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I made these two boxes for my two stepsons for Christmas. Both are made from birdseye maple and mohagany. One has Paduak trim and the other Purple heart. The last box shown was made from the maple & paduak ‘leftovers’ The inspiration for the two came from a book called ‘400 boxes’ I was able to desgin the them in AutoCAD which helped alot during the build up. I made quite a few mistakes but sanding covers up a mulititude of sins.
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27 comments so far
rareddy
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posted 297 days ago
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!
Bob
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posted 297 days ago
Beautiful ! Oh to have the patience, not only to do the work but to also to plan the work!!
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Tom Adamski
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posted 297 days ago
Wow, Very nice work.
Tom
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LocalMac
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posted 297 days ago
Very nice pieces. I like the wood selection you chose.
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woodworm
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posted 297 days ago
Really beautiful! Great pieces of wood work!
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Max
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Very nice, I really like the woods and the attention to detail.
-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT
majeagle1
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posted 297 days ago
Very very nice ! I love the wood combinations and the design is beautiful. Great job !!!!
What are the dimensions of the boxes?
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Karson
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posted 297 days ago
A very nice post and welcome to LumberJocks. We always love boxes.
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Ihor
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posted 296 days ago
Absolutely beautiful!
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TonyWard
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posted 296 days ago
Excellent work, can’t see any sins! Treasures to be passed onto future generations.
Tony Ward
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wood_wench
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posted 296 days ago
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.
savannah505
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Really excellent looking boxes, real craftsmanship here.
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woodbutcher
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measure1_cut2,
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
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BarryW
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posted 296 days ago
Very nice boxes and truly beautiful wood.
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rickf16
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posted 296 days ago
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
CharlieM1958
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posted 296 days ago
Excellent boxes…..first class!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Dennis Zongker
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Very nice! I’m sure your stepsons were very happy with their gifts.
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Douglas Bordner
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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.
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jm82435
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posted 296 days ago
Really nice boxes. I like the design, and they are beautiful. Are the felt lined or is it the spray stuff?
Welcome to LJs!
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Ampeater
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posted 296 days ago
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.
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measure1_cut2
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posted 296 days ago
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
TedM
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posted 296 days ago
Very nice!
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douglbe
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What a way to jump into Lumberjocks, welcome aboard, very nice craftsmanship.
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motthunter
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posted 295 days ago
beautiful
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rickf16
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measure1_cut2,
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
DonJ
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posted 260 days ago
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
SCOTSMAN
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posted 260 days ago
Really wonderful quality well done and such consistency too.Alistair
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