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This is the first real woodworking project I did. It started me on this expensive and time consuming hobby :)
The box is made from a block of cocobolo that I thought the color looked nice on the outside. I was definitely surprised when i cut the box open and saw the wonderful orange, red, and brown grain. I used a band saw to trim down to the actual shape, then used a forstner bit to drill a 1/2 in hole in the center of the box, and used some scraps to make a wedge that would prop the ring up in the hole. I then had to attach the lid so that the ring wouldn’t come out in my backpack on a hicke up the mountains. I countersunk a metal post and glued it into the top, and drilled a hole in the bottom of the box so that the post could swivel, but not come all the way out without a lot of effort. I then sanded… and sanded… and sanded some more :) went through every grit right up through a wet sanding of 600 and polished from there.
The first picture is a picture of the bottom of the box, it came out with wonderful grain pattern there, the second is the finished box from the top, and the last is the box before i polished it with the parts displayed (the most important part is in the center.
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10 comments so far
trifern
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posted 182 days ago
Congratulations! What a wonderful idea. Great job.
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cajunpen
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posted 182 days ago
Great project – so what did she say???? Or are you still waiting to ask?
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GaryK
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posted 182 days ago
Great box! Keep us posted on her response.
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Blake
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posted 182 days ago
Wait, NO ENGAGEMENT STORY?! Common, DETAILS MAN!
The box is beautiful. The wedge to prop up the ring was brilliant.
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Caz
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posted 182 days ago
Sorry, forgot the details :)
She said yes, but we have the date set for 20 June 2009. An aspen grove at the top of a mountain in late spring, VERY beautiful place to ask :)
Thanks for all of the coments
againstthegrain
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posted 182 days ago
Well done box! Well done engagement! Congratulations on the both!!!
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davidtheboxmaker
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posted 182 days ago
That’s a very nice box, and congratulations on your engagement.
Scott Bryan
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posted 182 days ago
Caz,
That is a beautiful box and you did a nice job on it. Congratulations and best wishes to you both. How about a jewelry box next? (But of course that would mean you might have to put something it as well!! ) :)
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unknownwoodworker
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posted 182 days ago
That is beautiful. The oils in the Cocobolo will test the worthiness of the metals in the ring. Great job.
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ND2ELK
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posted 181 days ago
Beautiful box. You did a very nice job on it. Thanks for posting.
God Bless
tom
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