Jewlery Box

Looks great , I like the inlays on the top. Very smooth looking finish also. I like you design you put on it.

I cant seem to get the hinges on straight either.

Very good build David.

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

Very Nice David

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Looks great to me! What do you use for a finish?

Fantastic box. Love the wavey panels along with the inlays. They go real good together. Nice job on the dividers and tray. Great choice of woods.

Sometimes the smallest things can be the most agrevating. Started to do hinges on my last box and just settled for magnets in the corners. Keep at it. Practice is the only thing that helps in the end.

Keep it up.

Scrappy

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

This is a great looking box. You should be proud.

-- Rich, Cedar Rapids, IA - I'm a woodworker. I don't create beauty, I reveal it.

That’s a fine piece of work. It looks to me like you have plenty of patience for detail work.

The finish is really nice as well.

Great job, i love it.

-- Monty Q, Columbia, South Carolina.

Very nice box. I think the perportions look good and the finish is very nice.

On the screws… Tapping the correct hole is very important. I think the best way to do this is to tap a piece of scrap wood first and test the fit just to make sure you have the right size drill bit. Also, it really helps if you put a little wax on the screws first. They will go in with much less effort. One more thing – NEVER use a power drill to drive them in. I would get in a hurry and try to cut corners by using my power drill to start the screw but (as I learned the hard way) it only takes a few minutes more to use a hand screwdriver and get the control you need.

Hope this helps.

-- Darrell, Round Rock

nice box

-- Ike, Big Daddies Woodshop, http://www.icombadaniels@yahoo.com

looks great – hate that tiny hardware – i am now comfortable using a larger bit than i would like – rrlumber has it right – do a test on scrap of the same wood – if you force even a little – snap!!

-- -erik & christy-

I like your freeform style and inlay!
I hate putting hardware on, its the part I stress over the most.
This looks like it came out well though, good job.
Andy

-- If I can do it, so can you. www.artboxesbyandy.com