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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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posted 38 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 : )
-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .
Dusty56
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posted 38 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 : )
-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .
drfixit
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posted 38 days ago
VERY good job on it. never tried marquetry myself.
-- I can fix ANYTHING!.... Wheres the duct tape?
stefang
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posted 38 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
paplou
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posted 38 days ago
wow its great. the work is terriffic. i’m sure your wife loved it.
-- PAPLOU
Billp
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posted 38 days ago
You did a great job on the marquetry keep up the good work.
-- Billp
blockhead
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posted 38 days ago
What a great gift! The marquetry is fantastic and love the design and finish. Thanks for posting!
-- Brad, Oregon- Wood, it's what's for dinner.
dustyal
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posted 38 days ago
Nicely designed and executed… whatever the wood used, your choices came out looking really good.
-- Al H. - small shop, small projects...
huff
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posted 38 days ago
I love the design and the marquetry is so unique. Very nicely done.
-- John @ Myrtle Beach
a1Jim
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posted 37 days ago
Cool bread box
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon