Box With Knot & Stem

Charlie,
Very clever! I was looking for a solution for entrance wounds.
Thanks! Nice candy dish!
SM

-- SM

Ditto the cleverness, Charlie. I also like the way you incorporated the knot/pith as a central vein in the leaf.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Looks great Charlie! With the flocked interior I’d stick with wrapped candy though. Is this a present for someone special?

-- You can't get a hug from Facebook.

That is one cool box Charlie! But, I have to ask, What kind of fruit are you guys eating int New Orleans?

-- Terry Roswell, L.A. (Lower Alabama) "Life is what happens to you when you are making other plans."

Thanks, Guys.

Betsy, it’s adhesive-backed felt, but yeah…I was thinking wrapped candy. And It wasn’t made for any reason. Just fooling around. :-)

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

Terry, you Alabamans just ain’t got no imagination! LOL!

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

Charlie,

This is a beautiful box. I have to agree with Doug about the look of the leaf vein. That was a wonderful addition to your box. You could easily have tossed this “defective” piece but you have transformed it into an interesting visual detail.

Thanks for the post.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Hey Charlie, you one clever dude.
Good Job.
Nice finish too.

Steve

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

i love the contrastging woods

-- www.robneves.com

Ingenious! Bill and Bob said most of us are too darn smart for our own good. Nice Job! Thanks for sharing it with us.

-- --Chuck

That’s pretty cool, Charlie. Great use of materials!

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

Nice box, er candy dish.

-- If we learn from our mistakes, I'm getting a fantastic education.

I forgot to mention the finish is danish oil followed by 6-8 coats wipe-on poly.

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

Great use of left overs – very creative and it will be quite a conversation piece.

-- Canadian Wood Chuck (Bruce)

That is beautiful box, and beautiful wood.

-- Jiri

charlie , thats gettin pretty artsy ! very clever indeed my friend ! well done

Charlie, as usual, you have done it again. That is a really nice box. It looks like an apple to me. “The candy Apple” would be a good name. As always, your work inspires us. Thanks for feeding the need.

-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford.

it is an awesome box …..give us a hint as to what type of fruit it resembles though…..and what do I need to smoke so I can see it too ? ; ) all in good fun

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

Nice job Charlie. It sure is worth keeping those small scraps of wood.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Okay, okay…..for some reason it reminds me of a lemon. And no, I haven’t smoked any of that loco weed in a long, long time. :-)

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

Nice job Charlie… It is very unique and shows your creativity.

-- Anybody can become a woodworker, but only a Craftsman can hide his mistakes.

Beautiful box, great choice of wood and masterfully executed.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

Now that’s realy thinking outside the box. Nice work Charlie.

-- Tom D

Good looking box Charlie. You have just let the world have a peek at our Post Katrina Lemons here in SE Louisiana.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Nice work Charlie!

-- Lip's Dysfuncational Firewood Farm, South Bend, IN

Charlie, you’ve got a knack of seeing the unique. That’s a pretty spiffy box you got there.

-- Working at Woodworking www.VillageLaneFurniture.com

Thanks to all for the nice comments.

See… Lip “gets” it! lol!

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

Plumb nifty, Charley. Like it

-- Thos. Angle

great “accidental” creation.
it’s definitely a piece of fruit—sheesh!! :)
and I really like the idea of using the entrance cut in the design. Brilliant.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

I like that a lot; really imaginative Charlie. (I also love the expression “plumb nifty” Thos. I’ll be introducing that to East Yorkshire!)

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business. http://www.folksy.com/shops/TreeGems

Very clever!

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

How did I miss this? Very nice Charlie! Very clever… At least it didn’t turn out to be a lemon of a project… lol

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †

That’s knot fair…just kidding. I enjoyed viewing this again. Good luck Charlie.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

Great Idea, Charlie!

I think it does look more like a fish than a lemon, too! Kind of reminds me of a Yellow Tail.

Good Luck in the contest!

Lew

CharlieM1958,
Nice looking box and great idea to leave the knot in the design. The real wood charecteristics enhance the box. I do question the authenticity of the design however! Are you sure this is your desin? I don’t see one square corner anywhere-LOL!
Congratulations and good luck on another excellent contest entry.

Sincerely,
Ken McGinnis

-- woodbutcher north carolina

Ken, I temporarily misplaced my square corner router bit.

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

Charlie. Go fish.

Nice recycle. And a great job.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Very unigue,kind of out on a limb with this design.
Great use of materials too.

-- " If I can make it,so can you" Andy in Oregon

Beautiful work. Well done.

-- jroot

Very fishy Charlie.

you knotty LJ you.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

You landed a whopper with that one Charlie…...

-- amos

A very nice creation!

I’m glad you posted this in the contest Charlie, because I missed it the first time.

I don’t feel so bad now, because I also posted an old project.

Good Luck in the contest.

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