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I been wanting to try my hand at these neat little palm boxes since I seen Andy's project dubbed "Radio Days". Not long after that he went through the trouble of creating a tutorial on how he did it. Although I will be honest in saying that I didn't read or follow his exact directions to the "T", but I owe so very much credit to one of my personal favorite box builders here on LJ. Thank you Andy for the inspiration my friend….

I debated splitting these up seeing how the crown jewel of this collection was a special one I made for my bride for Mothers Day. Without boring the fire out of everyone I will just say the pin was made on my bench top drill press due to lack of a lathe at this moment. I also went with a false pin latch to keep it from getting to bulky on the front. most definitely a fun little box to build where I got to try and experiment new techniques.

The other three where just flat out just fun simple boxes. I went with the finish as Andy recommended in his tutorial to keep these fun and easy (awesome way for an uptight woodworker to unwind in his/her shop). I also went by my local leather shop and dug through his scrap bin to pick up some leather to line the bottom.

Please heed my warning thought… These little dudes are addictive to build. I can easily see a guy going nuts building these little neat boxes….lol

Im adding a few more pictures with them open…. Thanks for looking….











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Nice looking boxes. I really like the clasp that you made.
I have been wanting to try one of these, but I have been building some addictive bandsaw boxes. lol
 

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great little boxes
 

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Dan,

That is Fine bunch of unique little boxes!

Really very COOL… You do fine work!

Thank you!
 

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those are way to cool-there just isn't no limit what one can do with boxes-they are enjoyable to make-thank you
 

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Great bunch of boxes…and you are right…very addictive and fun…
 

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Really nice boxes Dan. Thanks.
 

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Beautiful boxes….love the wood choices…and great design on the catch. I love doing boxes now and then…very good to practice joinery….they require as much joinery as any fine furniture project….but you don't have to use a lot of expensive woods building them.
 

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Those are great wee boxes

Looks like you had fun

jamie
 

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very kool for use o some small parts.
really like the hasp
 

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Dan the man! You keep impressing us every time! NICE!!!
 

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Sweet. Very impressive line up.
It does look like you had fun building them.
Nice finish too.

Steve
 

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Dan that is some wonderful boxes.
I love also the hasp you have made, and that lid on the box is BEAUTIFUL.
Best thoughts,
Mads
 

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Dan: SOme great looking boxes. I'm going to be teaching a class at our woodworkers club on making these.

They are fun.
 

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Dan, just how BIG are those boxes?
 

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Dan, these are some cool looking boxes that I am sure were quite a bit of fun to build. I am going to have to put one of these on my to-do list.
 

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Love the boxes, Dan. I may have to borrow that little latch detail. It looks pretty darn convincing.
 

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Thanks for the kind words everyone. I have a few more being roughed out on the work bench right now. What I find neat is the more folks see these the more suggestions I get for different sizes and uses. I plan on making a few that can hold things like glasses, business cards, paper clips, sticky notes, sink side ring holder, etc… I guess the possibilities are endless for the uses… They are just neat little dudes…

@ Joe …. Trying to stick to my rule of "No Measuring" (except for hinge pin placement) I forgot to get the exact size of it. Here is a picture of me holding it in my hand… Kind of give you a rough idea on its size….



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Sweet!
I like the variety Dan, it shows your own personal creative touch. That latch is very nice and makes the box grab your eye immediately. Well done in the shaping, finish and photos. Keep up the good work.
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Hey Dan, just got back into town and wow, look what I see….
Beautiful little palm boxes !!!!
Love the design and the very unique latch. Sure looks like you are having fun.
 
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