| Project by Hewy | posted 03-05-2011 09:15 PM | 1826 views | 9 times favorited | 9 comments |  |
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I built this for my wife for Valentine’s Day. The material is Padauk with a strip of
maple laminated in the top. It has a hidden music movement that starts when
the lid is opened. I used black felt to line the inside with. The plans came from Woodcraft.
This was a fun project to build and was my first attempt with an exotic wood like Padauk.
9 comments so far
RogerBean
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#1 posted 03-05-2011 09:58 PM
Very lovely little box. Strikingly attractive, yet simple design and elegant execution. Really nice work.
Roger
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Bob Cook
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#2 posted 03-05-2011 10:56 PM
Wow! very nice workmanship. Great job.
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bigike
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#3 posted 03-05-2011 11:19 PM
great work I like how the music movement is hiden.
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Dusty56
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#4 posted 03-05-2011 11:43 PM
Wonderful music box : )
Which tune did you choose ?
What finish did you apply ?
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Hewy
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#5 posted 03-06-2011 02:54 AM
Dusty56
I used a musical movement from Rockler, the tune is greesleves.
The finish is several coats of wipe-on poly I used no stain. The
Paduauk wood will darken a little with age.
blackcherry
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#6 posted 03-06-2011 04:55 AM
This one is just a GEM…nice choice of woods…BC
lightweightladylefty
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#7 posted 03-06-2011 05:42 AM
Hewy,
Very lovely music box! Thanks for posting.
L/W
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Dusty56
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#8 posted 03-06-2011 06:46 AM
Greensleeves is a great melody : )
I thought that your box was Bloodwood at first , but I also had used an oil based finish on Padauk before and it got really dark like yours is. Did you get any color “bleed” onto the Maple from the Padauk like I did ?
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shopmania
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#9 posted 03-06-2011 11:12 PM
Looks beautiful!
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