Curly Maple Jewelry Box

Nice box. Still working my technique on these.

-- Mother Nature created it, I just assemble it. - It's not ability that we often lack, but the patience to use our ability

Thanks Monte. Your boxes look awesome! That natural edge on the lids really looks great. I can’t wait to try something like that on a box.

Nice job. You’re right…those splines are hard to see, at least in the pic’s. Does the top tray rest on the bottom tray?

-- Gary, DeKalb Texas only 4 miles from the mill

Thanks Gary. They are tough to see in person too which is what I was going for on this project. The top tray is the full size tray. It rests on the half size tray below and the other half of the bottom has a divider in the middle of it. Difficult to describe and even more difficult to photograph since it’s black felt. haha I’m thinking about putting a divider in the middle of the trays to make it easier to pull them out.

Nice looking box. Curly maple’s one of my favorite woods. Thanks for sharing.

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Very nice Stephen – might I ask where you got the lock from?

Ian

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The splines look just fine…. at least from what I can see. Not too bad at all, and that is a pretty wood. Well done. :)

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Sharp looking box, the design is classey with some nice added extras, the wood is beautiful, Great job, thanks for sharing

-- It's Mic Keep working and sharing

It took me a while to figure out what to call those things myself. From my research I discovered the miter keys are the ones like you have there and I use. Miter splines are inside the miter and not visible from the out side or inside of the box. Only when looking down on the joint will they be seen.

That’s a really nice box. Thanks for sharing.

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Good thought, Stephen, on putting the divider in the tray to help lift it out. IMO, you dont really need one in the bottom since you can easily use the side of the box.

-- Gary, DeKalb Texas only 4 miles from the mill

Ian, I got the lock from Woodcraft. It’s a no mortise lock and it was pretty simple to use. Very happy with it.

JoeyG, Thanks. I like the miter keys with different woods for a contrast. Really cool looking!

Gary, I think you’d have to see the box in person because I can’t really show the interior since it’s black. The bottom tray is fitted between a divider in the box. I think I might skip the tray dividers anyway. haha

great job! box is awesome !! love the wood too hope to get my hands on some of that wood someday.Here on the east coast hardwoods are so expensive.