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I decided to build my daughter a jewelry/music box of her birthday. I loved working with the walnut when i built my last project so i figured that i would use it again. This was my first attempt at making really nice miter joints with splines. It turned out better then i hoped. I used cherry for the splines but now looking at it i think maple would have stood out better. The panel in the lid is made from a nice curly maple block given to me by my wife's grandfather. He unfortunately did not get to see it as he passed away last week. The music movement took some work to get right but it was fun trying to figure out how to get the on/off switch lined up. Thanks for looking.

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Clean design. Nicely done. It's hard not to like walnut. The low contrast splines are a nice touch.
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Very nice, looks like you will have a happy daughter.
 

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I like the base and the maple. Nice contrasting wood colors. the maple top looks great with the walnut, but I think you made the right choice on the splines, the maple for the splines would have been too much of a contrast. Really nice piece that I'm sure your daughter will treasure.
 

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Nice. And the wood from her great grandfather makes it even more special.
 

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Definitely a nice box! I'm sure your daughter loves it!
 

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Great job. Love the contrasting of the woods
 

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i am with the rest, splines should not announce, rather, enhance. The base is very catching, love it. A few dividers in the bottom would have sent this over the top. Maybe even hide the apparatus. Nice job, great wood.
 

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Thanks guys for all the nice comments. My wife's grandpa(who gave me the wood) is a big reason I'm into woodworking. He has given me hundreds of board feet of wood that i could never hope to afford. I'm glad to see that i can do his lumber proud.
Jumbojack- I toyed with the idea of adding more dividers in the bottom but ran out of time before her birthday. I might still add them. As for hiding the music movement i couldn't come up with a way to do that that i liked the look of. Any ideas?
 

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Great Job. Something she can treasure for life.
 

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Beautiful wood. The box looks great.
 

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Very lovely box. I am sorry to hear of your loss and wish you and your family the best during this difficult time.

On a woodworking note. I too am building a box and have been toying around with the idea of doing a panel lid such as you so wonderfully executed. I am however running into a big old blank on how to do it. Did you by any chance utilize plans that you would be able to share. Feel free to PM me or email me directly at bmyers21787@yahoo.com

I very much appreciate any guidance from any and all.
 

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Very Nice! & Well Done! She'll Love It! Thanks For Posting.
 

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Tector- I started using a plan from a magazine that i got from somewhere but ended up changing the lid because it really didn't like the design they used. The rest of the box is based of the plans from that magazine though. I made the lid by first cutting a dado along one edge of the board i plan to use for the lid. How ever deep it is is how much the panel is sunk into the lid. Then i cut the board and mitered it together to form the outside frame. To hold the panel in the lid i cut to small L-shaped pieces that fit it the over sized dado on the sides of the panel(you can see these if you look close at the open lid picture). If i can find the magazine design in my cluttered workbench I'll let you know which one it is. Hope this helps.
 

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I know how you feel about working with Walnut. This box turned out great with the special gift of wood from Grandpa.

On this project I used a leftover piece of plexiglass that I drilled the shape of a heart in for my daughter.

Thanks for sharing.

Bill in MI
 
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