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Here is a quick “throw together”.
My wife volunteered me to make a box to hold the cards at her sister’s wedding. Given the short notice, I ordered the engraved name plate for the inside from Clockit, and started to go through the scrap bin to find some wood. I wanted to make something that the Groom could use to hold stuff on the dresser after the card use had passed. I wanted to make something interesting, but faced with limited time, it couldn’t be too interesting. Here is what I can up with:
The Woods
Cherry
Maple
African Wenge
The Finish
Bona Drifast Sealer
Bowling Alley Wax
Next time (time permitting), I think I need to make the top a little thinner, recess the hinges, and I would like to try some of the interesting dovetail work I have seen on other projects on LJ.
Any other comments or suggestions are welcome.
-- Brian - Virginia
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scrappy
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posted 140 days ago
Fantastic job on the card box (soon to be man box).
The top doesn’t look to bad to me but I would thin up the walls a little. IMHO (maybe it is just the oferhang of the wenge?) Otherwise, great build.
Keep it up.
Scrappy
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a1Jim
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posted 140 days ago
Looks good Brian well done
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Woodwrecker
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posted 140 days ago
Nice job Brian.
I bet they love it!
(All the more if it gets filled with cards!!)
-- Eric
briwalkr
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posted 139 days ago
Scrappy – good point.
The Wenge does make it look thicker, but I left the sides (Cherry,etc) 3/4 ” since that was the wood I was working with.
Thanks for the input. Next time I hope to have more time to play with the proportions between the components.
-- Brian - Virginia
Scott Bryan
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posted 139 days ago
Brian, this is a nice box. The wenge adds a nice contrast to the cherry and maple woods.
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jockmike2
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posted 139 days ago
Nice well made box.
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