My First Hidden Hinge Bandsaw Box, False Bottom with a Twist literally! ya have to click to see

That’s such beautiful wood. You add that to your skill and designs, it makes for an awesome box.

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

Keep pushin the emvelope or should we say the box…lol! Like the continuity of the pattern. pretty subtle. nice piece!

-- Cau Haus Designs, Thomas J. Tieffenbacher

Wow, great box. The spalted hackberry is amazing. Great design too.

-- Measure twice, cut once, then rout a whole bunch

OH WOW!!! What a nice looking box that is!!!! Nice work Blackie!!!

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

great work
and beautiful wood

the tray ‘key’ is genius !

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

That spalted wood is just beautiful and perfect for your bandsaw boxes. The secret tray and “key” arrangment is a clever innovation. Is the “hidden hinge” a pin that you plugged the drill hole so it’s hidden?

-- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm

Randy, I really like what you did here. You continue to integrate new ideas into what you do. I really think you have nailed the magnet concept with the reversing tray. I like it better than the key concept. Great wood, innovative design, newly integrated concepts…what’s not to like about this.

-- Big Al in IN

Thanks everyone for the great comments, glad you all liked the design and the wood, I have a huge stock pile of this spalted hackberry.

Andy yes to your question, I used 1/4” dowels but I also have 1/4” brass rod that I plan on using on future boxes, since this was my first I optioned for the wooden dowels to see how it was going to work, only with this design, mitered corners are out, I have to go with butt joints.

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Another beauty, Randy. Thanks for sharing!!.................Jim

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

Handsome box !

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clever opening mechanism for the false bottom. I like it!

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Incredibly beautiful! What did you use for finish?

-- Valentin

Valentin

I’ve found something that I like and seems to be working for me, I do one coat of Tung Oil with a wipe down let it dry, then 2 to 3 coats of Lacquer.

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Nice Job Blackie

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I dunno, that wood doesn’t look decent for a girl’s jewelry IMO. The box is neat for sure, the hidden compartment is well thought, but I feel the wood you used for it too busy and manly…

I mean, girls are supposed to be sweet, warm, delicate, and made of harmonious curves, right? This doesn’t carry those feelings for me. Maybe the average girl in America is less of a princess than they are here in “ole’ Yurrop”?

I’m into that kind of trouble at the moment, I have two jewelry boxes to build for the end of the month and I have quite a hard time finding the proper wood to carry the feminity feelings along with the stuff that will be inside.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mean to be mean, just giving you a different PoV that what all our fellows above already said, the box is nice. I can look at this and think:” it’s a different approach, so why the heck not?” but still feel uncomfortable with the wood choice (I worked with spalted hackberry once, quite a PITA in my book BTW, so more power to you for making something good out of it).

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