The Burl Box

That was worth the wait. Very elegant, Joey! I especially love the lid design.

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

Thanks Charlie. I was frustrated trying to figure out how I wanted it to look. I tossed a piece of burl on the lid and this is how it landed. So I have to give credit to dumb luck on that or I may still be scratching my head trying to figure out what would look good. LOL

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Simple and subtle beauty

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

What Monte said, plus a bit of Wow!

Very nicely done.

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Oh waw, definately worth the time!

-- Thomas - There is no such thing as a problem, there only are solutions.

Thanks,

I forgot to mention that pic number six is of one of the interior corners. There are several miter keys that were put in before the carving for the inlay. You can see it here because I exposed them. This is the first time that I have covered my miter keys. Normally they world be out of a contrasting wood, In this case, I used the same walnut. I like the way this looks a lot, and my try to incorporate this into future boxes somehow.

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Vert excellent Joey… This is one beauuuuutiful box….
600 ideas for a handle…and I thought I was bad a selecting stuff…
I have been wondering how burl would look if it were sculpted since I started looking at burls on the Oregon burls website… but I do not see any burl pieces that would come in a 48” x 5 ” board so I could wrap the grain.

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Fine looking box you have created! Good going, Joey!!....................Jim

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Thanks Greg, I was thinking that burl would be nice for sculpting also. I know one thing, it would be a smelly business indeed. Man does this stuff stink. I don’t know that just burl would have the integrity to hold together, but I am thinking on a sculpted box with deeper inlays of burl. That may work, as long as I don’t go through the inlays.

Check with Oregon Burls. They may have something that will work for you. I am looking forward to the day I can order a few pieces from them. I’ve got so much going on right now it would be a distraction I simple can’t afford at the moment. Maybe after the Christmas rush and fall shows I will be able to think up something new.

Thanks Jim

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Beautiful box!

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Very nice. I really, really like the way you did the body of the box. I am definitely gonna borrow that idea. Beautiful job JG !

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Looks great. You have obviously put a great deal of thought and work into a superb box.

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That turned out absolutely beautiful and I agree that a handle would detract from the overall look. Not sure the green microfiber will be an improvement as the inside is awfully nice as is.

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Now Andy, you know the client is always right and the client wants emerald green, so emerald green she will have. I do like the inside of the lid. I plan to use this style again in the future.

@Jim, feel free to borrow, but only if you give it back. LOL. If you do use it, the maple inlays on the corners are 45ed. I just cut out my thin inlay strips and ran them on the tablesaw with the blade at a 45. I have to say, while I did practice safety, it felt anything but safe. Cutting thin strips like that can bounce and curly maple likes to shatter when it bounces. Thankfully I ran a little extra.

@everyone else. Thanks for your kind words. I am glad to have this one done. Now on to the next one.

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