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I was working on treasure or keepsake boxes for my 9 grandchildren when one of my daughters-in-law saw them and said that if I was looking for something to work on she really would like a jewelry chest. So I said that I would and then I remembered that I had 4 daughters-in-law so I better make at least 4, well if I make 4 it is just as easy to make 7.
I used soft maple and cherry for the box sides and the top were either maple or cherry with African Padauk inlay borders. The trays were made from Honduras mahogany that I had kept for 40 years for a special project.
Box size 12” wide x 9”deep x 7 ¼” high
3 coats of M. L. Campbell – Krystal – A clear, post-catalyzed conversion varnish which is a non-yellowing, water white formula
Box sides made from a single board assuring perfect color and matching wood grain as its wrapped around the face of each box matching the grain at each corner.
-- Jake Brain, Florida
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KnotCurser
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#1 posted 939 days ago
Fantastic Job!
Fantastic Job!
Fantastic Job!
Fantastic Job!
Fantastic Job!
Fantastic Job!
Fantastic Job!
I think that was seven of them….... Very nice design – they will be valued for many years to come!
-bob
-- Man is a tool-using Animal. Nowhere do you find him without tools; without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all. - Thomas Carlyle http://www.ffrf.org
CharlieM1958
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#2 posted 939 days ago
Wow! These are really wonderful. Excellent work!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Triumph1
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#3 posted 939 days ago
Very Beautiful! I am sure you have some happy daughter-in-laws! Great craftsmanship. Thank you for posting them.
-- Jeff , Illinois Please...can I stay in the basement a little longer, please!
Broglea
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#4 posted 939 days ago
Outstanding X 7!
Jesse
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#5 posted 939 days ago
Excellent work! Love all the details
blackcherry
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#6 posted 939 days ago
I know your going to make some happy family members, nice work on all seven…BC
majeagle1
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#7 posted 939 days ago
Very, very nice Jake…...... love the wood combinations and the spline corners and the detailed center piece for the tops. Great job on the quadrant hinges as well.
You must now be the hero 9 times over, + another 7 ….... WOW !!!!
Welcome to LJ’s and keep the beautiful project coming our way…..........
Curious, what are the dimensions of these boxes and what type of finish?
-- Gene, Majestic Eagle Woodworks, http://majesticeagleww.etsy.com/, http://www.flickr.com/photos/majesticeagle/
robert triplett
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#8 posted 939 days ago
That is some serious box making! So. # unclaimed. Probably not for long. Thanks for posting. I’m looking forward to seeing future projects.
Robert
-- Robert, so much inspiration here, and so little time!
twokidsnosleep
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#9 posted 939 days ago
Welcome to lumberjocks
Excellent chests x7, beautiful details, wood choices and fine craftsmanship
Love it!
-- Scott "Some days you are the big dog, some days you are the fire hydrant"
RogerBean
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#10 posted 939 days ago
Jake,
Nice work. I admire your tenacity. I very much doubt I could muster the focus to make seven of anything. :-)
Your wood selection, design, and craftsmanship are all admirable. Don’t stop making boxes!
Roger
-- "Everybody makes mistakes. A craftsman always fixes them." (Monty Kennedy, "The Checkering and Carving of Gunstocks", 1952)
Chip
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#11 posted 939 days ago
Beautiful pieces Jake. Wonderful wood combinations and terrific detail work. I’m sure your daughter-in-laws were very happy. Thanks for sharing these with us… and welcome to LJ’s! Look forward to seeing more of your work.
-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt!
littlecope
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#12 posted 939 days ago
A regular Pleiades’s of boxes, my Friend!!
Stellar Details on all of these, Jake!! Thanks for sharing them and welcome to LJ’s!!
-- Mike in Concord, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.
Jamie Speirs
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#13 posted 939 days ago
Wow x7!
Really nice.
Jamie
-- Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own. --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Kathy
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#14 posted 939 days ago
I have got to learn how to do drawers!!!! Beautiful.
-- curious woodworker
Roger
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#15 posted 939 days ago
These are absolutely georgeous! The wood combos are fantastic. Great craftsmanship!
-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Kentuk55@bellsouth.net
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