Cocobolo 'Book' Box

Very nice! I was afraid you were going to say it was to keep his balls in. :-)

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

Beautiful box, nice wood, looks like it was put together well. jockmike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

What a great idea, love the high luster finish.

-- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso

Awesome! The choice in wood makes it even more special. Stepping a little outside the box to build the box.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Nice gift idea. Great work. Nice dovetails.

-- Jesus is Lord!

I just love small wooden boxes! This is a beauty. Very nice design and execution, Tracker.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

It is again another work of art presented at lumberjocks. Thank you for sharing. Be advised tho, that cocobolo is one of the most toxic of woods, causing severe eye skin and respiratory problems if breathed. cover up well and cleanup well after its use.
A variant, should you attempt a similar undertaking might me to use multiple woods to make the box look like an actual boox, with a differnt color binding and covers laminated and striped or straight grained llite wood , like zebrawood, or ash for the middle “pages” segment. In your hands it would be “smashing.”

-- Dan

What a thoughtful and beautiful gift. I’m sure it’s something he’ll treasure the rest of his life. That’s the kind of thing that goes up on the trophy shelf and gets taken down to show the grandkids. Great job, and a very lucky graduate.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

how lovely!!!

now.. how did you do those hinges??

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Great box. I like the concept of a book design for a box.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Great job, tracker. Something to treasure for a long time.

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

Thanks for the comments.
The hinges are from Lee Valley and the only small half mortise, half strap hinges that I could find. The ‘short’ side is 3/8ths and that is put in a standard hinge mortise that I did by hand. The long strap side is a simple surface mount. If I were to do it over I would rout the hinge mortise before assembly as the angle made it a REAL hassle. My chisels were too long to go in straight so I almost used it as an exuse to go buy a set of the short paring chisels that I have been eyeing! Too bad I passed up the exuse!
The cocobolo made me SNEEZE and my wife said I snored!!
Again thanks for the comments!

-- Scott - Dallas, Texas