Man Box For Husband

Looks great for a first inlay!! :-)) Nice box.

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

Man, oh man. Beautiful box.

-- When the tide goes out you see who's been skinny dipping.

Scrappy is sure teaching you the right way to do things..properly and I would have to say safely too.
Fantastic first project!

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Very nice job! Your Husband must love it!

-- Mike in Manchester, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.

Nice job….well done.

-- I will just keep doing it till I get it right.

Dang I think you need to talk to my wife I want one of these….. very mice job like the design the inlay looks much better then anything I could do. The veg tanned leather looks great… love the look of the antiqued stained leather the grain is really pretty. The wood hinges are nice.

I can’t tell from the pics did you line the top compartments with leather too??? If not that would be my one critique I guess is that leather lined compartments would have been even cooler. But awesome man box.

Man box I have to say that sounds so much better then dresser valet or Man Jewelry box….. less testosterone draining name :D LOL

-- Hrolfr

What husband wouldn’t be happy and proud to receive this. Excellent job!

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

Great job Amanda. The inlay is really nice!

I have to say though, if you had told me a woman was going to make a “man box”, I would have expected her to put the other end of the horse on it. :-)

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

Wow! beautiful. Very lucky husband. Great job Amanda,

-- Dennis Zongker

congratulations !
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an all around well thought and executed gift . go ahead feel proud .
allot of firsts in this one .
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just goes to show , if you dont know for a fact you cant , then , well , you can !
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and , dad , thanks for the help . thats love for you .

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

Hey Amanda
This is one beautiful man box , a beautiful job all the way around great job

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Thanks everyone! He loved it the dark color, the hinges, the horse, everything, put it on his night stand next to the bed. he hasn’t mentioned it being late since he saw it :) Eventually I plan to make a matching one for me using different woods I have Padauk for it but I’m still not sure with the color change it makes what I want to do with it. That stuff turns every tool it touches red like its on fire. The red has spread around the shop like the plague!

Degoose – that’s one reason it took so long is because I had this image in my head of how I wanted it to be and he knew how to make it into a box lol so we spent a lot of time talking about how you do everything the right way, and the safe way. Without him teaching me I wouldn’t have even known where to start.

Hrolfr – the top “box” part is divided into 3 sections 1 half and 2 quarters, the smaller 2 are lined with leather so keys and such wont scratch it but I left the other half wood so he had it too look at. I can always line that side if it seems the box is getting too much wear and tear on it.

-- Amanda

Beautiful box! And the love that went into making it shows.

-- Joe,Texas,www.woodworkerJoe.com

Georgeous. I would not limit this to a gift for men!!!

Thanks for posting the time it took. It’s a great gauge for others who are also learning. What part of the process did you find took you the longest? For me, it’s always the sanding.

Great storie Squirt!

You did a fantastic job on this box. Got a little impatient once in a while but all in all did great.

And yes everyone, I am VERY, VERY Proud to have her working with me in my shop. Only problem is once she learns how to do more stuff on her own, I won’t be able to get in there myself.:) HAHA

A note to all…...If you have never taught anyone something like this, do so. The feeling you get when THEY accomplish each task and finnish the project is priceless! Just knowing you are passing something on is wonderfull.

When Amanda said That I did very little, she ment it. All I did was the drawer front and handles. She did everything else. I would show her how on a scrap piece and she would do the rest.

Again Great job Amanda.

Scrappy ( dad )

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

Excellent work!

JC

-- Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. -Carl Sagan

Wow!! Great job on the Man Box Amanda!

Rick

-- If at first you don't succeed...Don't try skydiving

scrappy, That is one of the great things about the trades, we have apprentices :-))

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

Clever inlaid escutcheon! Since it was made, it was probably easier to fit than a premade shape. I had a trick of a time with my last one.

Very nice work Amanda.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Very nice job, i’m sure he loved it..

-- Wood and Glass they kick (well you know) Have a great day - Dug

Thanks again everyone!

Mtkate – thats the nice thing about this box its so versatile, you can inlay anything you want on the top, you can round off the edges so it isn’t so blocky, it would be a great gift for anyone :) As far as what took me the longest I would have to say the inlay did it took me at least 4 days working a total of about 11 hours just to do the horse, then I had to router out the area on the lid to inlay it. But now that I know what I’m doing and know how to do it I know it wouldn’t take me as long.

-- Amanda

nicely done- I like the hand made hinges, and how you embedded that lock in there. gives it a nice touch

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

Wow, this is absolutely fantastic!
Beautiful job Amanda and I can truely understand why your husband loved it. Not only for the box design, the inlay, but the beautiful job that you have done…........ but even more than that, the fact that YOU made it for him, with your DAD. That is just wonderful.
I have a grown daughter and I am equally “blessed” by having a wonderful relationship with her and get to teach her many things that I have learned and it is wonderful to work with her and watch her create things with her own skills and imagination. Scrappy, you deserve to be proud and you are a wonderful DAD for spending this time and effort with your daughter.

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

Really very nice work looks great,and well photographed.At first I thought you were offering to swop your husband for a box LO L.well done again Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease