| Project by vonhagen | posted 62 days ago | 586 views | 4 times favorited | 12 comments |  |
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curly koa and african mahogany jewelry box, sides were cut at 3 degrees and feet were cut at 5 degrees both directions, i used a no.9 lie nielson miterplane and shooting board for both angled and 90 degree cuts, the top edge inlay was endgrain quarter sawn african mahogany and one piece of curly koa bandsawn into 4 1/8 inch pieces bookmatched then layed end to end to create the top, the front was 2 pieces 1/8 inch curly koa bookmatched then inlayed into the front the sides single pieces of koa inlaid. i then used a lie nielson dovetail saw for the dovetails. now the box being at 3 degrees needed to be flattend to 90 degrees on the top so i contact cemented 4 shheets of 120 sand papper to a piece of mdf then turned the box upside down and flattend the bottom side of the top then the top side of the bottom then set up a router to create the dust lip inside. i also sanded the 4 bottom corners the same way and applied the feet in koa sanded to 600 grit then shot with semigloss laquer. there was a little more to it all then that but thats the basics. i spent a total of about 80 hours
-- blaine von hagen
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bill merritt
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posted 62 days ago
Good job. You must know the right people, I can’t get Koa here. It really shows well.
-- Bill Merritt -Augusta Ga. woodworker
Loucarb
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posted 62 days ago
Well done. The top is gorgeous.
littlecope
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posted 62 days ago
Very Nice Build! And that wood is fairly precious too, isn’t it?
Great Job, my Friend, and Welcome to LJ’s!!
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vonhagen
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posted 62 days ago
thanks, i went to work on a hotel in princeville kauai for 3 months this summer and found a source for curly koa. its called the koa store in lahuie kauai and they will ship this wood at a price.
-- blaine von hagen
a1Jim
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posted 62 days ago
OOOO now that’s nice very nice. well done and beautiful wood.
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop, custom furniture ,maker, woodworking school, heirloomwoodshop.com
Dusty56
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posted 62 days ago
Really beautiful : )
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woodworm
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posted 62 days ago
Beautiful box from beautiful wood.
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posted 62 days ago
Very nice
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coondoggie
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posted 61 days ago
... Very nicely done… Excellent work ..
mark
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Napaman
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posted 39 days ago
very nice…I love the wood…
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blockhead
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posted 38 days ago
Gorgeous wood and design…Thanks for posting!
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degoose
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80 hours well spent
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