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Another box to commemorate a friendship, this one for a guy that was with me in a college band during our dorm days. Brad took his guitar and lived as a street musician and artist for a number of years in New Orleans, before ending up as an Attorney and Labor Judge in North Carolina (there was a stint as a finish carpenter/custom stair builder somewhere in the middle). So for a friendship that has spanned 40 years and for that long strange trip — This one’s for you, Judge Donovan. I’m including the thumb pick of yours I’ve had this whole time.
8.25˝x5.5˝x3.5˝. Top and short sides: Big Leaf Maple. Long sides: Cherry with walnut double-dovetail. Laminated lift: Bigleaf and Black Palm with Black Palm trim.
Walnut pencil trays (on hidden unfinished Spanish Cedar plinths) with maple/walnut banding.
These are glued in.
Removable Walnut tray.
Hinged with Veritas 5mm shelf pins.
Inside finished with dewaxed Garnet Shellac, outside Zinsser Sealcoat Shellac and Target coating waterborne lacquer.
-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.
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WayneC
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#1 posted 615 days ago
You have outdone yourself. This is wonderful…
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Dan'um Style
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#2 posted 615 days ago
another beauty … your friend will be happy to have this around !
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Douglas Bordner
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#3 posted 615 days ago
Squared up with that LV Low Angle Jack and shooting board; with block-planed chamfers everywhere (Granddad’s funky little #102 clone). Thanks Wayne (and Mot, David, Thos.) for leading me down that slippery slope.
Rumor has it that soon the Wells Fargo Wagon will be a-comin’ down the street…
with a load of Bigleaf maple from LJ Schroeder…
-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.
Dusty56
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#4 posted 615 days ago
Absolutely wonderful ,Douglas !! Your friend is a lucky man : )
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WayneC
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#5 posted 615 days ago
:) I miss those guys….
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DYankee
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#6 posted 615 days ago
Nice work.
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tomd
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#7 posted 615 days ago
Double dovetails, very well done.
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Karson
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#8 posted 615 days ago
I miss a lot of guys. Wonderful box Douglas.
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dustynewt
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#9 posted 615 days ago
Exquisite job , Doug. Love the off-set lift. Great design element.
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jeth
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#10 posted 615 days ago
Really very nice. Love the lid lift…
shipwright
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#11 posted 615 days ago
Beautiful Douglas.
Very nice attention to detail.
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lanwater
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#12 posted 615 days ago
This is a great box.
the double dovetails are neat.
Ian Hawthorne
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#13 posted 615 days ago
Very nice Douglas – great workmanship and perfect contrast in woods.
Ian
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FlairWoodworks
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#14 posted 615 days ago
That’s one way to fix gappy dovetails.
Just kidding, Douglas. Beautiful box, and the inlaid dovetails look very nice. It’s interesting how you offset the lift.
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RogerBean
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#15 posted 615 days ago
An attractive box. I particularly like the attention paid to the interior.
Roger
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