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Here is the box I made as a gift for Christmas ‘07. She stores her guitar picks in it? The pick in the shots for sizing. This project started as a hand plane. Purple Heart, Yellow Heart, Cedar and high dollar hinges. Hinges cost $30.00 but they were the only ones I could find that would do what I wanted. It was all done with hand tools.
RC
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12 comments so far
GaryK
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posted 627 days ago
Pretty cool box. She must have a lot of picks.
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teenagewoodworker
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posted 627 days ago
cool box. what’s the special thing you wanted the hinges to do? 30$ is expensive for hinges. she’ll be able to store a lot of guitar picks in that. and keep them safe because my cousin plays guitar and he says that he needs to have around about 20 picks because if you make the mistake of putting it down you’re probably never gonna find it again. great job.
CharlieM1958
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posted 627 days ago
Nice box.
I know what you mean about hinges being expensive. Lee Valley has some really inexpensive quadrant hinges that are pretty good. Nothing I would use on a $1,000 humidor, but good enough for the average box.
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Scott Bryan
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This is a nice box. What can be done with nothing but hand tools never ceases to amaze me. Up until recently I really was lax in my use of hand tools. If I had to make a single cut I would invariably drag out my miter saw rather than do it by hand. But since joining this community I have a new appreciation of the effort and skill it takes to produce a project with hand tools.
Great post.
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grovemadman
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posted 627 days ago
Good job! I like the finish for the lid.
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Blake
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posted 627 days ago
I like the way it opens from the long side. Nice job.
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cajunpen
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posted 626 days ago
Beautiful little box. I like the hinges.
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RCT
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posted 625 days ago
Thank you all for in input!!!!
RC
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rikkor
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posted 625 days ago
This is a nice box, and certainly a worthy purpose for it. What is the lining?
RCT
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rikkor
Thanks the lining is some fake fur I got to reline a guitar case.
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rikkor
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posted 624 days ago
Cool. Good job on the project.
davidtheboxmaker
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posted 624 days ago
Nice job – I really like the heartwood/sapwood on the lid.