Sculpted Walnut/Mahogany Jewelry Box

Very nice work

-- "I gotta have more cowbell"--------Bruce Dickinson

o.k. i agree .
do i get the box ?
your skills ,
are improving wonderfully ,
and you are out from underfoot ,
in the house .

everybody happy !

beautifull !

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

What a great design and wood looks great.

Very nice i like the box man that looks great I’m getting some great idea from you the way you put two types of wood to gather . I really like that .

Wow this is one great box super design well done

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Great box. Looks fantastic

-- ~ Inspiring those who inspire me ~

This is quite different… a very fresh idea.And very one nice too.Well done!

-- " If I can make it,so can you" Andy in Oregon

Very nice. I really like the treatment on the lid. It turned out great.

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

Really very elagant in design, shape and wood colour combinations.
Yes! a great and best effort – I agree!

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

Ooh and ahh!

thanks everyone, i appreciate your comments greatly!

-- James, Bluffton, IN

Nicely done. That’s a great looking box!

-- Doug, Cass City, Michigan

Great looking box, I like the design, very smooth looking curves. The mitered top adds character. Very good build.

-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none

I love it.

I really like the box design and the handle too , but I can’t decide if I like the handle on this box. The box has a very elegant design , but the handle almost seems comical in comparison . I have to wonder if it was either solid Maple or Walnut if it might be more in tune with the rest of the design. Or if the width of the Maple stripes were the same as the side stripes ? JMHO

-- 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 .

Great design and craftsmanship. Well done.

Great box! You did a nice job.
Walnut is one of my favorite woods also.
Thanks for posting.

-- ''Carry on my wayward son''

Super. Love the walnut.

-- Drink once, cut twice. New website up.... lazylarrywoodworks.com.au

Beautifully done!

I especially like the way you constructed the top. This is an idea I will just have to steal.

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

Oh Yeah Hackman,
That fine effort is really cool…..well done.

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

Great Box !

-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke". http://woodstermangotwood.blogspot.com/ (my funny blog)

Love it! Isn’t it cool when you discover a new wood. It happend to me last year the first time I resawed a big chunk of cherry. I kept thinking, this is soooo awesome. I had a similar experience with Walnut. I do however have some difficulty with tearout when I cross cut walnut. I noticed your miters on the lid were great. Did you have to fill any gaps? What tool did you use to cut the miters?

Great job!

-- Tom, Simsbury, CT

Thanks again everyone,

Charlie.. thanks, steal away, i would be honored :). It just came to me, out of the blue, I was trying to think of an artistic way to secure the handle without screws.

Wingstress, on the miters, i cut them close to the line and then sand them at a 45 with my disc sander. I put masking tape on the cut line to minimize tearout.

Dusty56, thanks for the point on the handle.

-- James, Bluffton, IN

You’re welcome , but it is only my opinion. I really like the box AND the handle , just not together …I’m sorry.
As long as you , the inventor , like it , that is all that will ever matter . We all have different tastes …Thank goodness for that or it would be a very boring world : ) The storage trays are also very nice.

-- 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 .

Yep, very boring indeed. Couldn’t agree more.

-- James, Bluffton, IN

Beautiful box, very unique.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Thanks Mike. I like your turnings, they look great. Got any spare apple wood? I’d love to try a box out of it:)

-- James, Bluffton, IN