Carved Box

Very nice! The hinges are clever.

Beautiful box, Bill! Where did you learn how to make those hinges? Or did you just wing it?

That CarveWright really does a nice job, too.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Man, that’s some pretty wood. Nice execution on the complete package. That is one handsome box.

Steve

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

Great Box. Nice job with the Carvewright.

The hinges are exceptional.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

it is so beautiful
I love the hinges..
great lid . .. beautiful

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Bill,

Very nice box and execution. The Carvewright surely did a nice job, but the hinges are excellent.

-- Mark, Webster New York, Visit my website at http://thecraftsmanspath.com

Great looking box! It looks robust and elegant at the same time. (qualities that usually force some tradeoff).

-- Avihai.M, Israel

What a terrific piece Bill. Understated elegance. Love the hinges and that Carvewright sure is a nifty tool. The work I have seen them produce didn’t look anywhere near as nice as this. Have you learned some tricks for using it this well?

Now, about that walnut being used on the BOTTOM. What is this world coming to ;-) Just teasing ya. This is a beautiful, beautiful box.

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

Nice! Much sanding involved after the CarveWright finished dishing it out?

excellent skill, patience and artestry!

-- Branden - Sacramento, California - www.ShopDogUSA.com

very nice craftsmanship !

-- if you aint the lead dog the scenery never changes

The box looks great, and the fleur di leis is impressive. how long did it take to route out?

-- Andy Stark

sweet box ,love the the wood ,hinges contrast nicely gonna have to google the”carve right” though …nice job

-- "when you think youre going to slow, slow down just a little bit more" .... Pop's

Great job, Bill! Looks great. Excellent craftsmanship.

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

Really nice box. Great hinges. Bocte? Something else for me to look up. Never heard of it.

-- http://dustynewt.webs.com/

Great box Cajun. You’ve got talent!! Someone is going to be very happy to have that box.

-- Betsy - There is no strength where there is no struggle

Really wonderful, Bill. You should blog those hinges, and that new plane (it’ll be here before you know it).

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Very nice Bill!

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

Awfully nice, Bill. What is a Carveright machine?

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

Nice box. The hinges just stand out, very cool. I’ve looked at the CarveWright for adding a bit of accent to panels, so seeing what you’re doing is very encouraging.

-- If at first you don't succeed, try again. Then quit. No use being a darn fool about it.

Thomas the CarveWright is a roughly $1600 hobbyist CNC. It will carve or cut just about anything that you can design in the software. It’s limitation is the width of a board – I believe it’s limited to about 15” wide – but it can handle just about any length board that you can put in it (the obvious limitation with the length would be the weight of the board). It does a pretty good job of carving. It will also joint a board, bevel cut, edge route, dado, drill – it’s great for drilling shelf pin holes – you can set up your row of holes, put in a 1/4” straight bit and sit down and read the funnies while it does the work. Basically the machine itself is pretty easy to use – the learning curve is the software, but it’s not that hard.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Beautiful work. Very precise carving. You obvisously put a in a lot of time sanding the carved piece.

-- ..... smalll army of cast iron wingnuts !! cool photo in FORUM

That is a beautiful box, although it would look better with a falcon carved on it!

-- Illegitimis nil carborundum - Don't let the bastards grind you down http://woodworkingtipsfrompop.com

The CarveWright sounds fascinating Bill. And those hinges look spot-on!

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business.

Beautiful box, Bill. I looked at a Carvewright, but the user forums has always scared me away. It’s a nice box.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Very nice. When I saw that thumbnail, I wondered if it was a Compucarver detail, and had to go see. Very nice. Have you written about what you think of the carving machine? If so, please show me where so that I can read it. I’ve been wondering about what to think of it for some time now.

Mark

-- Mark DeCou - Kansas Flinthill's Artisan

My hat is off to you. Excellent box.

-- Maplewood, MN

Thanks Mark. The Compucarve or CarveWright machines are wonderful carving machines. I would strongly advise anyone considering one to wait about 6 months longer to get it. I’ve had mine going on 2 years, I actually was a Beta Tester, having bought one of the first machines produced. I personally have had very few problems with my machine – but everyone was not as fortunate. Anyone considering one should spend some time on the CarveWright Forum and read some of the problem posts. I will say this for them – they are great to work with and stand behind the product 100%. The carving possibilities are almost endless, but you are limited to carving on a board no wider than about 15” – length is not a problem as it will handle any length board. Depth of cut is about 1” maximum. The software is a little difficult – but certainly nothing that anybody with a computer wouldn’t eventually figure out and there is always help available on the Forum (CarveWright’s). If you have any specific questions about it, let me know and I’ll see if I can give you an answer or point you in the right direction.

Thanks Rikkor for the compliment.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

I was just reading on the forum that they work with Mac’s too… which is nice for us Macheads who are usually left out. Again, nice piece Bill.

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

Great Work, what weight mallet doe you use with a carveright,is that a new kind of skew gouge?

-- Robert, mountainwoodcarving@netzero.net

Nice, particularly the hinges. Could be a detail photo.

-- Jiri

Perfect carving,but the soft texture of the Redwood was absolutely the perfect choice to accentuate the details.This would make a great wall tile with a simple frame around it. Good job Bill,thanks for sharing.

-- " Stubborn tenacity substitutes for natural ability" ANDY

I must have been asleep to have missed this one.

Great carving abd overall design not to mention execution!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

I like the hinges, they are unique! That looks to be Coastal Redwood (Sequoiadendron Sempervirens) as Opposed to Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron Giganteum), Coastal Redwood is suitable for woodworking for certain projects. Giant Sequoia is very brittle and unstable. I see tons of waste left over from the early logging days on my grove hunts, it is a shame that such huge masses of it litter the forest floor. Much of it left behind are shakes for roofs roughly 6” x 24” x 1 1/2”. I see a lot of posts fashioned out it as well strewn about various abandoned mill sites. These mill sites are usually protected so you can’t take any of the wood or you will risk jail and very steep fines. I have a few of the shakes which were given to me by a forestry service worker doing some clean-up in one of the more remote groves. I also have a few chips that were recently cut as part of a trail revival campaign. I believe because I study these trees, and I am willing to give any and all info on these Giant wonders of the forest and the groves I visit to forestry workers that I have been blessed to have a few scraps of them.
Mostly I tread lightly and leave everything as is lays. The only things I ever return with are photos and notes on current grove conditions, the only things I leave behind are memories and the lightest of footprints! I frequent these amazing forests quite often and through all seaons. I’ve been to a few groves that I am sure no one has been there for decades! Anyone who is interested about the Giant Sequoia or the groves can log onto my website – www.sequoiascope.com I have a link to it on my personal page on this website.

Nice box Bill, I’m glad you didn’t waste the wood, too much of it has already been wasted.

-- --Chuck

I like those carvewrite machines. They seem very cool. I looked it up on youtube and there was a demonstration on how to use it. It seemed very easy to use. How long did it take to complete this one though. How many bits did you have to use too. I’d love to have one of these, I would be putting carveings on every peice I made :)

-- Tyler, Illinois

Beautiful Box!

-- Frank, Florissant, Missouri