| Project by miles125 | posted 223 days ago | 710 views | 11 times favorited | 35 comments | ![]() |
Got my gifts ready! I liked my Asian Box so much i decided others should have one.
These all have salvaged Pine in them, along with either Walnut or Mahogany. I got to use up a lot of short drops and i have to say they were a sheer pleasure to build! All are finished natural with a clear semigloss lacquer.
-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""
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35 comments so far
SPalm
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posted 223 days ago
Wow. You do sweet work. Can I be one of the others? They do look fun.
-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon
blackcherry
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posted 223 days ago
These might be the most stylish boxes I’ve seen in quite awhile…well done. Blkcherry
CharlieM1958
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posted 223 days ago
Dammit, Miles! One of these would have been amazing, but a whole bevy??? I love ‘em!
How did you shape the center part of the tops? I’m assuming you set up a jig of some sort?
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Thos. Angle
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posted 223 days ago
Really great work, Miles. The only trouble now will be the fights,” No, I like yours better, trade me, please!!!”
-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon
Dadoo
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posted 223 days ago
Nice job Miles! Your family/friends will enjoy these for a long time.
-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!
MsDebbieP
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posted 223 days ago
wow…. beautiful boxes (and design) and a beautiful picture! I really like how you included nature in the image. It is the perfect setting and adds to the beauty and charm.
-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
dennis mitchell
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posted 223 days ago
Those are great. I would have never tried walnut and pine, but it looks great.
-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com
Dan M
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posted 223 days ago
Absolutely fantastic .. any chance of getting a shot of one of them open?
-- Dan M, SW Suburbs, Chicago IL -- http://www.djay-crafts.com
TomFran
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posted 223 days ago
Some people are going to have a special gift for Christmas! Nice work, Miles.
-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28
Max
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posted 223 days ago
These are great. I really like the two woods you used together. Great Christmas gifts…
-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT
scottb
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posted 223 days ago
I think that is the proper collective term for boxes – if it isn’t it should be! The whole one shown in the first picture is my favorite, the one behind it is my favorite too.
-- The opposite of war isn't peace. It's creation. -- Wood T's: http://www.printfection.com/snbcreative
TreeBones
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posted 223 days ago
Wow, these are great, real art.
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Jeff
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posted 223 days ago
Very, very nice Miles. I love how they are very ‘fluid’ looking even though they are boxes. Great aesthetic appeal.
-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN
oscorner
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posted 223 days ago
Beautiful combinations of wood and super looking, too. Great gift idea!
-- Jesus is Lord!
Greg Mitchell
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posted 223 days ago
Great design and gifts miles.
-- Greg Mitchell--Lowell, AR--gdamitchell@sbcglobal.net
Blake
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posted 223 days ago
Nice job. They really look great as a collection.
-- Dust collectors suck.
jockmike2
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posted 223 days ago
Sweet Miles very nice, you make it look easy. mike
-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com
Karson
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posted 223 days ago
Great Boxes Miles. a nice job.
-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com
Chip
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posted 223 days ago
Great stuff Miles. Quite the production run. I thought maybe you had made two first, left them together overnight and these were the offspring… like bunnies ;-)
-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.
Dominic Vanacora
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posted 223 days ago
Another great project. I was wondering who gets the better ones since you only made two. Well that can be cleared up in court. Great Boxes.
-- Dominic, Trinity, Florida
YorkshireStewart
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posted 223 days ago
I’ve re-visited that middle picture maybe half a dozen times. It’s a great photograph of a lovely cubby of boxes. For some strange reason it put me in mind of a bunch of tortoises or some such snuffling around in the leaves! Terrific design beautifully done. Wish I received gifts like that!
-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business.
mrtrim
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posted 223 days ago
i dearly love those boxes miles ! i burned out my keyboard droolin over the one you showed a while back . now im thinkin my aunt clara was your great grandmothers cousin…. nevermind this story isnt gonna fly far enuff to get one of those boxes ! they are some sweet
-- if you aint the lead dog the scenery never changes
RobG
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posted 223 days ago
Great work. The work you did with the grain is really striking. I like it!!
-- Woodworking is Life. Anything before or after is just waiting.--S. McQueen sort of
Damocles
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posted 223 days ago
Awesome! I love the lines of these boxes!!
-- Living on the square...
miles125
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posted 223 days ago
Just wow…all of you are really special and encouraging. Thank you all very much for the wonderful compliments…I mean it.
Heres to lumberjocks and the creativity it inspires!
-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""
mrtrim
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posted 223 days ago
isnt it great miles ? and guess what its people just like you that make it the great place that it is !
-- if you aint the lead dog the scenery never changes
Andy
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posted 222 days ago
Sharp design and color selection.Rarely do you see Pine used in constructing gift boxes.Good idea,very nice grain.
-- " Stubborn tenacity substitutes for natural ability" ANDY
Grumpy
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posted 222 days ago
Nifty idea Miles. Great design.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python
RobS
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posted 222 days ago
A gaggle of gifts or a bevy of boxes, either way you look at them you gotta like ‘em. Great work Miles!
-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX
CedarFreakCarl
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posted 222 days ago
Incredible Miles! Awesome design. Walnut and mahogany meet southern yellow pine…...whodathunkit?
-- Carl Rast, Pelion, SC
Douglas Bordner
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posted 221 days ago
I like these even better than the all-black one. Beautiful.
Like others have commented, in a group they do evoke thoughts of animals or insects. Wouldn’t want to wake up some morning and find them eating the tomato plants. Asian box beetle attack!
-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.
Mike Shea
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posted 221 days ago
awsome boxes miles nice desighn ;)
-- i can do all things through christ who strengthens me
Napaman
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posted 221 days ago
these are awesome!!!
-- Matt, Napa, CA...SING WITH ME: "Sum...sum...sum...summ...summ...summ...summertime..."
DrSawdust
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posted 220 days ago
Excellent work. Thanks for sharing your inspiration with all of us.
-- Making sawdust is what I do best
bryano
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I think everybody already stated what i wanted to say but i’ll say it anyway. Great boxes!
-- bryano