My first post here

Those are really nice Bob. Beautiful wood and the proportions are spot on.

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

What a great collection of boxes. I hope we see more of your posts.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Wonderful work, Bob! I hope you show some more of your projects!

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

oh what a beautiful collection.

I really really like that one against the wall …. oh yah.. N I C E

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

A great selection Bob. I like the looks of these boxes.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

Very, very, nice! Don is going to get very excited by this post…..:)

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

Don is probably sitting at his keyboard now drooling over so many boxes…haha.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

Excellent work. I love the wood that you used.

-- Jesus is Lord!

Sweet boxes. There’s something really comforting about making a nice perfectly squared up box.

I love boxes as well. These are all great!

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

I like how the two boxes under the lid (of the box in the back) have their dovetails lined up creating a “butterfly.” Did you design that? Nice work!

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

Bob, this is truly beautiful and original work. What a great idea of combining three boxes into one. How do these fit into each other?

Great work, Mate!

Oh, and in case you didn’t know – I just love small wooden boxes - and these are especially nice!

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

Great boxes Bob. They are all outstanding.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Very nice job – as stated they are all outstanding

-- Larry "In dog years - I'm dead"

Bob -

Great looking boxes! I like the interesting wood species. Looking forward to more!

-- http://foldingrule.blogspot.com

Very nice set of boxes, love the spalted ones. Nice corners on all of them. jockmike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

“How do these fit into each other?” – Don

Don I can’t take full credit for the design of the huon pine box. It is based on one made by Roger Gifkin of dovetail jig fame. Each huon pine bix is milled to the same thickness. The wenge top and base are cut so that they are a little longer and wider than the HP boxes. The bottom HP box has a rebate cut around the base so that it fits into the wenge bottom box/base. The two smaller top HP boxes have a base that extends below the bottom of their sides. This enables then to fit into the lower box. Also, the top of each of the smaller HP boxes has a rebate around their top. This allows the wenge top to sit down on these boxes. If I could work out how to add additional photos without having to creat a URL I would add them to this post.

-- Bob

Bob, have you tried a hosting site such as Flickr? It is pretty easy to do and to use.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Thanks Wayne. When I get a moment I will have a look at the site.

-- Bob

Really nice work and exceptional designs.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

beautiful! cant wait to see more of your work…I am going to try to make some boxes soon…these are beautiful.

-- Matt, Napa, CA...177 days to sanity...

Napaman, go for it. I used to think that box making was trivial compared to making real furniture. Wrong! After my first attempt I realised that one has to be real careful as this item is picked up and inspected at close range. Little room for error as it is touched, inspected, smelt, turned over, and compared. Not even an expensive chest of drawers is looked at so closely. Other than be fellow woodworkers. But the saatisfaction is tremendous.

-- Bob

These are great! Did you have plans or just make them on the fly?

Lboy, No plans as such. I had a description and some instructions for the huon pine box (Roger Gifkin), the box against the wall was from Freedman’s book, and the remaining are simple boxes that were almost a batch run.

-- Bob

Thanks for the details, Bob. If I may piggyback on your project, I thought that fellow LJ’s might like to learn more about Roger Gifkins whom you reference above.

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

Absolutely! Thanks for the link Don!

And Bob, again, I love what you have posted here!

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA