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I made this box for my wife. It’s made of white oak with an antique gel stain and high gloss poly. I made some half blind heart style joinery for the front and back. Inside the box, I covered it in textured bright red felt. This box measures 5 1/2” tall by 8” deep, 8” wide.
I learned a lot when I made this box. I don’t normally do boxes with specialty joinery. It was trying at first, but then became easier as I progressed.
It’s also the first box I made where I used felt for the inside. I had spray glue all over the table, the project, my hands, and my left knee. Don’t ask how that happened, I couldn’t tell you (I was blinded by the glue… lol). I enjoyed the process, though.
-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †































25 comments so far
Betsy
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posted 498 days ago
Looks great. I like the little heart cushion tabs on the sides – that’s a nice little detail. I bet your wife loves it. Now about all that glue overspray———think you might want to investigate spraying the glue into a cardboard box—- saves a lot of clean up.
Great project——think those speciality joints were fun to make.
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Bigbuck
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posted 498 days ago
Cool. I have never seen joints like that. How did you make them?
Very nice box.
-- Glenn, New Mexico
lew
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posted 498 days ago
This is gorgeous!
I have heard of the heart shaped dovetail and a doctor, I met (a heart specialist no less), explained how he hand cut them- but I never actually saw one. They must be difficult to make!
Lew
CharlieM1958
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posted 498 days ago
Those are some neat joints, Steve. Do you cut them with a heart-shaped saw? <g>
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Bob N
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posted 498 days ago
Steve,
Beautiful box and your wife will, treasure it for sure. I had the same experience with spray glue once and have niot used it since. It can make a nasty messand get all over everything,
The heart dovetails turned out fantastic. Did you use the jig from Oak-Park to cut them with?
trifern
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posted 498 days ago
Great looking box!
-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.
jockmike2
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posted 498 days ago
Nice box, and like Betsy said you might want to make a drawer to spray into or use a box as she suggested. Don-Jer makes a paint to match the color of the felt which is just hand sprayed onto the paint, looks and feels just like felt without glue.
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steveosshop
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posted 498 days ago
I like the spin on dovetails; turned into hearts. Really cool!
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cobbler
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posted 497 days ago
Heart shaped joints? i`ve never seen such a thing.
they look great. Good job!
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Colin
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posted 497 days ago
Really nice, I too would also like to know how you made the heart shape joints?
-- Colin, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. "Every craftsman was once an amateur"
GaryK
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posted 497 days ago
Great looking box. I guess I forgot to mention that I spray the glue outside the shop! I usually spray half then rotate it and spray the second half. At most I’ll get a little spray on my fingers. If I use latex gloves I don’t get any on at all.
-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.
SteveKorz
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posted 497 days ago
Thanks all for your comments! The joint, though it looks tough, is actually easy. Hey, I can do it… so anyone can- trust me…. lol.
I use this JIG that I bought at the Woodworking shows this year from Woodline. It’s only advertised here with a single template as a basic set. The set I bought is the deluxe set. It can do hearts, locks and keys, lollipops, teddy bears, half blind and thru traditional dovetails, finger joints… on and on. They have many templates for it. It’s also what I used to make the finger joints on this other project. They usually come out fantastic with little practice, as long as you pay good attention to the setup.
I’ve had a lot of fun with this setup. I’m able to easily do things now that I would not have tackled before without it.
-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †
Woodhacker
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posted 497 days ago
Very nice Steve, this box looks great.
-- Martin, Kansas
Grumpy
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posted 497 days ago
Clever piece of joinery Steve. Very nice box.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python
suliman
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posted 490 days ago
Ilike this isolouck but I havenot the gueid.
IT IS PERFECT AND WONDERFULL.
-- Suliman , Syria, jablah ,
Tom Adamski
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posted 490 days ago
Nice job Steve… You are getting very good at boxes. One of the things about boxes is they can be as simple or as complex as you wish and the lessons you learn can be used on more complicated projects like furniture. Lets face it, if you can do jointery like that on a box and have it stand up to close scrutiny; your furniture should be just as precise. Keep up the good work.
-- Anybody can become a woodworker, but only a Craftsman can hide his mistakes.
SteveKorz
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posted 489 days ago
Thanks everyone for the nice things you’ve said about my box. Tom- I hope to move up to furniture some day. I’ve got a lot to learn though…
-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †
Miket
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posted 483 days ago
Don’t know how I missed this fantastic box! The details are great.
I know that your wife must have been thrilled.
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Michael Brailsford
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posted 461 days ago
I have wanted to buy the bears ears jig for my Leigh jig. I like the results.
-- Michael A. Brailsford
SteveKorz
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posted 461 days ago
Mike T- Thanks!, and yes, she was!
Mike B- You should buy them, I really enjoy this Route-R-Joint jig that I have. I have been able to tackle all kinds of joinery with it that I would not have normally tried. It was a good investment for me.
-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †
jeanmarc
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posted 455 days ago
this box looks great.Good job!
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Dennis Zongker
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posted 281 days ago
Hey Steve, I missed this one. Their’s so many post it’s hard to keep up. You did a great job on this box. Those heart shaped joints are very nice. That’s A great idea for Valentines day.
-- Dennis Zongker
degoose
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posted 221 days ago
Great project. I have never seen the jig you used but Leigh have an isoloc template for the D4R that makes similar joints. Also Flocking is a no mess alternative to the felt and over spray of adhesive.
Larry
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Bradford
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I bought that same “Route-r-Jig” system about 4 years ago and have made about 10 projects with it. It’s a blast to use and fun. I’ve posted a couple of my favorite projects here at LJ’s. Your box looks real nice. Great post.
Please feel free to view my projects to see the boxes I’ve made with the same jig. Thanks.
-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford.
a1Jim
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posted 2 days ago
Neat box with cool joinery
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon