McKenna's Birthday Jewelry Box

good for you , barry .
nice box ,
and a great gift !

i bet she’ll love it .

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

Very nice Barry,She will love it

-- Life used to be soooo much simpler!!!!

great box … she’ll love it

it’s fun using scrap and mystery wood.

-- Paul , Calfornia

That’s fine work, Grandpa Barry!! She’ll appreciate it more and more as she grows older!
I like the larger key that extends into the box to hold up the tray, good thinking! That Linden has got some great grain going on too… Really Nice Job!!

-- Mike in Manchester, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.

Yes, I made this for my grand-daughter…but it was a test also…I had the maple and I had the linden and I had not machined or worked with either of them. So, I made the box out of both. When I look at it after it’s finished, I do like the grain on the linden…and well, I wish I’d made the entire box of linden…however…it’s done now and the next item will be entirely of either maple or linden.

-- /\/\/\ BarryW /\/\/\ Stay so busy you don't have time to die.

Great looking little box, I like the design that you have used on it. She will fill it with that shiny stuff. Great build PAP PAW .

-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none

This is a nice box, Barry. I am sure that McKenna will enjoy it for years to come. You chose a nice wood combination as well. I have never seen linden before but it does have some interesting grain to it. I also like that the box was built from lumber that you rescued.

Nice job.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Looks like a well thought out design and meticulous use of material. Well done Barry. I am sure she will love the box forever.

I, too, have found beautiful stange woods in foreign pallet. Some, reddish and had a doo-doo smell to it when you cut into it that soon vanished. I called it Usta-Stink wood.

-- Please visit me at http://dustynewt.com

BarryW,
Very nice looking box! I’ve never seen linden before, interesting. I’m sure your grand/daughter will enjoy it. Coincidentaly my grand/daughters name is McKenna also! She’s only 3 1/2 and still on the rocking horse. I’ll have to show her this jewelry box tomorrow. I’ve never seen a kid so interested in everything I do. Does your McKenna like to help out in the shop also? Tell your McKenna, that we wish her a very happy birthday also!

Sincerely,
Ken McGinnis

-- woodbutcher north carolina

All my grandchildren are hundreds of miles from their family here…my children are all raising their own families now and since I care for my 91 year old mother I never get to go see any of them…and they do come to visit but rarely. It’s probably a blessing for my children I’m far away…and why I need to work in wood…keeps me busy and out of their lives…

-- /\/\/\ BarryW /\/\/\ Stay so busy you don't have time to die.

Great box. Love the woods and the large key/tray holder is inovative.

Keep it up.

Scrappy

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!

Beautiful job, Barry. Thanks for the details.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

thank you for posting this i like the top spline as they are also a lip for the tray i will be using this idea in my next set of boxes will speed up the process a lot
did you have aly issues making that big of a cut ?

Good job

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Eddy, yes I did have issues….make certain you’ve got that box held down solid…I had a little wobble…that’s something I learned making this box…no wobble of any kind…clamp the work piece down so it can’t move at all.
A learning process is no good without mistakes…I made the mistakes…now you learn from them. I did.

-- /\/\/\ BarryW /\/\/\ Stay so busy you don't have time to die.

Very nice! Handcrafted gifts are awesome to give (and receive), she’ll definitely love it and have something to remember you by for many years to come!

-- J. Neel, Texas - God Bless!

She will cherish it forever. I am currently looking at a quartersawn oak box that was made by one of my great uncles that I restored. It’s the perfect size to keep pencils and pens. I love thinking that his hands made it.

I’ve got to ask. Where do you live that you can find Elk hide in a garage sale? Wonderful box by the way… She should love it.

-- Trying to follow the example of the master.