dovetailed walnut jewelry box

Looks very nice!

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

Great idea! Did you make the angled cuts after assembly? Any pics of it open?

-- Measure once; Cut Twice, Three Times, Four Times...

That looks great! I like the effect of the angled cut.

-- North Texas

I’d guess it was angled after cutting. But an interesting design. A 12” disk sander would cut that down pretty quick.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Nice design and use of wood figure, the angled dovetails really add an element of interest

-- Marge, Colorado

Good looking box. I like the angled sides too.

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

The angle was a nice touch. What kind of walnut is that? Looks much lighter than what I’m accustomed to.

-- Jeff, South Carolina

The angled dovetails really make this box special. Nice work.

-- Maplewood, MN

in the second picture—awesome how the lines of the wood flow right into the joinery.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Budah

Nice work, please tell us how you did the joinery, (which is great). Hand cut at angles? Machine cut as square, then cut or sanded the sides?

-- Bob A in NJ

Beautiful workmanship! – that is a classic looking piece!, have always admired angled dovetails & yours are great!

-- The Gnarly Wood Shoppe

Very nice! If I may make a suggestion for the next one you make like this (and you should make more) – make the lid thick enough to include a decorative dovetail key or simply an inlay in the lid so you can carry the attractive dovetail motif all the way through from bottom to top. The eye gets stopped cold on its way up the side profile as it expects to see another dovetail up top.

This is a great piece that could be tweaked just a little to make it even greater. Very nice job.

-- Just another woodworker

HP, this is a nice box, and I just love small wooden boxes.

The finish is exceptional and the design is terrific.

There is usually very little constructive criticism offered on LJ’s, so I appreciate schwingding doing so – it’s how we all learn. My I add mine?

To my eyes, the lid would have looked better with a thinner profile. I feel that it’s too “chunky”. You might have achieved this by cutting a bevel at an angel complementary to the box side angle, or simply just used a thinner stock. (I also think that this would have avoided the observation made by schwingding.

Also, I note that in the first picture, the dovetails are not lined up at either end of the box – for me this distracts from the symmetry I expect in dovetail joinery.

Keep up the creative work.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

Pretty dam good job

-- A. Molloy

Don is right about the dovetails, but I confess that I didn’t catch it till he pointed it out. I guess I need to work on developing my critical eye so I can catch these things in my own projects.

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

i agree with the chunky lid, i had thought abouyt beveling the lid but thought if i kept tweeking the top i would end up scrpapping it the other consideration was the screws for the hinges, as for those dove tails….. well i must say that i noticed them as i was applying the finnish and it is distracting.

a word to any one who is out there please feel free to critique my work that is why i put it out there! thanks every onefor the praise and criticism.

-- the journy of a thousand miles begins with a single step " Lou-Tzu"

Handsome piece there, Buddah. The journey of a thousand boxes also begins with the the first box. You will have time to refine your design on the next, and the next…

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

Nice box, The wood grain is very atrractive.

Nice box, I really like the angled sides, unique.

-- Andy Stark

Nice box, I really like the angled sides, unique.

-- Andy Stark

Very Nicely done. I love the shape.

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Nice ‘crisp’ looking box HB. That walnut has the look of some elm I have. Any pictures of the interior?

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business.

i have more photos of this and my other boxes posted in FLICKR in the wooden boxes forum. my screen name is tarol_caabot

-- the journy of a thousand miles begins with a single step " Lou-Tzu"

Really nice work on the box… All the joints looks tight and the angled sides are pleasing to the eye.

-- Chris

got to admit I didn’t catch the dovetail alignment until I read Don’s comment. It’s still a sweet looking box Budah.

-- I've cut that board three times and it's still too short!

I actually like the top just as it is. I like the contrast of the wavy side grain with the straight grain of the top.
I like the separation of the top and the box. Of course, there is no accounting for taste.

I do agree, the dovetails should line up.

Very nice box. I like it a lot.

-- Leon -- Houston, TX - " I create all my own designs and it looks like it "

I like the dovetails….

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