| Project by Blake | posted 355 days ago | 568 views | 4 times favorited | 20 comments | ![]() |
This was one of the earlier jewelry boxes I made. The sides are maple and the top is highly figured mahogany with purple heart accents. Inside is a sliding/lift-out tray. The mahogany was hell to work with. Even my best hand scraper could not shave the hairy surface smooth. My only option was to sand forever and varnish heavily. But when you walk past it the figure appears to move like dancing flames. I have ten more feet of that mahogany because it was the same price as the regular straight-grained stuff so I bought the whole board. The miter keys are also purple heart.
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20 comments so far
Dorje
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posted 355 days ago
Another great use of wood! Another great box!
What kind of hardware do you use?
-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA
coloradoclimber
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posted 355 days ago
WOW !! That is really nice! We see a lot of different styles and executions here. I really like this combination.
Jeff
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posted 355 days ago
The execution of the splines in the lid is amazing. I’m tuned into the miter keys right now since I just finished my first project where I used them. Nice completion with the figured mahogany. I love it.
-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN
WayneC
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posted 355 days ago
Great box. What material did you use in the trays?
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cajunpen
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posted 354 days ago
That top is gorgeous – of course the rest of the box is pretty nice too. I like the mirror and sliding divider.
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MsDebbieP
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posted 354 days ago
that’s awesome!!
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TomFran
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posted 354 days ago
This is a nice looking box with excellent design. Simple, yet elegant.
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CharlieM1958
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posted 354 days ago
Great box. I don’t know if you’ve met Don yet, but he’s gonna love you. :-)
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mot
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posted 354 days ago
Beautiful box! I can’t believe I beat Don here.
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Blake
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posted 354 days ago
The tray is mahogany.
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Chip
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posted 354 days ago
Wow. Another stunner. Terrific craftsmanship and wonderful design Blake.
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PanamaJack
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posted 353 days ago
The long time to sand really paid off on this one. It turned out great Blake.
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Don
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posted 349 days ago
OK – OK, I can’t blame my wonky knee forever so I just dropped by to tell my mate Blake that, like his wife, I just love this box – but I guess no one is surprised, because I just love small wooden boxes!
-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/
SPHinTampa
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posted 167 days ago
This is really nice, as is project 3143.
Question … did you do anything special to “pop” the figure before applying a top coat?
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BobR
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posted 167 days ago
Nice box. The lid has turned out great.
-- Bob
Blake
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posted 167 days ago
Just oil and varnish. Thanks for the comments!
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Wayne
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posted 96 days ago
Beautiful work Blake, you’ve just motivated me to go out and try again. My last 3 boxes have been failures. Thankyou.
Dusty56
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posted 36 days ago
gorgeous mahogany !! have you made anything yet with the rest of the board ?
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Blake
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posted 36 days ago
Not yet. I’m saving it for a hall table, I think.
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SCOTSMAN
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posted 36 days ago
A nice looking piece well done.It seems we can never make enough of these.I honsetly believe it’s a great way of practicing all our skills withought a massive layout of money time and materials .Alistair
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