This is my first attempt with any kind of roll top lid...

outstanding concept. I love the birdseye maple. what is the project for? would love to see progression pics of assembly. Nice job

-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford.

A very nice box. Great job.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Very unique! I like it.

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

great design idea. well done.

-- ..... art for lifes sake

That is a really cool box. Very nicely done and a really cool design..

-- Kaleo , http://www.kaleosworkshop.com

Very well done, great design.

-- I can build us one.

That’s just a cool little box design. I like it a lot!

-- "Give me your poor tools, your tired steel, your huddled masses of rust." Yep, I ripped off the Statue of Liberty. That's how I roll!

Just an outstanding box. Well designed and executed.

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

the pull out drawer surprised me! (that is what I’m seeing, isn’t it?)
very cool design

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

Very unique box as are most of your posts. This is a well designed project and I really like the combination of woods.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Great design, and you pulled it off very well, great box.

-- Jim Hallada, Chesterfield, VA

What a unique design. The black Wenge really makes the maple pop. I like the knobs as well.

-- Check out my new website! http://www.theeasellife.com

Handsome box.
Like Blake said, I like the wood choices.
Can you decribe a bit more on what you learned about ‘getting the track right’?

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

Very very nice.

-- Maplewood, MN

The track was the most intresting part of the project. The groove of the tract had to be wide enough for the slats to roll/slide thru without hanging up. Then the curves couldn’t be to sharp, so the radius of those curves had to be thought out and experimneted with. I thought about having the box more rectangular and the tambours sliding in oppsite directions, but that was a bit beyond me for the first time. It would have been twice the curves. That is why I went to the wedge shape. As far as giving you exact instruction on how to do this…Just lay your out your track width and depth on some scrap and go from there. I will try a rectangular box the next time I try the roll top.

-- My mind is like lightning...one brilliant flash and then it's gone.

nice work, vjer. i like the pullout drawer, too.

Slick. The overall shape is eye-catching. Having a drawer integrated into the slope of the roll-top is especially nice.