Walnut and Maple Dovetailed Box for Dede

Beautiful box, beautiful dovetails.

-- Ivan, Croatia, Wooddicted

Nice looking box. I live with Murphy’s law.

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

Beautiful.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

Great through dovetails. Nice box.

-- If a woodchuck could chuck wood, he's probably not a Lumberjock --

Excellent, the proud lid is handsome.

-- - Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true. -

We all live with a very active Mr. Murphy …
I really like how the top pin offset matches the lid offset … Great little detail.

-- Grumpy old guy, and lookin' good Doin' it.

Very nice work on the dovetails, glad to see you lined the box so many are shone on here with no though of the interior. May I offer some advise and I mean in a good way. Your box is great, you need to present it in a good way, the backgound should be on solid color any pattern takes away from the project, also never show a picture of a box taken in your shop, I did when I started and got alot replies about the state of my shop and not about the project. I enjoy making boxes and I hope to see more of yours.

-- Tom D

Thank you for the advice! Actually the shop photo is the only one I took. I put the wax on this ten minutes AFTER I was supposed to meet my sister. And the top only got two coats of the oil varnish blend whereas the rest got three. My sister took the three finished pictures after she got it home. I usually do pictures myself but didn’t have the time this time. What’s your go to finish on a box like that? I do velvet bottoms in all my boxes. Both the inside and outside of the bottom.

-- Jason

This style box would be a great way to practice dovetailing, great work on this box thank for showing…BC

I’m with tomd on this, Every step is equally important. Most important is who it was made for. Visual presentation is all we have here on LJ’s but also if your work goes into a portfollio it will help others to know what you do.

The box has many great points. I can’t touch it, but my eyes go over it.

-- Cau Haus Designs, Thomas J. Tieffenbacher

I bounce back and forth between shellac and lacquer but finishing is always a problem for me. If you look at my last say dozen boxes you will find I line them bottom and sides not lid and not on the bottom outside.

-- Tom D

Tom! Your boxes are AMAZING! How do you line them? Do you flock? Adhesive backed velvet? Glue in standard velvet?

-- Jason