Loose Lid Cherry Box

nice looking box. I like the look of the corner splines.
it’s nice to complete a project that includes a lot of firsts!
congrats on pushing your skills!

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Enchanting box. What else can be expected from you ?
Sharad

-- patanjali

Very Nice Charlie. It’s good to try out different techniques.

I’m curious, the design templates you used…were those from a Spirocrafter? I bought one of those some time ago but haven’t used it yet. I’ve also had it in mind to try splines accross the miter like these but haven’t tried that yet either.

Thanks for posting.

-- Martin, Kansas

Very nice work, how did you like the tung oil and did you do the designs free hand or with a template

-- - - Tools are nice to have but you need someone to work them - -

Thanks, everyone.

Martin, you nailed it. I used templates from the Spirocrafter I purchased recently, although I didn’t exactly use them as per the instructions. I just used doublestick tape to hold them in place, and made my cut with a standard template guide and 1/8” spiral bit.

GMman: I used Minwax tung oil finish, which obviously has some varnish added to it. I really don’t see much difference, either in application or appearance, from the wipe-on polyurethane I normally use.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Another nice poolside box. You are making great use of that inlay you got.

-- Dust collectors suck.

Looks good, Charlie. I especially like the profile on the box edges.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

I personally think the box is gorgeous! I really mean that. The inlay really sits it off, but the lines throughtout make it very special. Can’t wait for the next one.

-- JJohn

Great looking box!

Thanks for the post

Callum

-- There is no such thing as a mistake....just a design modification Check out my site http://thetimberkid.blogspot.com/

looks good

-- Shawn, I ask in order to learn

Cool looking edge treatment and inlay work! Great job.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Pretty spiffy box Charlie. The edge treatment is rather ingenious … always something unique in your work.

-- If at first you don't succeed, try again. Then quit. No use being a darn fool about it.

Thank you very much, guys!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Charlie: A very nice box. Some interesting designs and learning techniqiues.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Pretty cool box Charlie. I like it!

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

Nice looking box. The inlay work is great; I like the corner treatment; and the router work is a little different from the norm.

-- Bob

Wow Charlie! You are really pushing your skills into new territory. Nice work. That tung oil is a little bit more involved than the poly, but you did a very fine job of it. Keep up the good work.

Tom

-- Anybody can become a woodworker, but only a Craftsman can hide his mistakes.

Nice work Charlie

-- Terry Roswell, L.A. (Lower Alabama) "Life is what happens to you when you are making other plans."

very nice work charlie , you are sure getting good with the inlay work

-- if you aint the lead dog the scenery never changes

I like it, very nice!... I like the way you routed the corners with the splines in it…

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)

Charlie,

This is a nice box and I like the edge details. Beautiful inlay too by the way.

Thanks for sharing.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Very cool Charlie, since Don ain’t around I’ll have to say it for him ” very well made box mate”. mike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

Tahnks again, everyone.

Mike, I think you got the accent just right. But you for got to say that you just love small wooden boxes. :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"