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A chest I made for my wife’s birthday; the top is laminated from various species, primarily maple with walnut and mahogany accents. This was made with hand-cut dovetails, as a 6-sided cube, then the lid was carefully sawn off. We needed a place for all those mementos of our travels, sea shells, pine cones, old coins, and souvenirs of all kinds. There is room in the lid for a photo album and other papers. As a till I was finally able to use up some old unfinished box projects which were the product of an old box-joint fixture I made out of the X-Y axis of an old optical comparator and a indexing lead screw. The finish is 6 coats of hand-rubbed poly. Hope you like it!
-- Einstein: "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." I'm Poopiekat!!
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littlecope
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#1 posted 1265 days ago
Nice Job, Dave!! A box full of Great Memories!!
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#2 posted 1265 days ago
Ok.. I could of sworn I posted to this last night.
But alas…
Very nice looking box and I like the smaller size of it.
CtL
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Richard
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#3 posted 1264 days ago
I like the layout of the insides, very nice compartments for nicknacks. I also make chests and I tend to build them whole and then saw the lid off on the tablesaw. I remember my first few attempts when I didn’t have the tablesaw fence completely locked down and my lid would be uneven by a 1/4 of an inch.
I like the different species of wood on top of the lid. Overall a nice looking project where you can keep those treasured souvenirs.
-- Richard Boise, Idaho
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#4 posted 1264 days ago
Good looking work and nice balance with the dovetails. BTKS
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#5 posted 1264 days ago
Nice work!! Looks Great!
-- Joshua Warren {Also know as- Porkchop}
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#6 posted 1264 days ago
Wow. You pass that down for generations to come.
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#7 posted 1109 days ago
love it. way to go
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