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Good job on this. I haven’t tried sliding lids yet.

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

Sweet box!!

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!!

From what I can see it looks well done. Dark background of table inhibits the view? Looks pretty interesting as well in that the patterns were well matched. The next one will be easier. LOL!

-- Cau Haus Designs, Thomas J. Tieffenbacher

This turned very well extra nice work.

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

Very nicely done! Multiple identical pieces take a lot of patience.

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe

Great job – you asked about a “proper” name for one of these – the closest I can come up with would be a “candle box”.

It looks like you succeeded on the sliding lid – now any other box you make will be easy compared to this one!

Nice build

-bob

-- Man is a tool-using Animal. Nowhere do you find him without tools; without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all. - Thomas Carlyle http://www.ffrf.org

Doug, thanks for the mention. This is a wonderful example of having a purpose-driven box and the interior is certainly as interesting and nice as the outside. What a wonderful design and what wonderful workmanship. I really do like this. Does the top “tray” lift out? I also liked your candy dispenser. What fun! Keep boxing and keep posting.

-- Big Al in IN

If I’m seeing correctly there are two tops but no bottom? That’s a bit weird. If you don’t mind the scuffing, damage and accidental openings then I guess it’s ok. Mind telling us your thinking here? Cause I’ve never seen this before.
gene

-- gene@toronto.ontario.canada : dovetail free since '53, critiques always welcome.

Many thanks, everyone, for your time and comments. BG, I would have loved in include a removable tray, but then would have needed much thinner pieces. What is there is a compromise between the wood and my planing skills. Gene, weird perhaps; I wanted to make her something unusual. In any event, as it’s a gift for a teenager, and meant to get use, I fully expect lots of scuffing. I anticipated accidental openings, and kept the friction on the lids pretty stiff to prevent them, but I suppose there remains some risk.

-- From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned. Immanuel Kant

Lovely box. Brings back memories of my childhood.

-- Andy -- Old Chinese proverb say: If you think something can't be done, don't interrupt man who is doing it.