Spalted Maple Keepsake Box

Sweet and smooth.Keep it up!

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-- "someone has to be wounded for others to be saved, someone has to sacrifice for others to feel happiness, someone has to die so others could live"

That’s one cool box.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

That lid looks pretty awesome from here : )

-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.

Beautiful wood and nice box. It’s fun to start with a tree and end up with a finished project isn’t it? That finish is a nice response to the BLO naysayers!

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

Beautiful wood. Great job. I like tree to finished project.

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

Its my first time finishing with BLO. It was extremely easy and gave it a really rich color and made the spalt really show. Put me down as a “Yea” on Boiled Linseed Oil.

-- "The beatings will continue until moral improves" -- Bart Ridings, Illinois

When you say BLO, do you refer to some canned product, or do you actually boil raw linseed oil?
In that case, what’s the process to boil it? I mean, how much time, temp, if you use it while it’s hot, etc.
I ask because I’ve only used it raw so far.

Very nice box, thanks for sharing.

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A great box!

-- Bruce -- Victoria, B.C., Canada

What a beauty! Great choice of wood figure and color for a project like this. I’ve got some walnut from my neighbors’ tree that I had band-sawed by a local sawyer. It’s now aging in the loft of my shop, awating just such projects as yours. I hope mine turn out somewhere near as well.

Have fun!

Jim

-- Jim, Altadena, CA

gepatino – its a canned product

-- "The beatings will continue until moral improves" -- Bart Ridings, Illinois

Following up on my earlier post, I’ve been wondering how the lid works. Is it hinged? You wrote: “Instead of making a handle, I chamfered the entire edge of the bottom section where lid closes to give it a clean look.” The chamfering was along the top edge of the sides?

-- Bruce -- Victoria, B.C., Canada

Bruce, the lid is hinged on the back….and yes I chamferred the edge of the bottom section creating a purchase point to lift the lid on front and two sides. (sorry for the delayed response)

-- "The beatings will continue until moral improves" -- Bart Ridings, Illinois