Very first project

Nice box.

-- Let's do it in the wood pile!

Line it with spanish cedar and you can have a humidor for cigars. Anyway nice job.

-- One Time Tree Man

This is a great first project.

-- Chip -----------http://www.penmanchip.com-----------------Micah 6:8

Cool box. I’ve never worked with wenge, is it a soft or hard wood?

-- ~Jason~ , Albuquerque NM

Jason,

It’s a hard wood – brittle and splintery.

-- To do is to be

Very nice job, Jon!

-- -- Neil

Nice box Jon.

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Looks good to me.
Yes, wenge can be a real b!t$h to work with, especially with hand planes. My gallery shows the first box I ever made, also out of wenge.

Ryan

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The learning process! Nice job!

-- spanky46 -- Never enough clamps...Never enough tools...Never enough time.

Nice box there..

-- Tim, Missouri ....Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what the heck happened

Pretty nice work. The color is really dark and bold. Anyone would like to have a box like that.

-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford. Wood-a-holics unanimous president

I do like the way you presented the grain pattern on the lid.

What do you use the box for, anything in particular?

-- Jonathan, Denver, CO "Constructive criticism is welcome and valued as it gives me new perspectives and helps me to advance as a woodworker."

Jonathan,

At present, it’s a loose change holder in the kitchen

-- To do is to be

Saving that change up for more exotics? ;)

-- Jonathan, Denver, CO "Constructive criticism is welcome and valued as it gives me new perspectives and helps me to advance as a woodworker."

Awesome grain for Wenge…mostly what I have seen so far is all straight grain at my local supplier. Nice box : )

-- I'm absolutely positive that I couldn't be more uncertain!