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Gun Cleaning Box/Not Just Any Box Contest

Project by DocK16 posted 689 days ago 830 views 2 times favorited 17 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Here is my entry for Not Just Any Box contest. This is a walnut and birdseye maple box with double dovetails on outside box. A smaller inside box uses 1/4” finger/box joints. Cleaning rods for rifles and shot gun sit in grooves created by core box bits. This is my first real small box I can see why Don “just loves ‘em”. Hope to get a few more by next Christmas for all the hunters in the family.

-- DocK, WV


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GaryK

9536 posts in 885 days


posted 689 days ago

Very cool Box. Monogramed and everything. I like the double dovetail.
Good luck in the contest.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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Karson

25803 posts in 1297 days


posted 689 days ago

Great design and nice job. Good luck and congratulations on the completion.

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

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itsme_timd

676 posts in 728 days


posted 689 days ago

Wow! What an excellent box. I love the double-dovetail and the mongram.

-- Tim D. - Woodstock, GA

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Bob A in NJ

530 posts in 896 days


posted 688 days ago

Very clever, nice work

-- Bob A in NJ

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Douglas Bordner

3426 posts in 960 days


posted 688 days ago

That’s a beaut, Doc. I like the strip of wood on the front that picks up the double doves. Is it laminated or inlayed?
Glad you have acquired the box “disease”, and all your hunters will be glad too.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

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rikkor

11335 posts in 771 days


posted 688 days ago

Great job, echoing the nod to the double-dovetails. They are very distinctive.

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Colin

186 posts in 817 days


posted 688 days ago

Yes, very nice, very unusual and very clever, well done. Hope you do well in the competition.

-- Colin, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. "Every craftsman was once an amateur"

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MsDebbieP

14162 posts in 1057 days


posted 688 days ago

outstanding.
It’s like this box has everything! You must be proud.
Good luck in the Awards

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

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TomFran

2515 posts in 891 days


posted 688 days ago

Super job, Doc! A beautiful gift for any hunter, but they might not want to use it ;^D

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

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mot

4903 posts in 933 days


posted 688 days ago

Doc! That’s a great box. The contrasting wood in the joinery, and the top is just great! Good luck in the challenge, this should get votes. It’s really a nice piece!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

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CharlieM1958

7666 posts in 1115 days


posted 688 days ago

Great box! Love the dovetails.

I sense a gun theme taking shape in the contest. :-)

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

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TreeBones

1557 posts in 920 days


posted 688 days ago

Very nice, I’ll be looking at this one again.

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

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Paul

607 posts in 989 days


posted 688 days ago

Form, Function and Beauty intersect in your creation!

Great box!

-- Paul, Texas

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Dan Pleska

110 posts in 858 days


posted 688 days ago

I must ditto what has already been said. It’s a great looking box, DocK, with distinctive dovetails. I love it.

-- Dan, West Virginia, http://www.danpleskaCreations.com

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Blake

2760 posts in 771 days


posted 687 days ago

Great design. I love this box. I really need to make my buddy a gun cleaning box (he has a cardboard one). I really like this one!

-- Check out my new website! http://www.blakeweberwoodworking.com

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Russel

2062 posts in 836 days


posted 687 days ago

Slick and functional, nice work. Not being a gun person, I never realized how much stuff there was to clean a gun. I guess you’d need a box to keep everything together. I’m learning all kinds of stuff here.

-- Working at Woodworking www.VillageLaneFurniture.com

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Mark D.

116 posts in 665 days


posted 664 days ago

Wow, I’ve never seen double dovetails… Very impressive!

-- Looking for free wood working plans? Visit us at www.AwlFreePlans.com

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