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I built these for my two daughters (4 and 2). Not an original design, I saw the idea in one of the woodworking magazines a few years back. I hadn’t tried intarsia yet, and decided to give it a shot. I altered the original slightly by increasing the depth of the boxes and produced a mirror image for one of them. I built them from scraps of hard maple, lacewood and walnut. As you can see, they were immediately filled with treasures!
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Rj
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posted 211 days ago
Wow Doc now these are really cool !
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woodsmithshop
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posted 211 days ago
very nice job!!! your daughters will treasure them forever, really nice job on the intarsia.
Smitty
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Mike Lingenfelter
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posted 211 days ago
Very unique, I love the whimsy of the design.
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Kindlingmaker
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posted 211 days ago
Really great boxes! Great art!
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a1Jim
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posted 211 days ago
Hey Doc
I love these, great job.Do you remember what magazine These came from.
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Sawtooth
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posted 211 days ago
Those are very nice, Its a very fun design.
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kolwdwrkr
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posted 211 days ago
These are cool and favorited.
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isetegija
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posted 211 days ago
Very nice and unique boxes.
Thanks for sharing with us.
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mtnwild
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posted 211 days ago
Sooo cooool!!!
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milehigh
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posted 211 days ago
I bet the girls love those! They are really cute
Paul
Allison
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posted 211 days ago
Without a doubt, these are about the cutest little intarsia projects I have ever seen. Adorable and great job!
Very nice!!!
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MsDebbieP
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posted 211 days ago
brilliant, cute, beautiful…. adorable!!
well done
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DocT
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posted 211 days ago
Thanks for your kind words everybody!
a1Jim- I looked it up. They came from Wood magazine issue 175 (Mar ‘07).
Mike
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posted 211 days ago
She (who must be obeyed) likes frogs so now I will have to attempt to steal your idea…..
Or something similar
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Loucarb
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posted 211 days ago
Those are beautiful. My little granddaughters would love them. I will have to give them a try. Great job and thanks for sharing
ND2ELK
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posted 211 days ago
Love your frog boxes! Tanks for posting.
God Bless
tom
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Donna Menke
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posted 168 days ago
Doc- those are adorable little boxes! What a great finish job you did on them. Obviously you sanded your fingerprints off in the process. What varnish did you use?
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