Recipe Box

very nice box well done

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Your wife will be very happy with that fine result.
Lovely timber, good design and finish…well done.

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

Great box. That wood is awesome. I love the contrast between the maple and the ebony.

I am not sure I would have posted something that good looking as my first post. You have set the bar very high for future work.

Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work.

-- -- Rob Hix, King George, VA

Thank you all so much for the great comments I realy do appreciate it :)

Jason

I hope your wife’s a good cook…. we would want to waste such great craftmenship.

-- I'm not here for your amusement. You're here for mine - Johnny Rotten

Gorgeous box …..the top of the lid is incredible : )

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

Beautiful box and I agree with RobH, you sure set the bar high for yourself !!!!

The design is very smooth, I like the top and the miters and keys are oh so tight!!
Great job and thanks for shareing, look forward to more posts.
And BTW, welcome to LJ’s …...............

What type of finish did you use?

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

Beautiful box, beautiful job, beautiful wood! Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

All around gorgeous box! I look forward to your future projects. Thanks for sharing. Well done!

-- Brad, Oregon- Wood, it's what's for dinner.

Very nice work. Good material choices, I love the contrasting splines. What type of finish was used?

-- Keith, Bolingbrook, Illinois. How did you do that? I just started with a bunch of wood and cut away anything that's not part of the finished piece...

as if I dont have enough projects going on right now, you had to post this awesome box. Now my wife wants one…lol. Well done Jason!!!

Really wonderful job. Wood selection and construction details are dead-on first-rate!

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

That is some fine workmanship and excellent use of great lumber. I too am interested in your finishing schedule.
I think your wife should be awfully pleased. Can’t wait to see more!

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

Great looking box!

Beautiful box. I like the contrast in the woods. Super job.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

that’s a nice big box I like the design well done Alistair

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

Thank you all again for commenting on this project, it is nice to be part of a community that truly appreciates the amount of work it takes to build projects like these.

Finish Recipe for this box –
I have tried so many finishes when I am using quilted maple but I think i finally found a simple easy to apply finish for a wood like this.

I first hand scraped the box then sanded from 220,320, and 400 I took a 50% cut of shellac and applied 2 light wash-coats sanding with 400 grit between each wash-coat, this helps out soooo much when dealing with quilted maple. after the wash-coats I simply did 3 coats of danish oil letting each coat sit for 15 mins before wiping the excess off. I set the box aside for about 24 hours (I wish I had more time to let it cure) and finished it off with with a coat of Renaissance Micro-Crystalline wax polish using a grey pad. this is a amazing wax that is easy to apply buffs out with no hassle and doesn’t leave to thick of a coat on the wood just enough for a light sheen and protection as you can see from the picture of the lid.

thank,
Jason

Welcome to LJ’s. A great looking box and some superb looking wood. If you don’t make much make it look great.

Jason. If you want the Danish Oil to set up more used some Japan Drier. But be careful after you mix it up it will set up in the container, so you can’t save any. I use less than a capful for a cup of finish or so.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Nice execution. Well done.

Hi Jason,
Very nice box. Can you tell me how you made the slots in the corners of the box?
Thx, Lloyd

-- Northern California http://www.lloydus.com

Lloyd Davies – The corner of the box are miter keys A simple jig is contructed to do this operation I do not have any picutures of my jig but I am sure there are many example of this type of jig on lumberjocks… just do a search for miterkey sled you can also do a search on google and should be able to find a lot of info and pictures of this type of jig. if you have a hard time finding info let me know and i will do the search and give you some websites to check out.

Thanks
Jason