with the scale of the grain pattern almost looks like stone or marble. beautiful …
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Allison
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posted 301 days ago
Yes very nice Charlie. I too LOVE that spalted maple. It is an awesome wood.
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BarryW
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posted 301 days ago
simple, elegant…and a dazzler…
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motthunter
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posted 301 days ago
looks great charlie
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Douglas Bordner
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posted 301 days ago
You’ve let that maple sing out loud and clear. I like the coves a lot and the splines are clever. Beautiful box Charlie.
-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.
whitedog
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posted 301 days ago
a great looking box , i like the wood and everything else about it . ... i might be sealing the mitered key idea
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majeagle1
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posted 301 days ago
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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Russel
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posted 301 days ago
You’ve got a way with boxes Charlie, always something different. Nice box.
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lew
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posted 301 days ago
Another Beauty, Charlie!
Do you create the lid and box separate or an “enclosed box” and then cut off the lid?
Lew
dennis mitchell
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...just beautiful.
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CharlieM1958
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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"
Napaman
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posted 301 days ago
amazing….
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Tom Adamski
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posted 301 days ago
Very nice job Charlie…
How did you do the miter keys???
Tom
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CharlieM1958
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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"
Scott Bryan
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posted 301 days ago
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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Karson
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posted 301 days ago
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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jm82435
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posted 301 days ago
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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kevin
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posted 301 days ago
Very nice Charlie. Spalted maple is a beautiful wood.
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woodbutcher
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posted 300 days ago
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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Beginningwoodworker
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Nice Box Charlie.
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PurpLev
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Nice joinery on this one, can’t tell where it’s at!
beautiful wood.
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CharlieM1958
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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"
Thos. Angle
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Charlie, This just plain beautiful. I too, love spalted Maple. this is one of the great ones.
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amos
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charlie..top of the LINE…would you please do me a favor..and quit showing me up !!!
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obi999
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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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jockmike2
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posted 300 days ago
beautiful box charlie, love that maple. great job.
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CessnaPilotBarry
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Well done!
The wood figure does great in the simple design.
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trifern
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posted 295 days ago
Gorgeous box, Charlie. What do you stash in it?
Thanks for sharing.
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CharlieM1958
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posted 295 days ago
Unfortunately, I’ve got more boxes than I’ve got stuff to stash. :-)
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
TopamaxSurvivor
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posted 294 days ago
Great little box. Simple is best for that wood. I love it!
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POPSHOP
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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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