| Project by Jim Crockett | posted 100 days ago | 458 views | 6 times favorited | 18 comments | ![]() |
My wife wanted a box to keep cards and mementos in so I came up with the one shown here. Sides are 1/2” maple with walnut keys. I didn’t have a piece left that was wide enough for the top, just narrower pieces from cutting the sides, so I glued them up with a couple of pieces of walnut for contrast (jointed the edges on the router table since I don’t have a jointer). Couldn’t match the grain as well as I would have liked, but I’m quite pleased with the result. Top pivots on two concealed 1/8” brass pins inserted into the side of the box.
Finish was two coats of Watco Danish Natural, three coats of poly gloss and one coat of poly satin.
Jim
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18 comments so far
trifern
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posted 100 days ago
Very sleek and elegant. I bet your wife is both pleased and proud. Thanks for sharing.
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Dominic Vanacora
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posted 100 days ago
It looks like every other box. Oh the splines look great, nice color difference. oh yea also the top fitting inside and the handle desigined into the top, oh yea the wood looks great. The cover design is nice as well. Maybe I was wrong this is a great box and a lot of design before you even started making saw dust. You sure make it look easy.
Nice project. You sure work hard to keep you wife happy. I hope you enjoy the benifits.
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CharlieM1958
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posted 100 days ago
Great looking box, Jim!
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steveosshop
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Nice looking box. The side grain gives it a nice flowing look. The bands on the lid look good too. Great job.
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DAN
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posted 100 days ago
good posting. welcome to lj’s … welll done
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Bigbuck
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Nice box, walnut and maple always look good together
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Blake
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posted 100 days ago
Gorgeous!
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BeechPilotBarry
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posted 100 days ago
Purty!
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Dean
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posted 100 days ago
Nice looking, I think its great that you dealt with your materials shortage by turning it into a successful design element.
Thanks for sharing!
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brianinpa
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posted 100 days ago
Thoise walnut accents really work. Great looking box.!
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cobbler
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posted 100 days ago
I love it!
Great job.
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odie
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posted 100 days ago
There is just nothing left to say except ”BEAUTIFUL” If you look at some of my boxes, the lids have stripes for the very same reason. You are master at what you do!
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sharad
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posted 100 days ago
A very beautiful box. The lid design is good. Idea of putting two concealed brass pins for the top to pivot is novel.
Sharad
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Dusty56
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posted 99 days ago
I used my router table for years to joint edges for glue ups before I was able to afford a jointer . Now I can joint both faces and edges with my antique Rockwell Delta 6” jointer….picked it up for $125 from a retired gentleman that was moving to Florida : ) Oh yeah , That is a great looking box that you created !!!
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mcoyfrog
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posted 99 days ago
Great box, walnut and maple can’t go wrong… Dug
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MsDebbieP
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posted 99 days ago
lovely box and I especially like the “latch”.
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SteveKorz
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posted 98 days ago
That is one nice box… the design is nice and clean. I love the contrasting stripes and splines. Great job!
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thetimberkid
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posted 95 days ago
Great job!
Thanks for the post
Callum
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