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This 9” long maple burl box was made from a single piece of big leaf maple burl that I import from Washington state a pallet full at a time.
I kept looking at this one particular blank which was originally intended for turning material, and wondering how I could incorporate that wonderful bark inclusion, and came up with this idea. The interior is done with a template and a router with a collar guide, so the only joinery involved is the hinges, which I could have done a better job with. Finished with Watco, shellac, then water based lacquer.
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rikkor
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posted 357 days ago
Holy cow! That’s really nice.
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SPalm
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posted 357 days ago
Dang Sir, you do nice work.
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MsDebbieP
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posted 357 days ago
just cut out what doesn’t look like a box… great plan and beautiful end result!
love the “bark” section
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CharlieM1958
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posted 357 days ago
Very cool!
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Thos. Angle
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posted 357 days ago
Wonderful
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mot
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posted 357 days ago
Well, it sure came out nice! You just bandsawed the top off of it, I take it?
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schwingding
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posted 357 days ago
Thanks all. Tom, correct, I bandsawed the top off and then jointed the faces. My jointer has the Byrd/Shelix cutterhead and even burl cuts glass smooth. Almost like cheating.
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TreeBones
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posted 357 days ago
Most beautiful. This is my favorite kind of wood/project. I wish we had large Maple in my part of the world.
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Blake
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posted 357 days ago
That is one amazing box. Soooooooooooo cool. I gotta make one of those. Favorited.
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snobben
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posted 357 days ago
Wov!
If you buy this a pallet full at a time, have a piece for sale?
Chip
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posted 355 days ago
It sure is a pleasure to look at your work Schwing. Thank you.
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dustynewt
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posted 355 days ago
Excellent little box. I love your work. Keep up the great posts.
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Grumpy
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posted 354 days ago
What a great idea. I will keep that in the memory bank (if I can remember where the memory bank is).
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DAN
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posted 339 days ago
amazing material … well done
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