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THIS IS A BOX WITH A MUSICAL WINDUP & SLIDING TRAY INSIDE. THE TOP , BOTTOM, FRONT & BACK IS FIGURED MAPLE 1/2" THICK & THE SIDES IS A WOOD CALLED WAMARA & COMES FROM SOUTH AMERICA, THE CORNERS WERE DONE WITH MY ROUTER & A SPECIAL FIXTURE TO MAKE THIS JOINT SOMETHING LIKE A DOVETAIL JOINT, THE INLAY ON THE LID IS MAHAGONY, THE FEET WERE MADE FROM WALNUT, THE LID SHOWS A LOT OF FIGURE & WAS A LITTLE TRICKY GETTING A SMOOTH FINISH BECAUSE OF THE GRAIN, THE ENCLOSURE FOR THE MUSICAL WINDUP WAS ENCLOSED USING MAPLE BURL, THE TRAY WAS MADE FROM SPALTED MAPLE SIDES & SAPELE BOTTOM & THE RUNNERS INSIDE THE BOX WERE MADE FROM BUBINGA, BRASS BUTT HINGES, BRASS CHAIN, & BRASS KNOB & A OVAL MIRROR, THE BOX MEASURES 12 1/2 " X 6 1/8" X 6 3/4" high , I USED NATURAL DANISH OIL & WET SANDED BETWEEN COATS THEN A WIPE ON POLY ON THE INSIDE I USED SHELLAC., ON THE OPEN VIEW AT THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER IS THE MAPLE BURL ENCLOSURE, THE PIC DOES NOT SHOW IT TO CLEARLY.

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Nice job with matching the grain pattern. The figured maple is outstanding. Nicely done. Thanks for sharing
 

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Gorgeous piece…
 

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Absolutely beautiful music box from beautiful maple!
 

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That is so nice! Great job on that. Love the top design. Great all around. Very cool!
 

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Really nice work. The wood pattern rolling around the front is especially nice.
 

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Beautiful box! Love that figured maple. Very nicely done. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom
 

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Very pretty box. I love the character of the figure and spalting, and the interesting jointery. Are they Leigh Isoloc joints?
 

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That's a great looking box. All the parts work very well together!
 

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to answer your question jm82435, the jointery is aspecial set of on the router table the system i use can be seen at www.oak-park.com , i started watching this woodworking tv show called "The Router Workshop ", & then i started taping the shows & before you know it i started doing a few wood projects & kept at it , i'll post another box with a heart pattern for the jointery.

thanks for takeing a look
 

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very nice, i have to know what you use for lid stays?
 
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