Cherry and Walnut box

Very nice, fancy box. The wood grain in the top looks great.

-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none

I went back and looked at the photos a second time, trying to find some constructive criticism. Heck, I can’t find anything wrong with it! Excellent design and build.

The top looks more like red oak than ccherry to me.

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

I love the knots !!!!!!! especially the open one in the side…........
Great job, lookin good !!!!!!!!

Thanks for posting

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

Don’t you just love it when you turn fire wood into a wonderful keepsake. Great job. I agree with your wife. I like to make so called “defects” fit into the project and add character.
While I appreciate hand planing a bench top planer would cut a lot off your time spent on recycled wood; just learn how to eliminate the “cupping” that occurs on the beginning and end of shorter boards….(feed a longer piece of scrap wood through at the same time to keep the rollers level).

-- Les B, Oregon

Thanks for the comments.

LesB….Would LOVE a bench top planer but it is just not in the budget. I have a lot more time then money.
When I pull the boards from pallets I usually leave the nailed ends on until after planing. That way if I am not level on the start or end, I can saw those off after.

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!

Beautiful stuff. Just wish I could find pallets like that.

-- Gary, Huntsville. May you live as long as you want and not want as long as you live.

Keep on creatin’ brother, you have the gift!

oh very fine box…nice work on the top…great grain…

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

Very nice, I really like the legs, I get an Asian feel for it.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Sweet!

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

Very nice, the tapered legs look great.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

That is so nice. Simple design, great look. Nice job on that.

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

nice box. great legs!

-- jack -- measure once, curse twice!

nice looking box & i agree i to like the look of the knots left showing, good job

-- john, Moose Jaw, Sask, j.soika@shaw.ca

Having been in the pallet industry for 40 years, during which time my company made about 80,000,000 pallets, and currently President of the European Pallet Association which controls the quality of a pool of 550,000,000, I often look at projects that use up our products when their life is done.

I must congratulate you: this box looks pretty good even if you purchased prime timber. From an old pallet it is amazing. I hope you complete many more such projects

Stan Bowes. England

Great Box!

You’re a man after my own heart Scrappy. I love repurposing wood in my projects. The look of the wood in this project is fantastic. The design and craftmanship also outstanding in my view.

I can’t tell from the photo, is that a seperate walnut cleat on the inside corners or did you dato the legs to receive the front/back/sides?

-- The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that our aim is too low and we reach it.. Michelangelo

good job

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Choppertoo,

The corners are all one piece. Dado on outside edge after rounding over the inside. Last thing was to cut taper that way it was still square for cutting the dado’s.

Thank you for the nice comments.

Scrappy

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!