She's a brick.. da da da da.. box!

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This is one cool and unique box well done.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

very unique box, I like that!

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i like it … the dark glue worked well.

-- Paul , Calfornia

Great use of scrap lumber. Really looks cool. The glue worked great as an outline.

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

I was pretty suprised cause I thought it was a much bigger box at first until I read the comments. After looking back, I realized the glue bottles in the background. REAL COOL!!! What did you use to help the end grain joinery? I have some scrap Oak, Pine, & Teak I think I’ll try this on.

John

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Thanks all,

I just butted the pieces together, John. Threw more than enough glue in there, so shouldnt be any problems. Plus with the interlock between pieces you get more strength there.

I clamped the glue up pretty tight longways, but left it a little loose width-ways to allow for any lateral expansion/contraction. There are acutally some small gaps between pieces at the end grain sides. I doubt it’ll see much movement, or at least I hope! Box is 9”x6”x4” btw :)

-- James, Bluffton, IN

good use of scraps ,and something new to learn with .

how many bricks do you have to store ?

looks like it will hold only 1 !

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

Cool box! I like the way you think outside the box (or are you?) Anyway, great way to make a box. I would have never thought of using the dark glue for a hi-lite.

-- John @ Myrtle Beach

Great looking box! love the use of the dark glue to make the seperate pieces stand out. With the “subway tile pattern” This should have plenty of glue up strength to it.

Great use of scraps!

Keep it up.

Scrappy

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

You make me realize I have a box of potential great boxes!

That looks really nice! Now I know what to do with this thing :)

-- Gary, Los Angeles, video game animator

Great idea Hackman. A unique box nicely done.

-- Mike, American in Norway

I like this a LOT.

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

Great project. And a great song that you hint in your title for this post, one of my favorites :)

finally a comment about the song, i was wondering when someone would say something :)

-- James, Bluffton, IN

Ha! I love it!

-- He said wood...http://hickbyassociation.blogspot.com/

Ohio Players, great tune. Neat concept for your box too.

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

Just like someone else mentioned already, I thought it was much larger too. I was reading your write-up and thought you had mis-typed the dimensions of the wood, making it inches instead of feet. I really like the brick look and you did a great job on the splines, especially for something so small.

-- Dale Manning, Carthage, NY

What a neat concept! Great box!

-- //FC - Round Rock, TX - "Experience is what you get just after you need it"

Nice box, unique idea.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

great idea, i started one like this years ago and its still sitting out in the garage somewhere not finished LOL, oh well i’ll get to it later… You did a great job on this

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