Sycamore and Mahogany bandsaw puzzle box

Very nice Wayne – I especially like the keyed feature. Is that a plan, or your personal design? Why not numerous coats of hand rubbed Tung Oil for the finish. Very durable finish. I made a clock about 25 years ago (my first decent project) and applied 5 coats of Tung Oil. That clock’s finish looks as good today as it did 25 years ago.

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Very cool. I can’t says that I’ve ever seen one like it before.

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Very interesting.

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Wow, Wayne! (I always wanted to say that. LOL) Thanks!

This is a bandsaw box that doesn’t look like a bandsaw box. Regardless, I just love small wooden boxes, but this one is so very unusual.

Finish – I think I would liberally apply some pure Tung oil, wipe off the excess after 30 minutes, let it dry for twelve hours then buff with 0000 steel wool and repeat this process twice more. Finally, I would cover with one or two coats of de-waxed shellac with a gentle buff with the steel wool between coats. I would then use a natural wax perhaps with a touch of tripoli powder to give a deep reach finish.

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that is very cool.

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Nice work Wayne
It looks great.

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Great locking mechanism and cool box.

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Very cool box, Wayne.

I don’t know if it’s Don’s influence here or not, but there sure seems to be alot of “small wooden box” makers on this site… ;^D

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Very cool, Wayne! Sorry I missed you posting this one. I’ve been preoccupied. I really like it!

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Good looking box Wayne, and you know how much Don loves boxes. Really cool colors too. mike

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It is amazing what you can do with wood. Creative and nicely executed.

-- -- Skee from MN

Brilliant!

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

beautiful box Wayne

-- Steffen

Great box- who’s it for?

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

Thanks all for the kind comments. I’m going to go with Tung oil.

Dorje, There is not any specical person for this yet.

Bill, it is a puzzle box. It is an approach I learned in an advanced bandsaw box class at Woodcraft. There are quite a few variations of using keys like this.

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Great Box Wayne. I like the keyed approach.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

I love puzzle boxes! Great workmanship.

-- " Stubborn tenacity substitutes for natural ability" ANDY

I just found it and I don’t know anything about puzzleboxes. Wayne, what the heck does this thing do? It’s a neat thing and took a lot of time to figure out. I still haven’t figured it out. LOL
Tom

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

It has an angled key that must be pulled out before the box will open. Once the key is open the lid slides to one side. It is a puzzle box, because someone who is unfamilar with it will take a while to get it open. There are lots of variations.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Nice work. You never cease to amaze me with your talent and knowledge my furry friend.

I just love sycamore and matching it with mahogany is a great choice.

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Thanks for your kind words Todd. Are you home yet?

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

This is really nice! Looks like you’re visiting my shop tomorrow so I thought I would stop by and see some of your projects. (Which I can’t believe I haven’t done yet!—sorry!) But this is a really great design. It’s different than any other puzzle box I’ve seen, with the pivoting lid and the tapered “plug.” Nice choice of woods too, by the way.

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I am glad this got pulled from the archives, or I would have missed it. Great box.

-- Maplewood, MN

Thanks guys. It was fun to visit your shop Blake. Looking forward to Tony posting some photos.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

cool box, it is very similar to the one that Andy eventually made, who know s maybe this is where Andy got the idea to make on as well.

-- Paul @ Kathy Allen

Nice job Wayne.

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