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Another project for the upcoming garage sale. This box is 8 1/2” x 5 1/2” x 3” and is made from poplar and aromatic red cedar.
First try at an inlaid spline, my alignment was a little off but will fix that next time. Overall very pleased with this one. The cedar and poplar contrasted better than expected.
Finish is wipe on satin poly and inside lined with cardboard backed felt.
All comments welcome.
-- James, Bluffton, IN
14 comments so far
CharlieM1958
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posted 146 days ago
A real beauty!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
scrappy
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posted 146 days ago
Very nice! Great choice of woods! great design.!
Keep it up.
Scrappy
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patron
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posted 146 days ago
really nice ,
you are having fun !
luck on the sale .
good design .
-- david ,new mexico ,allheart
Christopher
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posted 146 days ago
Well done! What are you going to charge for your awesome work?
-- "That Government is Best that Governs The Least."-Jefferson
Don Newton
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posted 146 days ago
Awesome choice of woods!
-- Don, Pittsburgh
a1Jim
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posted 146 days ago
Hey James
This is one cool box I like the doubling of corner miters colors on the joinery.
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
Gary Fixler
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posted 146 days ago
I signed in to say how much I liked this. I love the colors and the design. I can’t tell if the outer splines are off, but the inner ones being a bit off – to me – looks like a design decision. The rest of the box is so clean and uniform, it looks like they’re made a little randomly off for visual interest!
-- Gary, Los Angeles, video game animator
William King
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posted 146 days ago
Nice desing and I really like the inlaid spline!
-- William King, Florida, www.woodwrestler.com
James
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posted 146 days ago
Thanks all, gary i actually goofed up when lining up my spline jig, made a cut in scrap, and saw i needed to nudge the fence over a hair. so i nudged it a hair in the wrong direction and didnt realize it, woops. at least they are consistently off.
after the box was done i actually kind of liked them being off a little bit
-- James, Bluffton, IN
savannah505
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posted 146 days ago
Really sweet looking box.
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bowyer
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posted 146 days ago
Cool box. The contrast of colors looks sharp. I like the splines
Rick
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BTKS
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posted 146 days ago
Eye catching box, this project reached out and grabbed my attention in a pleasant way. Thanks for posting and nice work. BTKS
eddy
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posted 145 days ago
the splines look great adds visual interest
good luck on the sale post how you did
woodman71
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posted 143 days ago
Hello Hackman I got say I really like the box you made . But what I like the most about this is the wood choices you used it gave me a idea for a project. Right now i,m build something else but when i get to that project i will post pictures. Thanks for posting it was nice to see and get a idea from reading your post. woodman