Southwest Carved Box

Kent,
Nice. I particularly like the way the graceful curves flow into (or from) the lift. Very attractive piece.
Roger

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

Kent:: Have you looked at Steward MacDonald

They have a mini router base for a Dremel or a Foredom handtool base to do routing. They work great, easy to control because the router bits are real small.

And if you look on eBay for circuit board drills you will find some small carbide router bits.

Great looking box.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Very nice design and great craftsmanship.

Excellent job.

nice box Kent
Always another look and wood combination.
Good save from the trash and artistic too. Kiefer

-- Kiefer 松

Kent… Very NICE!

I like that style…

That terquoise … is that a small Rock inlaid… or a slice of a rock inlaid??

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Very nice, Kent. Your boxes just keep getting better and better!

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

Well done Kent. The suttle details make a really distinctive difference.

-- Every step of any project should be considered your masterpiece if you want the finished product to reflect the quality of your work. http://www.FineArtBoxes.com

Wow Kent, you are “REALLY” getting into this “BOX” thing ! Kind of addictive, huh….LOL

This box is just simply lovely, elegant and smoooooooooth ! Beautiful lines !

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Great box, love the lid.

-- Tom D

Nice box Kent – great choice of timbers.

Ian

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Kent, thats a beautiful box.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Thanks everyone for the encouragement.

Karson, Thanks, I actually have that base for my Dremel (in fact it came from them) I’m using a flex shaft.
I can get the more hand-carved look that way. The cut is not so squared off like a router would be.

Joe, I am using crushed torquois, fine or course, depending on the size of void I’m filling.
Blog coming soon, so I won’t get into the details yet

-- She thought I hung the moon--now she just thinks I did it wrong

Kent, it’s really a nice box. Congratulations.

-- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau

Great work, really nice!

-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"