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Small Box for picks

Project by RCT posted 627 days ago 374 views 0 times favorited 12 comments Add to Favorites Watch

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

-- "Ya but what does he know anyhow?"


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GaryK

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posted 627 days ago

Pretty cool box. She must have a lot of picks.

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

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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.

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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"

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Scott Bryan

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posted 627 days ago

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.

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

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grovemadman

558 posts in 667 days


posted 627 days ago

Good job! I like the finish for the lid.

-- --Chuck

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Blake

2757 posts in 769 days


posted 627 days ago

I like the way it opens from the long side. Nice job.

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cajunpen

5968 posts in 961 days


posted 626 days ago

Beautiful little box. I like the hinges.

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

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RCT

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posted 625 days ago

Thank you all for in input!!!!
RC

-- "Ya but what does he know anyhow?"

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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?

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RCT

15 posts in 646 days


posted 625 days ago

rikkor
Thanks the lining is some fake fur I got to reline a guitar case.

-- "Ya but what does he know anyhow?"

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rikkor

11335 posts in 770 days


posted 624 days ago

Cool. Good job on the project.

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davidtheboxmaker

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posted 624 days ago

Nice job – I really like the heartwood/sapwood on the lid.

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