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.

-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way - Tyler, TX

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.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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 - Kirkland, WA

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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