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Hi. My name is gbvinc and I am a LumberJocks addict.

For therapy, Martin turned off the website in our neck of the woods for two whole days and made me build recipe boxes. This is one of them. Maybe after I have successfully completed therapy, I can give it away as a birthday gift to my sister-in-law. This one is made from recycled Cherry wood, recovered from her grandmother’s table, and Walnut. It is pieced together with box joints. It is coated with Watco Natural Danish oil.


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CharlieM1958

4593 posts in 756 days


posted 365 days ago

Excellent! I like the curved lid design.

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

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mot

4859 posts in 574 days


posted 365 days ago

I quite like it!

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

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gbvinc

374 posts in 484 days


posted 365 days ago

Thanks guys!

CharlieM1958: The credit for the curved lid design goes to whomever made the original one in the 1920’s that I borrowed the design from.

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Grumpy

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posted 364 days ago

Nice joinery, very attractive job.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

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Peter O

695 posts in 412 days


posted 364 days ago

Hi, gbvinc. The first step is admitting you have a problem.

Hey, that’s a nice box, and with the mirror you get credit for six photos! Are the hinges styled after the original also?

-- Coffee is best with a fine layer of sawdust on top. -- http://www.north40custom.com

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gbvinc

374 posts in 484 days


posted 364 days ago

Grumpy: Thanks!

Peter: Yes, the original had some very thin brass strips with rounded ends, nailed into the box of quarter-sawn oak. I picked up some thicker modern hinges and remodeled them for the same effect. I thought it was a pretty cool way to hinge a box. I built a double-wide version for my wife completely out of Cherry also. I will need to hinge it, upload to LumberJocks, and then get back to some larger projects.

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David

1830 posts in 676 days


posted 364 days ago

I had the same therapy but it didn’t last long enough!

That is a gorgeous box . . . I like it!

Bet Regards from a fellow addict,
David

-- http://foldingrule.blogspot.com

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cajunpen

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posted 364 days ago

Great looking box. I really like the hinges – very unusual, but interesting.

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

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MsDebbieP

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posted 364 days ago

I hope you didn’t suffer from the shakes as you were cutting the wood!
Have all of the symptoms subsided now?

Great “silver lining” to the weekend of withdrawal. We all benefited by getting to see this beautiful box!

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

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Thos. Angle

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posted 364 days ago

Glad you’re enjoying your therapy. You realize of course that the addiction will not go away. That is a nifty recipe box. I’ll bet I could give a couple of those away too. Thanks for sharing .

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

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TomFran

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posted 364 days ago

Hey, this is really nice. That’s pretty neat also, that it was made from the grandmother’s table. This piece has some history in it.

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

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dennis mitchell

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posted 364 days ago

Nice box. I like the hinge detail also.

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

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Douglas Bordner

2735 posts in 601 days


posted 364 days ago

Very nice. I have owed my wife a recipe box for a couple of years (the shoemaker’s children go barefoot). Could you give us more detail on the hinge modifications. Are the top and bottom glued on to the box assembly?

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

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Bill

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posted 364 days ago

Nice box. I like the box joints, and how well they show up. The wavy sides are also a nice change from the regular square box look.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

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Chip

1058 posts in 630 days


posted 364 days ago

Great stuff gbvinc. Very nice use of your ummm, down time. I wonder if woodworking output would increase dramatically if this site was taken down for good? Probably not. Just a bunch of gentlemen and ladies walking around with the shakes and in need of some professional counceling.

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

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miles125

992 posts in 543 days


posted 364 days ago

Very nice design! Cool hinges too.

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

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gbvinc

374 posts in 484 days


posted 364 days ago

Douglas: The top and bottom are glued on oversized, then trimmed to fit. No fasteners used. The hinges are Brusso ST-12 Pivot hinges.

(Like the one on the bottom.)

I separated the two halves as shown in the picture, drilled through the little pivot post, and filed down smooth.
The single hole (Bottom of strip) becomes the pivot point on the side of the box when the screw is left slightly loose. The two holes on the other end of the strip are attached with screws to the lid to prevent pivoting.

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Douglas Bordner

2735 posts in 601 days


posted 363 days ago

Mmm, Brusso cabinet jewelry. Thanks for the reply, gbvinc.

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

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DAN

3501 posts in 521 days


posted 360 days ago

I like it ! walnut and cherry look nice together.

-- ..... art for lifes sake ... danwalters@lumberjocks.com

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gbvinc

374 posts in 484 days


posted 360 days ago

Thanks Dan!

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Dominic Vanacora

449 posts in 407 days


posted 360 days ago

Nice project. I also like the box jonits. The differnt colors go together well. It looks like another one for my list and my favorite file.

-- Dominic, Trinity, Florida...Lets be safe out there.

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Krisztian

83 posts in 437 days


posted 358 days ago

Nice box.The valnut and the cherry is nice together.

-- Krisztian (from Hungary) VA

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Chris

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posted 327 days ago

Nice choice of woods species… I like the contrast.

-- Chris

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Blake

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posted 327 days ago

Hellooooooooooooooooooo gbvinc… (clap, clap, clap, clap, clap)

Very nice box! Recipe boxes are a great traditional design, with their curvy transition from sides to lid. I like the contrasting colors on this one. Well done.

-- Check out my new website! http://www.theeasellife.com

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GaryK

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posted 326 days ago

Very cool Box! I love the hinges and the curves opening.

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

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gbvinc

374 posts in 484 days


posted 321 days ago

Chris, Blake & GaryK: Thank you for noticing my little recipe box! I am in the process of setting up a brand new shop, so hopefully, I will have a few more projects to throw up here soon.

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mrtrim

1548 posts in 418 days


posted 321 days ago

well i missed this one somehow , looks like you got a good recipe for boxes g b well done

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gbvinc

374 posts in 484 days


posted 321 days ago

mrTrim: Clever! Thanks!

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