Valentine's Day Jewelry Box

Very nice box! Nice book match on the top. Thanks for sharing.

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My pleasure. Any idea of what the top wood is?

Bio

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It looks like a pretty wild grained maybe a quilted maple??? The heavy grain is throwing me off.

I have dealt with quilted Maple before and this definately isn’t it. The dark brown streaks that you see actually feel like they are coming out of the wood. You always hear that you should plane with the grain, well, if you don’t with this one it will rip the board apart. Also, when you cut it it has such a pleasant odor that I have never gotten from quilted maple.

-- Bio

Do you have any idea’s what it may be? Got me curious now, I’m going to go to some veneer sites to see if I can match it up with something.

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Beautiful box and job well done. Wow, what a top!!!!!!!

I am thinking that it might be curly flame maple…..........

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Awesome box… very nice indeed! I’m looking forward to more of your posts, Bio….

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quite stunning!

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Awesome box!! I thought it was maple when I first looked, but studying it for a bit, it isn’t quite right. I don’t know what it is.

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I’ll ahve to lookup the curly flame maple to see if that may be it. I was so surprised when my cabinet maker friend just gave me the slab. Unfortunately, I was having issues with my bandsaw and ruined a lot of it, but the few pieces I still have are just amazing. The silky nature of it makes you want to touch the box.

-- Bio

Sweet little box. Thanks for sharing.

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Thank you, my pleasure.

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Nice looking box, Bio. Cherry is one of my favorites. My guess would be some kind of figured maple also.

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Hey Dan, I got the Cherry from AJ over at AJ Hardwoods which is right down the street from you.

-- Bio

Wonderful box!
I vote for the lid being Bigleaf Maple Acer macrophylum. It’s normally softer than sugar maple, and shreds in four directions at the appearance of a plane iron. But it’s a wonder of the forest – and it’s clear to see what you get when it’s carefully prepped and lovingly finished.
Again I say, wonderful box!

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Thank you very much.

-- Bio

Very nice box. I really like that book match top!

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Thank you very much.

-- Bio

Beautiful Jewelry Box !

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Thank you very much.

-- Bio

I hope Doug is right and mine turns out that well. We have almost 10 acres of mostly maple that I need to thin in the next couple of years.

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Beautiful box! Really like the top veneer. You did a great job on this piece. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

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Thanks Tom, but one thing to note, the top is not veneer. It is a solid 1/4” piece of wood.

-- Bio