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This was a birthday gift for one of my sisters. This is a variant of an original design. The first of the two can be seen at http://lumberjocks.com/projects/7096, and if your interested, I did a related blog on the first box at http://lumberjocks.com/jocks/Woodhacker/blog/4441.
Each surface, except for the bottom, are a panel and frame construction. The top includes a scrollwork scene I’ve used in another of my gift boxes. The frames are mitered at the corners with a locking spline running through and perpendicular to the miter joint. The frames are made from jatoba. The panels are made from black walnut and are tongue and grooved into the frames. Inside each frame is an inlay banding, which is also on the inside of the lid. The corner posts, handle, and locking miter splines are all made from gaboon ebony. The ebony handle is joined using a small blind mortise/tenon. The feet are made from a cocobolo pen blank. Each side is joined to the ebony corner post using blind mortise and tenon joinery. All the outside edges are beveled at 45 degrees, approx. 1/8 inch wide. The base is rabbeted into the sides and is made of red oak. In all, there are 57 separate pieces of joined/milled wood that make up this keepsake box, not including 24 pieces of patterned inlay banding that surround the panels. The “latch” is a pair of rare earth magnets embedded into the lid and front using a mixture of CA glue (cynoacrylate glue) and jatoba sawdust. The hinge is a piano type hinge with a 95 degree stop.
The finish is an oil base sealer coat followed by 4 coats of wipe-on oil/poly blend. The finish was rubbed out with paste wax using 0000 steel wool. A second paste wax coat followed.
-- Martin, Kansas
22 comments so far
GaryK
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posted 545 days ago
Pretty cool looking box. I like the spline detail.
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teenagewoodworker
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posted 545 days ago
thats a great box, nice blog on it too! thanks for the post.
Scott Bryan
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posted 545 days ago
This is a wonderful box. There are so many details that give it visual interest.
Very nice.
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CharlieM1958
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posted 545 days ago
There is a ton of fine work in this box. Great job!
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pyromedic602
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posted 545 days ago
very nice box. excellent work
-- Pyromedic602, free wood is always good wood
Greg3G
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posted 545 days ago
Beautiful box. I realy like the splined miters. Great detail. Finish looks great too.
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trifern
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posted 545 days ago
Very nice box. Thank you for sharing.
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griff
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posted 545 days ago
Great looking box , very detailed , I can see that you have a lot of patience.
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Napaman
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wow…this is just beautiful!!!
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Todd A. Clippinger
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Smack! That is gorgeous!
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Kevin Violette
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posted 545 days ago
That was a lot of work I’ll bet. it sure does look good though. Nice job!
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jjohn
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posted 545 days ago
Very cool.
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Bradford
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Very handsome box, with an interesting design. Thanks for posting it.
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blackcherry
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posted 545 days ago
This box speaks volumes a family heirloom for sure…nice craftmanship…lucky sister…Blkcherry
miles125
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posted 544 days ago
Awwwwww great box!
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SteveKorz
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posted 544 days ago
That is one very interesting design, I can’t help but really like it!! I love the splines in it, very very cool. Great post!
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CelticDreamer
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posted 543 days ago
This is an example of craftsmanship at its finest! Someday I hope to have the patience to attempt a project like this. Your sister is a very lucky person
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scottb
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posted 540 days ago
That’s a very handsome box. Love it.
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darryl
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posted 540 days ago
that’s beautiful!
I think I like the look of the contrast in the splines and frames the best.
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matt garcia
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This is a beautiful box, meticulously planned out with all of the joinery intricately cut and formed with the utmost patience. Beautifully finished!! Great project, I am in awe!!
-- Matt, Houston Texas
zeddicus
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I love your box. Very nice work.
Rick
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posted 101 days ago
SA WEET. WOW. wow wow wow. It all hits you at the first glance. You get every bit of it before even looking at each detail. It has an autumn feel in the colors to me.
When you say the finish was rubbed out with paste wax and steel wool.. do you mean that you applied wax with the steel wool? and then again without the steel wool?? And where did you get the piano hinge with a built in stop?
Thanks