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I made 4 Shaker boxes for my adult children for Christmas, but I didn’t make one for my wife.
She let me know about that. But, I told her that I only had cut wood for 4 boxes and I could make hers anytime and not for Christmas. That seemed to keep the frying pans in the drawer.
So here is the box that I made her.
This is some Ambrosia Maple that a few pieces had some burl and some tiger maple stripes. Her box doesn’t have any of that. Just a nice distinctive Ambrosia maple stripes.
This wood is caused by the Ambrosia beetle. He/she burros into the tree and back out. Many time you will see two holes close to each other. An entry and an exit hole. Later a fungus invades the tunnel in the tree and leaves a blackcoating on the walls of the tunnel.
As sap goes up and down the tree it causes the colored streaks in the wood. Some of them can be quite long. I’ve got some pieces of stump wood that is almot totally colored.
The spline is some Eucalyptus wood that I got from Ira. It is a beautiful pink color. You cannot see the bees wing pattern in these small piece of wood but they are beautiful.
Because the sides of this box are only 3/8” thick I was only able to make a single spline and not a double spline like I showed in my Christmas Boxes.
The top is Maple Burl that came from one of my wood gloats about 4 years ago.
All 4 corners of the box have matching streaks. This was made from one board that was resawn to give the pieces for the 4 sides.
-- 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 †
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PurpLev
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#1 posted 477 days ago
beautiful. a great example how using the board to create a perfect match on the corners makes all the difference.
a box with a lot of character Karson.
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itsmic
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#2 posted 477 days ago
That is Gorgeous, can imagine a number of images in the wood, all beautiful, fine craftsmanship and tasteful artistic composition, plus You are always giving nice things to nice people, what could be better, Great job, thanks for sharing
-- It's Mic Keep working and sharing
JR45
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#3 posted 477 days ago
What beautiful wood! You must have gained many plus points for this!
Jim
-- It always looks better when it's finished!
a1Jim
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#4 posted 477 days ago
Hey Karson
These all look great ,you used some of your wow wood ,Beautiful.
-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/
SPalm
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#5 posted 477 days ago
Very nice Karson.
What a classic design with a wonderful wood.
Steve
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rowdy
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#6 posted 477 days ago
Love that ambrosia….pretty box.
-- Rowdy in Kechi, Kansas
patron
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#7 posted 477 days ago
straight forward clean work
accented by some gorgeous wood
well done
-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle
NBeener
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#8 posted 477 days ago
A beautiful and visually interesting piece.
Great job !
-- -- Neil
Joe Lyddon
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#9 posted 477 days ago
Very good!
That box looks better than the others!
... must be the wood…
COOL!
-- Have Fun! Joe Lyddon - Alta Loma, CA USA - Home: http://www.WoodworkStuff.net ... My Small Gallery: http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/showgallery.php?ppuser=1389&cat=500"
Lee A. Jesberger
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#10 posted 477 days ago
Beautiful job, Karson.
Lee
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helluvawreck
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#11 posted 477 days ago
Karson this box is beautiful and I love the wood. Congratulations.
helluvawreck aka Charles
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Helkat
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#12 posted 477 days ago
Great box – simple design with awesome execution to let the wood itself be the focus. Really really nice.
And thanks for the explanation on how the coloring occurred – I learn tons of new stuff every day on here.
-- Nat, UPstate NY, http://www.cordlessimpactdriverhq.com/
peteg
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#13 posted 477 days ago
I agree with David on this one Karson, keep it simple & let the timber do the talking, well done
Pete
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Grumpy
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#14 posted 477 days ago
Very interesting effect that beetle left Karson.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python
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#15 posted 476 days ago
Beautiful, I have used ambrosia maple before and I always like the streaking caused by the insect, I think it fives the wood more character.
-- Martin ....always count the number of fingers you have before, and after using the saw.
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