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I made this bread box for my wife’s birthday, who had mentioned she wanted one. Its only my second marquetry project and I made a few mistakes, but I think it came out well. Its about 11” high, 10” deep, 17” long. I bought some curly maple veneer from woodcraft, but wasn’t too pleased with it. It was very bubbly/warped and so it was hard to glue to the plywood without bubbles. (I used .25-inch baltic birch). But because I’ve heard that you need to veneer both sides of the plywood I ran out of veneer pretty quickly, so I had to resaw a piece of walnut glue it together and use it as the back panel. I figured because it was going against a wall it didn’t really mater what it was. The design, was pretty much done by free hand. I had a variety pack of veneer, so I’m not 100% sure what everyone is, but I’m sure the inside of the bread is birds eye maple. I’m not sure what the crust is…
Hop you like it…
-- Tom, Simsbury, CT
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Dusty56
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#1 posted 1310 days ago
Posted 60 minutes ago , had 30 views so far ….must be they’re all so stunned by your craftsmanship , Tom , that they are all speechless ! LOL FANTASTIC JOB : )
-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.
Dusty56
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#2 posted 1310 days ago
THE MARQUETRY IS AWESOME and you shouldn’t apologize for using Walnut although it’s a shame that it will be facing the wall for the rest of its life : )
-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.
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#3 posted 1310 days ago
VERY good job on it. never tried marquetry myself.
-- I GIVE UP!!!! I've cut this @!&*!% board 3 times.... its still too short!
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#4 posted 1310 days ago
Well done, and you get to see your nice work everyday, not to mention that a happy wife makes life worth living. I looked real close, but I couldn’t find any of the mistakes you mentioned.
-- Mike, American in Norway
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#5 posted 1310 days ago
wow its great. the work is terriffic. i’m sure your wife loved it.
-- PAPLOU
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#6 posted 1310 days ago
You did a great job on the marquetry keep up the good work.
-- Billp
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#7 posted 1310 days ago
What a great gift! The marquetry is fantastic and love the design and finish. Thanks for posting!
-- Brad, Oregon- The things that come to those who wait, may be the things left by those who got there first.
dustyal
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#8 posted 1309 days ago
Nicely designed and executed… whatever the wood used, your choices came out looking really good.
-- Al H. - small shop, small projects...
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#9 posted 1309 days ago
I love the design and the marquetry is so unique. Very nicely done.
-- John @ http://www.thehuffordfurnituregroup.com
a1Jim
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#10 posted 1309 days ago
Cool bread box
-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/
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#11 posted 1017 days ago
If you made mistakes you must have fixed them or hidden them awfully cleverly! -i bet she does not see them!
-- christine
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#12 posted 964 days ago
I need to make a bread box, so I searched and found yours. I like the door style best of the lot. I’ll bet that cherry background is really pretty by now. The crust looks like red oak.
-- Leroy
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