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My girlfriend saw some purpleheart and said, “ohhh, make me something with that! A jewelry box.” I’ll take any excuse I can get to take on a fun project so I got some purpleheart from the woodsmith store and some maple leftover from some other project, and a little bit of Koa I’m gradually using up. I had recently seen a few pictures of boxes with the half-blind dovetails meeting the corner pieces, so I was looking for a project I could try that out on, this one seemed to fit the bill pretty nicely. So I went with maple sides into purpleheart legs, routing my dovetails on my porter cable jig. I cut the top inch off the box sides for the lid, and filled in the kerf with the koa. I also used the koa to fill the kerf around the drawer face. I carved some contour on the legs to add some more visual interest
I used some brusso 95 degree stop brass box hinges, pretty expensive but nice, though the lid could probably use a third.
The finish is nitro-cellulose laquer hand rubbed to a gloss finish. The white in the grain of the lid was in the wood, it isn’t polishing compound.
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14 comments so far
Woodhacker
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posted 50 days ago
Wow bilsborough, this is an amazing box. I love the combination and have used that on a few boxes myself…at least the maple and purpleheart.
Your joinery looks excellent! Great design too!
I see from your project page you’ve made some guitars…in high school I made a few accoustics, but quit woodworking until about 5 years ago…now I’m making boxes primarily.
Anyway, great job on this box, I’m sure your girlfriend loves it.
Thanks for posting it.
-- Martin, Kansas
davidtheboxmaker
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posted 50 days ago
Great box – the corners look really sharp. Well done.
GaryK
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posted 49 days ago
Great looking box! Lots of fantastic details.
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teenagewoodworker
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posted 49 days ago
wonderful box. great dovetails too. I know what you mean about purpleheart. every time a girl sees it they want something made out of it.(I just haven’t got around to filling their orders yet, lol) great job and i look forward to your next post.
CharlieM1958
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posted 49 days ago
Man, that is really a fantastic box. Tons of great details and beautiful joinery. I’ll bet you get a lot of brownie points with the girlfriend for this one!
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darryl
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posted 49 days ago
this is a very nice piece. love the contrast of the maple and purpleheart in the dovetails.
great job!
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Dusty56
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posted 49 days ago
someday I hope to achieve this level of craftsmanship
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Scott Bryan
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posted 49 days ago
This is a beautiful box. The details are simply great. I am sure your girlfriend adored the box.
Thanks for the post.
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BobR
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posted 49 days ago
Great design, good choice of timber, and wonderful workmanship.
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Paul D
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posted 49 days ago
Very nice box and great details.
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IcemanSam
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posted 48 days ago
Gorgeous box. Love the added touch with the carved sides/legs.
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Wade Putnam
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posted 46 days ago
Nice work, love the combination of woods
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YorkshireStewart
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posted 46 days ago
Lovely design, exquisitely made. Lucky girl!
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flomp
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posted 35 days ago
im thinking of doing the corner dovetail thing now thanks