Jewelry Box

It is beautiful and you know the way to a womens heart. You give her a jewelry box leading her to believe you are going to fill it up. Sneaky.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Very nice. I realy like the shape of the box and the inlay looks great. I am shure your wife is very proud of it.

-- Glenn, New Mexico

Very, very nice. That is a great job on the inlay. Thanks for the post.

-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com

Great looking inlay! Very nice overall box!

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

Very cool. I’m getting ready to embark on the marquetry train (new scroll saw! – yeah!) myself. I think you did good – obviously you got the girl.

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

Great design and inlay. You did a beautiful job on the box. I am sure your wife was pleased with it. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

What a beautiful box. I am impressed with the quality of work and the different woods used. can you tell the dimensions of the box and the finish you applied?

-- Czajka1

Nicely done, well proportioned and interesting to look at, If you can find the time I would like to know more about the dyed epoxy and how to apply this!

-- Colin, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. "Every craftsman was once an amateur"

Fantastic! This is the kind of work I hope to be able to do when I grow up. <g>

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

Very nice.What a beautiful box.

-- jeanmarc manosque france

I really like that box and the inlay is great.

Outstanding Thepps! The design is great too. and I really like the shading on the leaves…that adds a lot to the marquetry.

Thanks for posting it.

-- Martin, Kansas

Wow! Very elegant box. Thank you for sharing.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

I like it! Have wanted to try some marquetry but never got around to it. Might us this as motivation.

-- Bob

Nice job, very good looking box. I love the marquetry.

-- Billp

Thanks everyone for all of the comments.

Colin-
The epoxy was actually pretty easy to do. First, the mortise needs to be larger than the inlay, so keep that in mind. I glued the inlay into the top and after that dried, I stuck clear packaging tape over the area the epoxy would be going. I used a utility knife to carefully cut around the inlay and top, leaving the gap for the epoxy to go. The tape protected everything else from getting epoxy on it. I used some regular old epoxy from the local store and black dye. I think it was liquid and not the powder type. After mixing it together in a ziplock bag, I cut a hole in the corner and carefully squeezed it into the mortise. After that dried, I removed the tape and sanded down the epoxy until it was flush with everything else.
Thats it!

Austinrookie-
I believe the box is about 12” long, 6” tall, and 7” deep. I brushed on 3 coats of poly for the finish.

-- Thepps, Grand Rapids, MI

Thats a superb box!

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

Magnificient box . You are so talented !

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

Cool design. Very Nicely done.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.