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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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Josh Sollows
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#1 posted 1536 days ago
Cool!
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LesB
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#2 posted 1535 days ago
Fascinating. I have enough trouble with compound miters.
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NedB
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#3 posted 1535 days ago
super project! what size blade are you using?
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Dennis Zongker
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#4 posted 1535 days ago
No that’s ingenuity! Great Job!
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BarryW
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#5 posted 1535 days ago
Now that’s some Michigan style jazz…!
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alanealane
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#6 posted 1535 days ago
I used a 1/8” blade from Nicholson. I didn’t use cool blocks and ruined the blade…
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leonmcd
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#7 posted 1535 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 "
SPHinTampa
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#8 posted 1535 days ago
Very cool
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alanealane
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#9 posted 1535 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
jSchrock
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#10 posted 1504 days ago
cool can’t wait to try one
Mayara
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#11 posted 1006 days ago
Great! Very good project! Congratulations!
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woodcrafter47
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#12 posted 955 days ago
How do you cut the center out ?
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alanealane
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#13 posted 955 days ago
Click these links for my tutorial:
Bandsaw Box I project
and
Tutorial
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ChadE
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#14 posted 531 days ago
Awesome job!
ChurchClown
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#15 posted 357 days ago
Thanks so much for posting this box Tilting the table, so that’s how it’s done. Could’nt figure it out for the life of me.
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