Wish You Were Here

Very nice box, Nicolas. I see a number of points of interest.
The marquetry is excellent,
The little canvass strap is a cool trick
The whitening with UV filtration
And best of all another fine use for these boxes that we keep making.

Don’t white bedspreads just make a great photo background ? :-)

Very clean, sweet piece.

-- Paul M ..............If God wanted us to have fiberglass boats he would have given us fiberglass trees. http://prmdesigns.com/

I love this, Nicholas. You work just keeps getting better and better.

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

First, that’s absolutely beautiful.

Second … a quick question:

In designing/building this … did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?

Bum-bud-da-dum-dowm … bowm, bowm, bowm.

-- -- Neil

Absolutely superb!

-- Gene 'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton

Fine box and superb marquetry. The theme takes me back as well.

-- Martyn -- Boxologist, Pattern Juggler and Candyman of the visually challenging. http://www.theartofboxes.com

beautiful box, and a great album indeed.

I really like the lighter wood with the green felt – nice combination, very springy

-- ㊍ When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

Hello Nicholas, as the e-mail reached me with the title, I had initially thought
that you were in Canada “wish you were here” as you had mentioned going there a few times ;).

“The box” (not “The Wall” ;)) is very artistic (you know, the level at which it is not
merely a box anymore but a work of art) and I really like your choice of wood colors (each of them
gentle yet very strong) and accenting color changes (light/dark/light and dark/light/dark
corners).

For those who have not done any or many boxes, could you give a few more details
on joinery used for the box and tray(wish everyone added that as standard practice on all projects – for
beginners like me;).

-- Vjeko Balas - Croatia

Very nicely done…Wish you Were Here is my favorite Pink Floyd album too.

-- A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. -- Mark Twain

I don’t much care for the subject matter on the cover; that’s just not my thing. Beyond that, the construction, marquetry, and the attention to detail on your tray is just outstanding! It is a beautiful box!

-- Paul - The sweetest sound in my shop, next to Mozart, is what a hand plane makes slicing a ribbon.

Nicely done indeed. Fine marquetry as well. Hope to see more from you.
Roger

-- "Everybody makes mistakes. A craftsman always fixes them." (Monty Kennedy, "The Checkering and Carving of Gunstocks", 1952)

Thanks guys for the comments!

Vjeko,as to the joinery, well sorry there is not much to say, tis pretty much mitered together and glued with white glue. Nothing that exciting… I rabbeted out the corners and glue in strips of maple so that the corneres would not get botched up so quickly. The lid and the bottom is grooved in. I guess the only really complicated part this project, for me anyway, was getting it done on time and doing the marquetry.

Shipwright, yes white bedspreads are the best!

To the other Pink Floyd fans, maybe I could talk the administrators of LJs into play a song every time this project is looked at! That would be cool!

-- Nicholas, Cabinet/Furniture Maker, Blue Hill, Maine

Let’s do what we can, in the meantime.

For those of you that love it like I do … enjoy !!!

-- -- Neil

NBeener, thats Awesome! Thanks for the post!

Perfect!!!

-- Nicholas, Cabinet/Furniture Maker, Blue Hill, Maine

this is awesome. hi5

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