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MAPLE JEWELRY BOX

comments (0) February 2nd, 2009 in Reader's Gallery

KRASSEL KRASSEL, member
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The lid piece was almost thrown on the burnpile. Had to use a lot of stabilizer to harden parts of it.
Had to grind out a lot of punk.
I didnt want the hinges to look too refined. Using the lid as part of the hinge took a little figuring and cautious drilling.
That is not a glue line in the lid. The inner tray is made from cutoff pieces.
Drawer and upper cavity are lined with powdered flocking.
The lid piece was almost thrown on the burnpile. Had to use a lot of stabilizer to harden parts of it. - CLICK TO ENLARGE

The lid piece was almost thrown on the burnpile. Had to use a lot of stabilizer to harden parts of it.
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So I had this piece of maple that had birdseye, flame and spalting. Parts of the board I figured I would have to throw on the burn pile, because it had so much "punk". Instead I slathered on the wood hardener to see how much I could save. The "punk" section became the lid. This entire box was made from one plank, including the tray and hinges. The "soft" corners came about because of all the grinding I had to do on rotted area's. Kind of wanted to tie it all together. The od of the box is 14x9x10, and was dictated by the size of the plank. The finish is Howard's Feed n Wax, rubbed in until the wood stopped absorbing it and then hand buffed.


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