Maple and Lacewood Letter Box

What a neat idea. They will have two things to treasure later on in life. The letters and the box. That’s good thinking on the lady of the house.
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Mr. Tom
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Nice job. That lacewood is amazing! Even your maple has more color than most maple I see.

-- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm

that is a beautiful box!!

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Mark,

Wonderful idea and really beautiful box! Thanks for sharing.

L/W

-- Jesus is the ONLY reason for ANY season.

Great job love the wood and the idea. Well done.

-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"

Nice Box, Great gift for the kids and a great idea, nice wood combo and well constructed, thanks for sharing

-- It's Mic Keep working and sharing

Great box. There is a simple elegance here that really lets the wood show it’s own character.
Nice job,

Joey

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I love the wood in this box and great design!

Mark,

I like the concept of the letters. Interesting choices of woods. Nice use of splines in the top’s construction. I can’t tell from the pictures you have posted how the stop for the top works. Is it continuous along the front of the box or just each side of the opening hole? The small corner splines of differing lengths are a nice touch. They add strength, but don’t overpower the maple’s grain.

My only quibble is with the half hole on the front. I admire the simplicity of the solution, but somehow it needs something more elegant. I can’t tell what it would be…perhaps some type of dowel protrusion or a square tab. I think it is the curved line on the square box that throws me off. Maybe if the hole were tapered? Maybe it is the scale of the hole. Since no good solution comes to mind, perhaps your design is best after all.

-- Big Al in IN

Nice looking box, I like it!

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

Thanks everyone for the comments.

Big Al, I agree with you on the half hole. I thought of a few ways to handle the opening of the lid and decided to try this approach. I then debated about the size of the finger hole, and probably went a little too big, but I didn’t want to go too small and make it hard to open. I also used an 1/8” brass rod going through the side in the lid instead of using traditional hinges and this is the first time trying this. I didn’t realize how big that the gap between the lid and back of the box would have to be to make it work. I think the second letter box that I make will be something completely different.

great choice of materials.

-- Shawn, I ask in order to learn

The box is beautiful and also has a useful purpose whis is always a good combination. Congratulations.

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Beautiful box and beautiful idea….

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I have not heard that term”Letter box” for a long time. Great box and what a wonderful idea for a yearly activity

-- Norman