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So after finishing the Princess Kaylee headboard project that I posted a couple weeks ago I was trying to come up with some gift ideas when I came across that great tutorial by Andy about his art boxes. So I thought that would be a great gift for my wife, mom and mother in-law. I actually made 4 of them but I forgot to take photos of it before I gave it away at Christmas. These were a lot of fun to make and I learned a new technique on how to shape wood, I am getting really good at not sanding things flat; although I am not sure that is a skill that you really need to practice much.
Anyway these are made with hickory and walnut and two of them are finished with Cabots tung oil finish and the other has a stain; they are all coated with shellac, two of them clear shellac and the other an amber colored shellac. I hand rubbed the shellac to get a high sheen and absolutely smooth finish which I won’t do again, I’ll just spray lacquer on them and save me the trouble since it takes quite a few hours to get it right. The walnut came from a tree in my yard that I had cut down a couple years ago.
I added a walnut serpentine inlay in the front of two of them. I had to make a jig and pattern to guide the router along the face of the box since it was assembled when the thought came to me. So I ran a dado about 3/8” of an inch deep and a 1/4” wide and then had to bend the walnut to fit. I did this using a hot pipe method that I have wanted to try out and it works great as long you use air dried wood. I tried it on some kiln dried walnut I had but the pieces kept breaking.
I did find a great disk to speed up the grinding process that I found at Home Depot. It is a Norton 5” 40 grit wheel for the angle grinder. It has a number of small overlapping sanding pads that makes the first pass really quick and easy. Of course I didn’t discover it until I was shaping the last box.
So thanks for the tutorial Andy, I was able to whip these out in just a few days thanks to it and I made some new jigs to boot.
-- Joe Truehart - The Craftsmans Woodshop
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a1Jim
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#1 posted 1240 days ago
Very cool boxes Joe they look great.
-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/
sras
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#2 posted 1240 days ago
Very nice! Even though you used Andy’s tutorial they still have a unique look to them!
-- Steve - Impatience is Expensive
Monty Queen
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#3 posted 1240 days ago
Awesome job , they look beautiful.
-- Monty Q, Columbia, South Carolina.
Don
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#4 posted 1240 days ago
These are absolutely stunning. I’ve been meaning to try my hand at something like this and I’ll be using this as a reference when I do.
-- Don - I wood work if I could. Redmond WA.
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#5 posted 1240 days ago
nicely done!!! Beautiful boxes.
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
ellen35
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#6 posted 1240 days ago
Great boxes… the really “move” with the curves.
-- Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
Andy
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#7 posted 1240 days ago
Sweet! The grain layering is beautiful. Your handles are shaped nicely and the inlay adds a special touch. Well done.
-- If I can do it, so can you. www.artboxesbyandy.com
huff
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#8 posted 1240 days ago
Joe. Your boxes are stunning! The second picture looks like rough water (you really captured the flow of the grain in the wood and your shaping of the curves). They have to be the prettiest boxes since Andy’s. You definitely have the artistic talent to go with the woodworking talent, which is that perfect blend that Andy has.
-- John @ http://www.thehuffordfurnituregroup.com
WistysWoodWorkingWonders
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#9 posted 1240 days ago
If this is your first time doing these boxes, you have done great… very nice capture of the grain in the wood and I like the use of the serpentine spline on the front of the boxes in the pics… very cool work…
-- New Project = New Tool... it's just the way it is, don't fight it... :)
BlankMan
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#10 posted 1240 days ago
Really nice! I like the color in the woods and the soft curving lines.
-- -Curt, Milwaukee, WI
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#11 posted 1240 days ago
Nice work, beautiful job
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#12 posted 1240 days ago
Very, very nice! You did a great job, many thanks again to Andy for sharing. This is starting to be a popular project as some of you are getting brave enough to try them….
-- For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
shopmania
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#13 posted 1240 days ago
Obviously you were paying close attention as you read the tutorial! This is on my list, I only hope mine comes out nearly as well as yours did! Beautiful boxes!!
-- Tim, Myrtle Beach, DrTim@ONeillChiro.com- Just one more tool, that's all I need! :)
bigike
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#14 posted 1240 days ago
good job!
-- Ike, Big Daddies Woodshop, http://www.icombadaniels@yahoo.com
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#15 posted 1240 days ago
Nice boxes.
-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -
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