Four Keepsake Music Boxes for a Friend

Those are beautiful!

Just curious…what do you charge for something like this?

Really very nicely built music boxes. Great job!

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

Great looking boxes. I’m sure your friend is very pleased as well. I would be.

-- Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Very nice.

-- Wayne - Plymouth MN

making one small box can bea cahllenge to do well, but making 4 identical ones is even harder. These are very nice and I like the chioce of songs.

To jhawkinnc—That’s a very interesting question. I’ll run it down for you. There is about $35 worth of materials in each box. I don’t even try to keep track of the hours because there are many. So one has to negotiate a price. My friend and I ageed on $100 a box. I hope that answers your question. bob

-- bobdurnell, Santa Ana California.

Very, very nice!

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

Great looking boxes, nice job

Nicely done… beautiful wood. I did my first box and discovered the cost of those $30 hinges and I went with simple hardware store set. Same way with a chain for lid… can’t find a really good one. Idle Curiosity… tough to make four identical… did you do these one at a time or “mass” produce by setting saw stops for uniform pieces in 4 sets?

-- Al H. - small shop, small projects...

To dustyal—Thanks for asking, I cut all the parts from the same settings, cut the rabbet joints with my new Dado King dado set from Forrest (used a router in the past). The bottom is 1/2 inch baltic birch plywood so I could mount the music works and the bottom is set loose in a 3/4 inch rabbet so it could be removed to put in the velvet lining. The only drawback with using the blood wood is the dust. Everything turns red ie. the tools the floor, me, the dog, everything.

-- bobdurnell, Santa Ana California.

Great Lookin Boxes

-- Jim, Kentucky

Bob…BEAUTIFUL boxes…bet those girls will treasure those forever !!!!

-- Don S.E. OK

Nice work they look fantastic

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

They do look remarkable. Just gorgeous, if you charged $100.00 dollars a box, you did them a big favor.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Gorgeous boxes!