Max,
I sure don't see any mistakes. That is one beautiful box. I really like the contrasting woods and the band of what I assume is purple heart between the lid and body of the box. Well done.
Alright > thxs for posting a follow-up to showing your front pull jig design. Great project > 1 observation IMHO - the pull you designed and made looks a bit small in proportion - but may be the camera angles. However > I wish my 1st box looked this good
Max,
Looks to me you have "set the Bar" quite high with your first box.
I am most impressed with just about every aspect of your work, the lid no doubt would have to be the most impressive lid I have seen to date.
I would be interested in seeing a tool and materials list.
I can spot walnut and purple heart and what looks to be be something similar to poplar.
I keep seeing boxes posted where people say it's their first real attempt at a box, and I'm thinking I must be some kind of 10-thumbed oaf. My early boxes looked nothing like this beauty!
Mistakes??? OMG you must go to the back of the parade …
I have my first box in the shop to remind me just how much I have improved, and to give me a laugh every now and then.
Your first box is beautiful, a keeper for sure.
I like the raised panel looking lid and the boxjoints, good combination.
OK, I just look first to your other projects…..hehe
Beautifull piece of craftmanship. I like the choice of different woods.
I put it on my fav-list.
Keep on posting!
Mistakes:
1. When I glued up the top lamination I failed to orient the grain direction correctly on all of the pieces which made the smoothing process difficult.
2. When I raised the top I didn't take into consideration that the quadrant hinges require more thickness to install so I had to add 3/8" to the bottom of the top. When I did that on the sides of the top I had conflicting grain (endgrain/longgrain) that looked awful. Consequently I added the purpleheart band to cover that mess up.
3. Preparing for finish I did a bit of sanding (maybe too much) and with the combination of walnut and maple, the dust from the walnut contaminated the maple and made it look muddy.
4. I have a granite surface that I used for sanding flat surfaces. Unfortunately I never checked the surface to see if it was flat and I ended up sanding a nice gradual curve. side to side, on the bottom surface of the top.
5. There is also a smattering of tear out here and there throughout the project.
And last but not least, I attached the Ebony lift with a gel super glue and I had squeeze out on the top of the lift. I haven't figured out yet how I will fix that one.
So as I said before , I hope I do better on the next one.
NewTim, Look at one of my earlier projects to see a jig for machining the mortise for the Brusso Quadrant Hinges.
Robscastle, The box is walnut, maple, quartersawn oak and purpleheart. I don't have any lists or plans, I was just winging it on this one.