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Bandsaw "Puzzle" Box II--Triple Nesting Set--Amboyna (Narra)

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Bandsaw "Puzzle" Box II--Triple Nesting Set--Amboyna (Narra)
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I can’t believe I didn’t post this sooner. So life goes…
I made this as a wedding gift for a couple of my friends. It’s made of Figured Narra, also known as Amboyna when it’s in burl form. It’s based on the same principle of construction as described here.
I learned this technique firsthand from Scott Phillips when he spent a day at my hardwood dealer. I was in the front row, no more than an arms reach away from him most of the time!!! What a great guy!

This box was really special, because it turned into FOUR NESTING BOXES!! I initially meant this box to be a recipe holder for the newlyweds, but I just couldn’t stop making boxes once I started…
The inside of each box and all the inner boxes are finished with Zinsser Seal Coat shellac and the outside box is finished with Seal Coat followed by a coat of Satin wipe-on Poly (Minwax).










See my first bandsaw box also.

-- Lane Custom Guitars and Basses


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jsollows

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posted 261 days ago

Cool!

-- There's nothing like the feel of a wood shop.

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LesB

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posted 261 days ago

Fascinating. I have enough trouble with compound miters.

-- Les B, Oregon

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NedB

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posted 261 days ago

super project! what size blade are you using?

-- Ned - 2B1ASK1 http://nedswoodshop.blogspot.com

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Dennis Zongker

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posted 261 days ago

No that’s ingenuity! Great Job!

-- Dennis Zongker

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BarryW

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posted 261 days ago

Now that’s some Michigan style jazz…!

-- /\/\/\ BarryW /\/\/\ Stay so busy you don't have time to die.

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alanealane

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posted 261 days ago

I used a 1/8” blade from Nicholson. I didn’t use cool blocks and ruined the blade…

-- Lane Custom Guitars and Basses

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leonmcd

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posted 261 days ago

Looks great!

I have one of these on my to-do list. Hadn’t planned on the nesting but I like it.

What size are the boxes? The largest and the smallest.

-- Leon -- Houston, TX - " I create all my own designs and it looks like it "

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SPHinTampa

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posted 261 days ago

Very cool

-- Shawn, I ask in order to learn

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alanealane

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posted 260 days ago

I don’t exactly remember what the size of the box is. Aaahhh, who am I kidding? I never knew what size it was. I ‘free handed’ this box on the bandsaw from a piece of Narra I had originally bought as a “turning blank.” So I think it was 8×4 x 4” but that’s only a guess. I tried to make it fit a 3×5 recipe card on the inside of the biggest box, but the sliding top made that impossible.

At best guess, the finished box is 7×3.5×3.5”

;-D

-- Lane Custom Guitars and Basses

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jSchrock

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posted 230 days ago

cool can’t wait to try one

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