Cherry and maple keepsake box

Nick,

This is a beautiful box. You used a nice selection of woods on this and the mitered keys add visual interest to it.

Thanks for the post.

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Beautiful box! Remeber….walnut goes with anything! :-)

I especially like the contrasting miter keys.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Beautiful work, love the miter keys!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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Nick that’s a great looking box. I really like the proportions.
Nice mix of colors and wood grains too.

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

Thanks all for the nice comments. I wasn’t too sure about the choice of wood but the BLO made a big difference, it really added a nice warm tone to the walnut.

-- Nick, Fremont, CA.

Great looking box.

-- Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.

very nice. good looking project thanks for sharing it with us.

-- A thing of beauty is a joy forever... - Keats

That’s a great box – the wood tones compliment each other really well.

Hi Nick;

Great job, and I’m glad to hear you made a “mock up” first.

This sometimes is the only difference between a successful project like yours shown above, and one that ends up as a big disappointment.

Beautiful work and choice of woods.

Lee

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That is a fantastic looking box. Great choice of woods.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

I’ll second Lee with the Mock up kudos. Pine and poplar have kept my limited “nice” wood out of the fireplace many times. If you’re going to copy a box, Don is the guy as you’re obviously aware. I just finished trying one of his serving trays. This box is much more ambitious. Well done.

-- Jeff, South Carolina

Thanks again for the kind comments, I’m glad you like it.
This was a fun project, I got to try a lot of new things. First time using veneer, first time finishing with BLO and shellac. And at the same time, this was a great project to cut my teeth on since it’s pretty small.

-- Nick, Fremont, CA.

Nice box Nick, and following Don’s footsteps will lead you in the right direction.

-- Joel Tille

Nick, That is one fine looking box: something that you can be very proud of.

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

This is great. I like your unique interpretation of Don’s box a lot. The wide frame around that top panel is really nice. I also like the black undivided bottom. Really nice execution… very tight and clean. All around a really handsome box.

-- Dust collectors suck.

That’s a beauty!

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

A very nice box. I like the lid design and choice of timber.

-- Bob

ta boite est superbe joli travaille

-- jeanmarc manosque france

Thank you everyone.
Don is a great source of inspiration when it comes to boxes and I really liked the design of the box he blogged about. Plus I have a bunch of small veneer pieces and that was the perfect project to give that a try, the lid panel being so small.
And you know how it goes, my wife saw the finished box and wants one too now, so I guess I’ll be making another box soon. Gotta keep her happy, she parks her car outside so I can park my tools inside :-)

-- Nick, Fremont, CA.

Beautiful box, as everyone has said. I think the walnut looks excellent – you have a very subtle set of colors that blend nicely, unlike some combos that knock you over the head.

BTW, I work in Fremont and live across the bay in Menlo – we’re neighbors!

-- Nils Davis, Menlo Park, CA

Great box I like the balance all of the colors of the wood have.

-- Billp