Keepsake Box

Top notch (for a rookie), just kidding…

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

Great job Jim. I also saw this in Wood magazine, and think it is a great looking keepsake box.

-- Greg Mitchell--Lowell, AR--gdamitchell@sbcglobal.net

That’s really pretty! What is that center panel? A painting or a tile of some sort?

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

Jim, you are off to a great start. Your box looks very nice.

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

Great box. Great job. and heavy is good it keeps crooks from getting it past the front door.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Looks like a keeper to me.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

Good work. Nice tight miters, the feet are cool, too.

Thanks everybody, I geatly appreciate you kind words.

Charlie: The center is a hand painted ceramic tile and that sucker is thick and heavy. It is very pretty though. If I do another one I think I’d try to find a thinner lighter tile, as this one made the lid very heavy. Wouldn’t want a real young person to have this box as fingers might get pinched. You can get the kit (hinges, tile, etc) from the wood magazine site, they have a few different tiles too.

-- Jim Hallada, Chesterfield, VA

beautiful box…. the heaviness can be one of its many unique features that makes it special.. “intriguing”

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

That’s one really fine piece of workmanship. Something to be proud of for sure!

-- --Chuck

Good work! I like the combination of Minwax cherry stain on ash with a satin poly finish. I used the same combination on a solid ash bookcase that I am going to post soon and I like the way it looks.

-- A bad craftsmen blames his cheap #$%ing tools