Boxes and leftovers

While everyone loves to build the next huge thing, the smaller projects are so awesome because they cost so little to build, but can easily show off the skill of the craftsman, which you’ve done beautifully!

Beautiful ! Oh to have the patience, not only to do the work but to also to plan the work!!

-- "How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatos, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young?"

Wow, Very nice work.

Tom

-- Anybody can become a woodworker, but only a Craftsman can hide his mistakes.

Very nice pieces. I like the wood selection you chose.

-- Don't tell her I'm in the shop!

Really beautiful! Great pieces of wood work!

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

Very nice, I really like the woods and the attention to detail.

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

Very very nice ! I love the wood combinations and the design is beautiful. Great job !!!!

What are the dimensions of the boxes?

-- Gene, Majestic Eagle Woodworks, http://majesticeagleww.etsy.com/, http://www.flickr.com/photos/majesticeagle/

A very nice post and welcome to LumberJocks. We always love boxes.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Absolutely beautiful!

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Excellent work, can’t see any sins! Treasures to be passed onto future generations.

Tony Ward

-- Bandsaw Box Plans

Stunning! These valet boxes (guys jewelry box) are just awesome. Love your choice of contrasting woods and the use of the splines. Books like “400 Boxes” are the best. You can get so many great ideas and inspirations from them and then just let your imagination, talent and skills go wild. I especially like how you beveled the outer left and right edges of the drawers to make their intersection with the carcass appear almost seamless from the front. Very nice touch.

Really excellent looking boxes, real craftsmanship here.

-- Dan Wiggins

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Really nice boxes! Did you save anytime by doing both boxes at the same time? The multiple wood uses are just great. I’m sure the boys are most proud of these. I’ve got three sons and when I have to make the multiple projects, I’ve started making them all identical. Congratulations on an excellent build again.

Sincerely,
Ken McGinnis

-- woodbutcher north carolina

Very nice boxes and truly beautiful wood.

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Nice boxes. The wood choices are great! Would like to know the dimensions along with the stock thickness and also how you did the feet. I have been asked to make a box for a 1911 and these look like what I’m after. If you have any plans, are they available?

Really nice boxes!!!

-- Rick

Excellent boxes…..first class!

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

Very nice! I’m sure your stepsons were very happy with their gifts.

-- Dennis Zongker

Great job, beautiful project. As Tony pointed out, these will be family heirlooms.
Looks like I need to put that book on the short list.

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

Really nice boxes. I like the design, and they are beautiful. Are the felt lined or is it the spray stuff?
Welcome to LJs!

-- A thing of beauty is a joy forever...

Extremely nice. I have been looking for something like this. My two older grandsons would love these.

What were the hinges that you used.

More details please.

-- "A goal without a plan is a wish."

Thanks for all the comments. The two boxes were designed to be big enough to hold paper for a printer so they ended up about 15” wide 10” deep and just over 6” high. I did them both at the same time – I lost track of time but there is about 80 to 100 hours of labor for both. The solid brass hinges were from Rockler as well as the drawer pulls. Since I spent all the budget on the wood and hinges I went and bought red & blue felt at the local fabric store. I have plans but the drawings are ‘minimal quality’ If there is interest I can clean them up in a few days and post them. Some of the joints are not standardard so you may want to tweak it. The only thing I would change was to use a tighter grained wood for the trim like cherry instead of the mahogany to match the maple.

-- To err is human and I'm I an expert in being human

Very nice!

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What a way to jump into Lumberjocks, welcome aboard, very nice craftsmanship.

-- Doug, Cass City, Michigan

beautiful

-- making sawdust....

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I would like to see your plans. There is no such thing as “minimal quality” as far as I ‘m concerned. Any plan would help.

-- Rick

Beautiful Job! I agree, nothing minimal about your work! Question for you: It appears you have the horizontal and verticle accent pieces all the way through the top boards (lids); if so, any issues or concerns with wood movement? Also, what process did you use for set up and glue up? Thanks! (I want to make a box that has a cross on top; I thought of glueing up separate pieces to make the top, using different woods—walnut burl for the basic wood and red heart for the cross—hence the question above.)

-- Don, San Antonio, TX

Really wonderful quality well done and such consistency too.Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease