| Project by John | posted 331 days ago | 408 views | 1 time favorited | 17 comments | ![]() |
Curly maple box with mahogany dividers. The inlay came from Rockler. The joinery is hidden mitered dovetails that went wrong. When I dry fitted the joints the miters were open so I planed the corners off and added an 1/8 inch square of ebony. Finish is Zinser seal coat french polished. Cant remember how many coats but there were many.
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17 comments so far
Napaman
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posted 331 days ago
looks great!!!
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Blake
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posted 331 days ago
It’s beautiful! Nothin’ wrong with hiding your mistakes, that is one of the most important skills in woodworking. And you did an excellent job. I like the corner strips a lot.
My only disappointment is that you didn’t give us that third picture! Don’t we get to see the inside and your mahogany dividers?
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Critterman
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posted 331 days ago
LOL, as has been saidl many times here….necessity is the mother of invention. The joints look great, the ebony looks great on the corners. Great box.
-- Jim Hallada, Chesterfield, VA
GaryK
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posted 331 days ago
Blake is right about hiding mistakes! Either hide them or incorporate them into the design.
Great box!
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DocK16
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posted 331 days ago
Sometimes great discoveries are made by mistake, I think it looks intentional and beautiful.
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Karson
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posted 331 days ago
Great box and I like the cover-ups. Great job. Beautiful wood.
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motthunter
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posted 331 days ago
great work
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Douglas Bordner
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posted 330 days ago
You didn’t need to rat yourself out, other than the fact that it does encourage others to keep going and think on the fly when things go wrong in their projects. I think this is one splendid small wooden box. And I just love small wooden boxes (Northern Hemisphere Division)!
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TreeBones
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posted 330 days ago
Beautiful box, great recovery, it added an attractive feature.
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YorkshireStewart
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posted 330 days ago
Yes, all the above and I love the cheeky looking dovetails on the tray.
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rikkor
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posted 330 days ago
That box works. The dovetails look crisp, and that is a cool inlay.
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cheller
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posted 329 days ago
Nice solution to the corner problem, and a very nice box.
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Paul
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posted 329 days ago
Must be a special niece for such a special box!
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JohnsBrother
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posted 327 days ago
She is (but I’m biased). I can assure one and all that John is a favorite Uncle. My daughter absolutely loves the box. It’s prominently displayed on her dresser. btw, we never knew he made any mistakes. We just thought it was a beautiful box!
gizmodyne
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posted 327 days ago
Way to recover.
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Dusty56
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posted 218 days ago
I try my best not to make any mistakes , however , sometimes the mistakes add more beauty once a fix is found than the original plan called for !!! hahahaha If we didn’t learn by our mistakes , where would we be today ? Great workmanship !!!
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mtnwild
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posted 53 days ago
Everyone else already said it, so, ditto, beautiful job.
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