Game Box

Beautifull box. And in my opinion the lid/handle experiment was a raging success.

-- “There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.” ~ JRR Tolkien

Great idea for the top, it came out great. Nice work.

Great Job Jim!!
The first thing I noticed was the handle… Super idea, I like that very much!
Excellent fabrication work on the hardware too… Well Done!!

-- Mike in Concord, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.

Beautiful figured timber Jim, hey what a great design, you have struck a winner with the handle for sure looks great, I like :)
Pete

-- Pete G: If you always do what you always did you'll always get what you always got

Well done Jim. I like that handle too.

Great looking box indeed! I like it!

-- Tony C , My high school shop teacher said "You can do it"... Now I can't stop!

Just BEAUTIFUL… Design & Workmanship!

Thank you!

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I’m not familiar with the game, but the box is so beautifully done it sure is interesting. Nicely done!

-- Rick, Tennessee, John 3:16

It’s a beautiful game box. The lid is very cool. The finish looks great. I’m surprised the stain is cherry. I would have guessed it was a Golden Oak.

-- Dan - Valparaiso, Indiana, "A smart man changes his mind, a fool never does."

Nicely done. Like Rick, what game is this? Does it require a die er two also? It looks like you’ve gotta git your guys in the castle. Similar to Sorry or somethin like that. Looks interesting. Thnx in advance. Could be a gr8 gift from Santa in the future.

-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Kentuk55@bellsouth.net

Jim…the handle design is a great feature. Thanks for posting.

-- And my head I'd be a scratchin'

I love the lid/handle and your brass catch is pretty crafty. Oak is my least favorite materiel for hinges as it seems very inconsistent in terms of strength/splitability (how’s that for a word?). I have used your hinge on some oak boxes but I probably just got lucky when picking the wood.

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Hey guys thanks for the nice comments. I’m glad you like that handle. It came out pretty good but the top was supposed to be thicker with more clearance under the handle. Because of warp, etc.,it cleaned up just about .800” thick and I put an angle inward on the grab surface to make it a more positive grip so you don’t drop it.

ShopTinker, the color in these pics is more yellow than it really is. It was taken under the incandescent light in my shop. I just reloaded more pics to show the true color.

Skylark and Roger..here is the link to the project where I made the game. I explain it a bit there. I looked and you don’t find these games for sale much. I was asked to make more of them but I would have to charge way too much for the work involved in self storing the pegs.
Here is the link: http://lumberjocks.com/projects/65892

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!!

Beautiful box and I love what ya did with the whole thing…...especially that lid/handle. Great job.

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I absolutely love that handle. What an innovative and wonderful idea. Thanks for sharing this. I can’t help but wonder how many more of these we will see here. I must say that I want to use it. LOL. I’ll just file it away under mental idea’s until it mutates into something I can use. Thanks for being a great inspiration once again.

Joey

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