Copper and Mahogany Box

sweet box – the copper looks great!

-- Hey you dang woodchucks, quit chucking my wood!!!!

A beautiful job! The woods are perfect!

-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings

Hey Tim,
Nice design and finish…good job.

nice box.
A blog about the hassles with installing hinges- wonderful idea.
look forward in reading about it.

-- Theresa, https://sites.google.com/site/tmj65treasure/

cool box, i like the copper top especially much :)

-- Flemming. It's only a mistake if you can't fix it.

Very nice. I like it.
Yes I would like to hear about your experiences with hinges. Always a frustrating process for me.

Steve

-- -- I'm no rocket surgeon

Great design idea with the lid, Tim.

You might want to consider adding a bit more to the inside to finish it off. Maybe a lining of some sort? Trying to find felt that didn’t clash with the lid would be a challenge.

You might have better luck going to a fabric store and buying a few yards of various colors of suede cloth, though. I prefer it over felt 10 times out of 10. I don’t use real suede in my boxes because the tanning chemicals can make silver tarnish faster. Plus, suede cloth is much less expensive, easier to work, and comes in a larger variety of colors.

Doesn’t even have to be a permanent installation. Cut a piece of poster board to pretty much exactly the size of your interior, spray one side of it with spray adhesive (I use 3M with good results – just be sure to build a small spray box out of cardboard if you don’t want sticky adhesive everywhere) and place it sticky-side down on the non-show side of the fabric.

Cut the fabric about a 1/2” wider than the poster board and then cut off the four corners. I use thin double-sided tape to hold the four flaps down on the back of the poster board. Then just press the assembled bottom into place for a friction fit. If it ever needs to be removed, you can easily do so with a thin bladed knife. Or you could even drill a very small hole in the bottom of the box to push a piece of metal through to pop up the lining from below.

-- Ethan, http://thekiltedwoodworker.com

Well done. Beautiful combination of material and finish work. I too would enjoy any blog on hinges… I need to try the resaw approach to the box sides for matching grain. I have the procedure, but not the experience. I’ll have to use table saw since I don’t have band saw.

The legs on this piece are exceptionally nice. Eloquent balance.

-- Al H. - small shop, small projects...

The copper top is a nice touch. Good idea.

-- Rowdy in Kechi, Kansas

Nice looking box Tim. The copper top really adds a nice appearance. I have used the same soss hinges are they can get tricky. I fing the soss barrel hinges are very good and much easier to install.

-- Every step of any project should be considered your masterpiece if you want the finished product to reflect the quality of your work. http://www.FineArtBoxes.com

Really nice looking box, great job! Love the way you wrapped the grain, and sweet hinges. I like your idea of a blog of your hinge experiences.

-- Tim, Myrtle Beach, DrTim@ONeillChiro.com- Just one more tool, that's all I need! :)

copper top is cool – nice touch

-- -erik & christy-

Nice box well done

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I love the copper on top. I’ve been playing with copper lately but haven’t come up with a patina anywhere near that.

-- Paul , Calfornia

Beautiful box. Very nicely done. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa