NOT a jewelry box!

Hey Dez, Looks like your MIL is a pistol packin momma! :-)) Sorry, but i couldn’t resist :-)) Looks like a really nice job.

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence Wake Up America!! Please read; http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0

Nice looking gun case. Very nicely done. I would suggest you treat your MIL’s daughter real well.

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

Thanks guys!
Topa, I am glad you could not resist! She is and has owned a Harley as well!
ND2ELK, Maybe better than she deserves! (just don’t say that where she can hear it!) I have a “little leeway” – I am her ONLY son in law! LOL

-- Folly ever comes cloaked in opportunity!

you have done a superb work here dez

i’d be afraid
just to look at her
with that jewelry on
especially with that box in hand

thanks for the heads up lol

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

very nice work.

-- Ike, Big Daddies Woodshop, http://www.icombadaniels@yahoo.com

I like it!
Did you make the box in one piece, then cut through it to make a top and bottom half? I’ve got a box like this bouncing around in my brain, and don’t know how to go about making it.

-- A woman's work is never done-but power tools help!

Now that will turn some heads at the range.

Very nice!

-- Gary; Marysville, MI...Involve your children in your projects as much as possible, the return is priceless.

DragonLady, With all the tutorials on here and the web, you should be able to pull it off. Post your questions, yoiu know we will gladly answer ;-)

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence Wake Up America!! Please read; http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0

patron, thanks and she is a good person, no need to be afraid – unless you said the wrong thing! lol
bigike, Thanks!
DragonLady, Yes, the box was glued up as one piece (with the cut made 1/2 way through before hand, my standard method for making smaller boxes like this.), I then applied the corner “bosses” and then cut the rest of the way through to separate the top from the rest of the box only because I wanted it in one “solid” piece while routing the recess for the corner pieces. Take a gander at the photobucket link and if you have any questions give me a holler!
GaryL Thanks to you also for the kind comment!
Topa, We are good at that are we not?

-- Folly ever comes cloaked in opportunity!

We are ;-))

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence Wake Up America!! Please read; http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0

dez it does my heart good to see the skills used without the arsenal of tools…its how a real wood workers shines…great job…ive thought of making a case like this for my son…except it would be for his briefs…but not his shorts…hes a teacher…toting his work in this kind of style would be classy for sure…super job…grizz

-- GRIZZMAN ...[''''']

very nice box!

-- ㊍ When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

Great work! That looks Like a jewel to me!

-- Robert B. Sabina, Ohio.....

I chose these materials based on the recipients (limited) choices as well as the overall colors!
They all have some red that tied it all together.

I bought a bunch of brass hardware (locks and handle mounts etc.) (Hardware Elf) for this project that I decided not to use – 1 or 2 pieces of brass just didn’t fit with the overall look.
I will just have to do another project that they will work with! LOL

Grizz, PurpLev, WoodenFrog!, Thank you for the kind words!

AS Always – I can point out all the boo boo’s and areas I could improve on. (If you want to know what those might be – message me and I will tell all! (If you see something , please let me know)!
(Thank the lords for low res and distance viewing!)
I want to wish all of the folks here A Happy New Year and many successful projects!

If you ain’t doing – you ain’t trying!
(I am sure I heard that somewhere other than INSIDE my own head)

From and by Dezri M. Dean
The DMD NUT!

Soon I hope to post another project based on this one using some different materials and the hardware I didn’t use! (I mis-cut the first batch of frame materials so I have the opportunity to do it again!)

-- Folly ever comes cloaked in opportunity!

Here’s to a successful salvage and a Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence Wake Up America!! Please read; http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0