| Project by sras | posted 06-14-2015 08:32 PM | 1367 views | 1 time favorited | 13 comments |  |
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This project is for a gift exchange between my brother, sister-in-law and my wife & myself.
One requirement is that the gift is handmade (at least mostly). Another is that it follow a theme. These are drawn from an idea box after the previous gifts are exchanged. For this gift, the theme was “Something with an R” (for our last name).
After I came up with this idea, I liked it so much – I made two! Since we both have 3 children, we have 5 first initials and the “R” makes the 6th one.
6 initials and 6 faces on a box work, but I had to come up with a stand to display all six sides. (actually I made 2 stand designs – the alternate is in the last picture)
The other trick was how to open a box when it is displayed like this. That is where the 3 sided lid came into being.
The materials are:
Box Outer Face – Yellowheart
Trim – Bloodwood
Box Inner face – Sycamore
Letter Inlay – Wenge
Stand – Walnut
Alternate Stand – Wenge
The box is 4 1/4 inches on a side and about 8 inches tall on the stand. The finish is 2 coats of sanding sealer followed by 4 coats of water based polyurethane.
I put together a blog on the build process as well.
If anyone has any questions, I’ll be happy to provide more details.
-- Steve - Impatience is Expensive
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lew
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#1 posted 06-14-2015 08:47 PM
They turned out Super!!
I really like the way they are displayed, too!
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#2 posted 06-14-2015 09:24 PM
Wow Steve, that is really cool, and well thought out. Clearly a labor of love. I need to find some time and go through the blog. Beautiful work!
-- Jeff .... Minnesota, USA
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#3 posted 06-14-2015 09:50 PM
Fun to follow the whirlwind blog and even better to see the masterpiece(s).
Couldn’t have been done better, I love it.
Interesting lid too.
Well done!
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sras
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#4 posted 06-14-2015 10:09 PM
Thanks!
lew – As you know, I had to put a bit of time into that stand design
Jeff – Thanks! The blog isn’t too long ;)
Paul – I really appreciate the compliment.
-- Steve - Impatience is Expensive
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#5 posted 06-14-2015 11:47 PM
Nice job Steve.
What a cool idea and present. I like them.
Steve
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sras
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#6 posted 06-15-2015 03:55 AM
Thanks Steve – Glad you like them!
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#7 posted 06-15-2015 05:40 AM
They are great and the hole project turned out well. Thanks for sharing Steve.
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sras
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#8 posted 06-15-2015 02:12 PM
Thanks Dutchy!
-- Steve - Impatience is Expensive
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#9 posted 06-15-2015 05:47 PM
What a cool idea for gifts! Great execution of a great idea!
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#10 posted 06-15-2015 06:36 PM
Very kewl
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#11 posted 06-15-2015 09:01 PM
That is one cool idea Steve .
I like the whole idea from letters to lid and its very well done .
Klaus
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#12 posted 06-16-2015 02:36 PM
Very well done, Steve, particularly the routing.
The stand and opening idea is a definite winner.
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#13 posted 06-20-2015 04:06 PM
Very tricked out!
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