here's to you , joe ,the movie !

Those are fantastic, great gesture.

beautiful work … you amazing with the bandsaw

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Bravo!!! Bravo!!!

-- Mike in Manchester, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.

Hey Bud
Thanks for the great how too .
peace to your whole family during your upcoming activities

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop, custom furniture ,maker, woodworking school, http://www.heirloomwoodshop.com/

Beautiful, absolutely beautiful.

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

wow,,, i should save the way you make it on my file,
its always that simple but great result, do you have another room for me to stay for a week? learn all your works,lol.
thank you for sharing with us.

Cheers,

Rosewood.

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David,
This says to me that there is unity in celebration. All of you have different plans to celebrate your brothers life, and each of you has a piece of that celebration. VERY nice work. Congratulations on your closure.

Lisa

-- I inherited the woodworking gene and it's gone into overdrive.......

Very impressive. Great inspiration and fantastic proccess! Thank you for the step by step.

Keep up the fantastic work.

Scrappy

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

Patron my friend you make some wonderful projects, this one no exception. Great use of your gift to remedy the situation. May the lord continue to channel his grace through you always.

-- James, Bluffton, IN

Gorgeous work and a wonderful tribute. Thank you for sharing.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

Wow David!! These boxes look great both together and individually!! Thanks for posting the build along as well.

Rick

-- If at first you don't succeed...Don't try skydiving

Thank you for sharing your skill, life and heart!

P.S. Its nice how you show your feet/toes to give us a size perspective! LOL

-- spanky46 -- Never enough clamps...Never enough tools...Never enough time.

David, these are spectacular!
Ellen

-- Ellen on Cape Cod

I agree!

-- Drink once, cut twice. @ lazylarrywoodworks.com.au

With your skills, you have enabled your whole family to equally share your brother…....outstanding David.

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

That’s quite a post David. I didn’t see any of your earlier posts though I’m happy y’all have found peace.
Fantastic workmanship and a fine tribute to your brother.
Pax,
Gary

-- Gary, Florida

David, this is just too amazing for words.

A great project, both in terms of woodworking, and as a tribute to your brother.

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

awesome!

-- Mike from Michigan - mwurm13@yahoo.com

Incredible!
Thank you

-- Kent Shepherd * The goal is-----More Tools!

Very impressive work! Sounds like you came up with the perfect solution for the family. Very informative how to do on the boxes. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

That is an awesome build. Thanks for the steps, very appreciated.

-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford.

Great workmanship My dear friend Patron you are an inspiration to all here keep it up and have fun Gosh did I just say what I think I said LOL well done anyway your boxes are stunning .Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

A fine tribute. We should all be so fortunate to leave such an inpact on all who knew us. Great job as always

-- “Who wants an orange whip? Orange whip? Orange whip? Three orange whips.” John Candy, Blues Brothers

David

As said above your skill with a bandsaw is unrivaled a great piece and nice combination of woods

Andy

-- cut it saw it scrap it SKPE: ANDREW.CARTER69

David,
My jaw dropped when I saw these and how you did them…very beautiful…and they will surely become family heirlooms for generations to come.

-- Don S.E. OK

thank you all !
your comments and heart felt input ,
has helped me to procces all this emotional vaccumn .
i also did allot of sleeping when i finished posting this piece ,
and the last one , with all the consolations .

i have read a lot of biographys about the masters ,
and was saddened and inspired by some of their lives .
yet they kept on the path , and left a legacy we follow to this day ,
poor beethoven that coudnt hear , yet left some of the most beautifull music of all time .
leonardo da vinci in forced exile for 40 years , shunned and ridiculed .
galileo , imprisoned for seeing the beauty of the universe around him , and sharing it .
confusius , spent his whole life trying to help his strugling people , who died in poverty ,alone and unloved .
the doctor in vienna ( can’t think of his name ) , who spent 40 years telling doctors about germs , at a time
when 1/3 of the women in the world died giving birth , only to be ignored , he died in debt alone ,
frozen to death under a bridge , homeless .

so this has all come to me at times , and i do my best to work my way through it , and stay the course .

i certainly don’t see myself in the masters catagory , but i take inspiration from them ,
” if they can do that with so little , i can at least listen , and maybe do something new in me “

up until i meet you folks here , i have been mostly alone .
and figured that the only important thing to get ready for was my own passing ,
and the question i expect from God – ” what did you do with the life i gave you ” ?

well , Lord , i made some mistakes , i took some wrong roads . i helped those around me the best i could ,
and i finally learned to help myself .

this thank you may be rambleing somewhat , and is how i learn these things that help me ,
i go where no man has gone before , ( or evidently needs to ) and bring back what i find
and share it in my work and in my person .

as you have all opened up your hearts to me ,

i open mine to you ,

and say

thank you !

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

an impressive work of art. thank you for this post, i am amazed at your craftsmanship

-- -Jon

David, What an inspiration. Your family should be very proud of you. I think Joe was watching over you and giving you some guidance. Beautiful job.

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

David: A great box and a wonderfull view of life and what it means. May you always be bless and may you then share it with others.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Beautiful. Creative.

Hi Patron, I dont post a lot as i am in South Africa and i dont follow the time diffs but all i want to say is i also lost my brother 2 years ago and we were business parteners and best friends and i understand your grief.Your woodwork is a gift from God because i can see your talent and passion which you put into it, do not stop because you are reaching and blessing people. Blessings

-- Rautenbach,South Africa

Breathtaking, gorgeous work. So sorry about your brother.

-- Tiffany Jeanne Balk ~ Labor, Live, Love, Learn, Repeat.

I am speechless, that doesn’t happen very often. <grin> The woodworking is fantastic and the tribute is moving to say the least. Your siblings are blessed to have such a wonderful piece of work to remember your brother and a brother like you! Thank you for sharing the work and the story.

-- The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that our aim is too low and we reach it.. Michelangelo

Wonderful work and wonderful result, all for a good reason. It is a good example of how our work relates to ourselves and those we love.

-- Mike, American in Norway - Do it the fun way

AWESOME!

Thank you!

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