| Project by Dave Haynes | posted 149 days ago | 836 views | 4 times favorited | 15 comments |  |
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This box is a good deal similar to one of my other project posts. I used some more of the spalted maple that I got from a log I found in my brother’s wood pile last year. This stuff really makes nice looking accent pieces when used in boxes. I added this one to my Etsy Store with a couple other boxes today, all of which I have added to my projects page today.
I used some walnut for the main box that I got a few weeks ago at an estate tag sale where an old woodworker had died. I was flabergasted by the amount of cherry and walnut that I got from that sale for a little bit of nothing in $$$. The particular piece of some of that walnut really had some awesome looking figure in it and I used it to show it off in this box. Again, I used my Porter Cable miniature box jig template to make the joinery. I put burgandy velvet in the bottom of the box to finish it off.
-- Dave Haynes, Indiana, http://www.oldaveswoodshop.com
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Monte Pittman
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#1 posted 149 days ago
Very beautiful again
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a1Jim
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#2 posted 149 days ago
Very cool looking box.
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Jim Jakosh
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#3 posted 149 days ago
Nice looking box. I like it!!............Jim
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jaykaypur
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#4 posted 149 days ago
NICE !
The velvet contrasts well with it.
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gfadvm
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#5 posted 149 days ago
Nice. Wish I could stumble into some beautiful wood like that!
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tinnman65
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#6 posted 149 days ago
Nice box Dave, Nice find on the wood!
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Woodenwizard
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#7 posted 149 days ago
Another great project. Keep them coming.
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Mean_Dean
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#8 posted 149 days ago
Beautiful box! You’re inspiring me to start making boxes!
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#9 posted 149 days ago
Love the grain and contrasts. Lovely.
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#10 posted 148 days ago
I love Walnut!! This is beautiful!!
Thanks for sharing
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The Box Whisperer
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#11 posted 148 days ago
beautifull choices in wood, love the spalted stuff and i love walnut myself. nice finger joints too. Very nice box, I might steal your idea for a lid….
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#12 posted 148 days ago
Beautiful!
ArtDunbar
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#13 posted 148 days ago
Dave, interesting box. I just made a similar box-jointed jewlery box, but with feet. What is the light colored accent along the bottom?
dnick
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#14 posted 148 days ago
Really nice piece. Well done. What did you use for a finish?
-- dnick, North Hollywood, Ca.
Dave Haynes
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#15 posted 147 days ago
ArtDunbar and dnick….......
The lighter inlaid piece around the bottom of the box is the same material I used in the top. It’s milled down spalted maple intended to match the top insert. I used two coats of Watco Natural Danish Oil finish which, under their directions, I let set for 72 hours before applying the final finish. As a final finish, I used 3 coats of Minwax handrubbed poly, using #0000 steel wool between the coats. I used this finish on all of my boxes as I think it gives them a great look. Hope that helps you guys.
-- Dave Haynes, Indiana, http://www.oldaveswoodshop.com
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