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On inspecting the many fine projects on this site I ran across some full extension drawer slides made of wood with sliding dovetails. I forgot to favorite them at the time and now I can’t find them to give credit for the idea. Mine are a bit diferent, not as good actually but they work really well. The slides were what inspired me to make yet another box.
Walnut, koa, curly maple, maccasar ebony, purpleheart all went into this one. Mortise and tenon half-blind dovetails and splined miters hold the box together The purpleheart you see through the cut out is first part of the drawer slide. The slides are made up of three part the first being implemnted into the side of the box as I just mentioned. The second is its own piece. and the third is the side of the drawer.
After I made the top which overhangs the body by a quarter inch on all sides I said to myself “wait a minute how am I going to used my mini-ball hinges?” These are the perils of designing on the fly. I solved the problem by adding the—lets call them hinge housings—on the back. I glued them into a slight recess I chiseled out and then added a 3/32” purpleheart dowel for an entirely unnecessary amount of joint strength.
this one I ended up giving to my mom for mothers day.
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11 comments so far
teenagewoodworker
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posted 110 days ago
wow great job. i think that i saw that post to. was it by any chance this one. it has full extension drawer slide with a sliding dovetail too.
great job on the box and thanks for the post.
bilsborough
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posted 110 days ago
Thats it. credit to GaryK for the inspiration. Thanks.
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darryl
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posted 110 days ago
i like the color contrast, looks great!
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GaryK
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posted 110 days ago
Great looking box. Interesting use of different woods.
Thanks for the credit but I’m sure somebody else came up with it first.
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Dusty56
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posted 110 days ago
that is one beautiful box I must say !!! Your Mom must love it !!!
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jockmike2
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posted 110 days ago
Nice looking boxes, blsb, and Gary. I’m amazed by them both. mikie
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Scott Bryan
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posted 110 days ago
This is a beautiful box and it has a nice combination of woods as well. I am sure that your mother adores the box.
Thanks for the post.
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trifern
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posted 110 days ago
Nice looking box. Thank you for sharing.
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CharlieM1958
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posted 110 days ago
Very impressive!
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davidtheboxmaker
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posted 109 days ago
You’ve packed a lot of special features into a box – nice job.
rikkor
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posted 109 days ago
This is very nice. The craftsmanship really shows.
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