Jewelry "Books"

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WOODS

Walnut- Box, books, and drawer dividers

White oak- Books

Curly white oak- Drawer fronts

Red oak- Books

Hickory- Books

Poplar- Books

Maple- Books

Purple heart- Drawer pulls

Ash- Books

Birch- Books

Cherry- Books

Baltic birch plywood- Lid and drawer bottoms

Hickory plywood- Back of box

FINISH

Spray Sherwin-Williams lacquer on the books

Minwax wipe on Polyurethane on everything else

Most pieces were individually finished before assembly

All pieces given a rub down with Johnson’s paste wax and 0000 steel wool

FEATURES

Soft close mechanism on the lid. Lid opens 105deg

Sliding dovetail joints on the box

Book ends have hidden compartments in them and are held on with dowel pins and rare earth magnets

Drawer fronts were cut from one piece of curly white oak. Grain matches up and down and from right to left

Drawers have removable dividers to keep items apart

End books are each made from one piece of wood

Overall size is 29-3/4” wide x 7-5/8” high x 9” deep

Total weight is twenty seven pounds

Construction took over 50 hours. Design time was an additional 12 hours

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Comments (20)

woodwkr33 writes: WOW I LOVE THE IDEA. YOUR A GIFT WITH YOUR TALENT.
Posted: 1:57 am on November 4th

golfgloeckner writes: Well done, Russ.

And congratulations!

Frank
Posted: 6:20 pm on January 19th

JBoxMaker writes: Russ, This is a fantastic piece of work! What a box and I echo someone else's sentiment about the lucky person who is recipient of this box. Being a jewelry box maker myself, I am awed by this piece of work and for all of us jewelry box makers, "You done us proud!"
Posted: 7:38 pm on January 13th

Billlyn writes:

I am blown away by your interesting presentation and the skill it took to accomplish. Having read other comments I have to agree with them all, especially the surrounding space thought and the question of "How the hell did he do that". Congratulations and cheers. I would love to see some of your other work.
Posted: 7:10 pm on January 13th

33nails writes: Thats a rare collection of books. This box really tells the story of the beauty of wood and of how a craftsman can write it.
Posted: 9:00 am on January 13th

gsmyth writes: Does the rotation of the cover cause problems? The box is exceptional in workmanship, but it takes up lots of space around it by prohibiting, for example, dressing table jars and containers in front of the case as well as anything within 18" above.

Also I bet that Mr. Amos would have given much to find a brass colored or black "soft close" mechanism. Maybe the manufacturers will take note of his fine work and offer something other than bright steel and white plastic. Good on ya.
Posted: 8:42 am on January 13th

Jackdaw writes: I love it, and not surprised that it took over 50 hrs. In fact i would have expected it to have taken very much longer. I'm inspired! How did you get the effect of the pages?
Posted: 4:59 am on January 13th

Lincolnman writes: Beautiful work: very clever design, useful and functional! How did you do the "pages" effect, if I might ask?

Great job!
Posted: 5:56 am on January 4th

dennybailey1 writes: Hookey Smokes Bullwinkle..........that's terrifec. Best thing I have seen, even Maloff would be proud to have claimed this box.
Posted: 8:37 pm on December 31st

boxman69 writes: great craftsmanship. you can tell a lot of time
and effort went into this beautiful box. lucky
the person that gets this box to keep.
Posted: 9:08 am on December 31st

edIII writes: Talk about thinking outside of the box, great workmanship, great creativity.
Posted: 7:49 am on December 31st

Stumper writes: Very clever design and well executed.
Posted: 10:34 pm on December 30th

frugalwoodworker writes: Great idea, that took some some planning, and follow through to get that done. Great job.
Posted: 5:12 pm on December 30th

kentuk55 writes: WOW Russ. That is very very unique. Everything you've done shows real talent and imagination.
Posted: 2:39 pm on December 30th

Texastreehouse writes: and then the real fun begins: filling it up.

Steve
Posted: 1:38 pm on December 30th

Bobby_Walz writes: Beautiful work, love the design
Posted: 12:05 am on November 27th

juliette writes: Wow! Very impressive work!
Posted: 7:15 pm on November 23rd

GEide writes: Note: This post was fixed so it's viewable in IE. When you go to make a post, be careful not to simply copy and paste from MS Word into the text section of your gallery entry. This carries ROGUE CODE into the gallery post.

If you're going to cut and paste, make sure to run your copy through a program like notepad on a PC to strip out any bad formatting. Thanks, Gina
Posted: 1:32 pm on November 23rd

trialsman writes: Thanks. It was a lot of work to get it right. Russ
Posted: 12:19 pm on November 21st

GT64 writes: Very unique and inspiring.
Posted: 10:14 am on November 21st

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