Recipe Box

Excellent! I like the curved lid design.

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

I quite like it!

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

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.

Nice joinery, very attractive job.

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

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?

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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.

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

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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/

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!

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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

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

Nice box. I like the hinge detail also.

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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.

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

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.

Very nice design! Cool hinges too.

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

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.

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

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

I like it ! walnut and cherry look nice together.

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

Thanks Dan!

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.

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

-- Krisztian VA My website: www.vacarpentry.com

Nice choice of woods species… I like the contrast.

-- Chris

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.

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

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

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.

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

mrTrim: Clever! Thanks!

Yep we’ll have to get Martin to turn off the internet again so you can get back to working in the shop.

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Hey Dennis. It was a busy year, but on the bright side, part of that activity was putting together my new shop. I’ve finaly started puttering around in it, so should have some more projects to post in the near future.
Thanks for the push!