Hey all -
We have threads for all sorts of things here but lately I've noticed some really nice boxes being built and thought that we needed a box specific thread. Show everyone what you are working on. Design process, build photos, finished product whatever!
To get things started here are two of my favourite builds.
This first one I built a few years ago as a birthday present for my wife. It is spalted birch and walnut. Sometimes I think it is a bit too busy now with all that spalting but I still really like it. It was my first original designed project.
The lid is pierced and lightly carved and just lifts off. Inside you'll find a sliding till with dovetailed corners.
Finally the legs are curved on two sides and the box sides are mortised and tenoned into the walnut posts. The bottom of the box and the interior are lined with felt.
My second box is one I just finished recently and is a pen presentation box. Cool story, a flooring restoration contractor contacted me to see if I could make some pens out of some flooring. He was working on a house that had 100 year old QSWO floors that had been installed by the client's grandfather. Part of it had been damaged and had to be removed. The client wanted something made from the removed floor for a memento (I'm not sure why but the house ended up being torn down so that made the desire for the memento even stronger). I agreed to make the pens but told the contractor that he'd lose the quarter sawn face as soon as the pen was turned. He immediately saw the problem and asked if I had any ideas to showcase the grain. I came up with this presentation box.
The corners are mitred together to make a grain match all the way round the box.
Inside you'll find the two pens that I made from the same boards.
This box was fumed with ammonia and finished with shellac.
Anyway, show us all your boxes and tell their stories.
We have threads for all sorts of things here but lately I've noticed some really nice boxes being built and thought that we needed a box specific thread. Show everyone what you are working on. Design process, build photos, finished product whatever!
To get things started here are two of my favourite builds.
This first one I built a few years ago as a birthday present for my wife. It is spalted birch and walnut. Sometimes I think it is a bit too busy now with all that spalting but I still really like it. It was my first original designed project.
The lid is pierced and lightly carved and just lifts off. Inside you'll find a sliding till with dovetailed corners.
Finally the legs are curved on two sides and the box sides are mortised and tenoned into the walnut posts. The bottom of the box and the interior are lined with felt.
My second box is one I just finished recently and is a pen presentation box. Cool story, a flooring restoration contractor contacted me to see if I could make some pens out of some flooring. He was working on a house that had 100 year old QSWO floors that had been installed by the client's grandfather. Part of it had been damaged and had to be removed. The client wanted something made from the removed floor for a memento (I'm not sure why but the house ended up being torn down so that made the desire for the memento even stronger). I agreed to make the pens but told the contractor that he'd lose the quarter sawn face as soon as the pen was turned. He immediately saw the problem and asked if I had any ideas to showcase the grain. I came up with this presentation box.
The corners are mitred together to make a grain match all the way round the box.
Inside you'll find the two pens that I made from the same boards.
This box was fumed with ammonia and finished with shellac.
Anyway, show us all your boxes and tell their stories.