Another one...

Wow! Talk about figured….Looks like another fine box Ryan.

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

I’m out of wows. Beautiful. And again it’s great what you did with the inside. Sweet.

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

great craftsmanship and awsome wood thanks for shareing it !

-- if you aint the lead dog the scenery never changes

Yo Ryan, you got talent.
I love that coved tray. Do you mind sharing how you cut it. (Router Jig?).
And you are right, that is almost a little too much figure (but then again not).

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

This is the level of craftsmanship I hope to attain one day!

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

I just cant pass up on this kind of wood. Real nice.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3

awesome wood…

-- /\/\/\ BarryW /\/\/\ http://thecreekviewwoodworker.blogspot.com

Great wood. You are quite lucky to find something like that. A great presentation piece.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

sweet ! beautiful project

-- ..... art for lifes sake

with that much figure only a simple design would work, anything else would take away from it. I’m a big fan of simple lines but using wood that makes people look and want to touch it.
It’s beautiful

-- Joey, Magee, Ms http://woodnwaresms.com

Great craftsmanship, great wood selection, stunning piece !!!

-- Woodworking is not a destination....it's a joinery !!! http://smilesrus.com/pages/woodgallery.html

Very nice collection of boxes, great work

-- Bob A in NJ

Stunning :)

-- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso

Again, what more can be said… very, very nice piece!

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

Beauty!

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Man alive! I hope to approach that level some day.

-- Maplewood, MN

Absolutely beautiful wood. You did an outstanding job with the simple design element – which accentuates the wood’s beauty. Can you elaborate a little more on how you went about making the coved inner sliding tray?

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

Sure! To make the cove the piece of maple was fed sideways into my tablesaw blade with an auxillary fence.
If you’ve never done this, here’s the quick and dirty explanation:
Put a full kerf blade in the TS, and clamp a fence perpindicular to the blade on the infeed side of the blade, raise the blade to 1/16”, and take a pass using push blocks. Turn the piece end-for-end and take another pass (to keep the cove centered), then raise the blade another 1/16” and keep repeating until the cove is as deep/wide as required. Clean up the saw marks with a curved cabinet scraper, and voila: Cove cut tray.

Hope this makes sense…let me know if you’d like more info.

Cheers,

Ryan

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Very nice. Gorgeous wood. I really like how you did the inside components.

-- Dust collectors suck.

Beautiful… Where’d you find that side arm hinge that looks like it disappears into the right wall of box? And how long may I ask did this project take? And where did ya find old growth birdseye? salvage the wood yourself or lumber yard or on line? of course they can all remain your secrets, ha. nice job!

-- PJM.`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸ ><((((º> why's there a light in fridge and not the freezer? , aka, the wood hunter.aka tigermaple5

I’ll answer as best as I can:

The part you are asking about is a Bruso lid stay, bought from Lee Valley Tools
The box took about three days start to finish
The Birdsey came from a veneer log. At the veneer mills, they can only go to a certain length, so this was from a log offcut that an associate picked up for me. I still have some of this wood left….hoarded away for another special project.

Hope this helps!

Ryan

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Truly Amazing! You really set off that beautiful figure in the wood.

Ryan,
I have been noddling around with a design in my head for a box my wife wants; what thikness did you end up using for the main box? Also, what size were the hinges for the lid?

Thanks!

-- Chris

Beautiful timber well crafted.
Haven’t seen a cove cut tray before. It looks really good.

That is brilliant. I just love the lumber. Great work

-- www.robneves.com

Amazing craftsmanship….how long have you been producing these beauties ? What do you give that “associate” for finding such treasures for you ?

-- Dusty56@comcast.net