|
|
|
|
Daughter's Jewelry Box
comments (0) February 25th, 2009 in Reader's Gallery
Romawat, member
6 users recommend
This jewelry box was an exercise in hand-cut dovetails and mortise-and-tenon joinery. It is made of solid white oak with ipe top panel and button. It is finished with natural Danish oil finish and protected with paste wax.
The flush-fit top is a mortise-and-tenon frame with an "overlap" panel (like interlocking letter 'C's) of beveled ipe. It rides on flush brass-pin hinges, stops open, and closes with a beveled button made of ipe.
The sides were resawed and cut "cardboard box" fashion, so as to unfold into a continuous grain match around all four sides. Dimensions of the box and the dovetails themselves were chosen to make maximal use of the golden ratio for a visually pleasing effect. The 1/2-inch bottom is a bookmatched frame-and-panel.
Design or Plan used: My own design - Ross A. Watkins
posted in: Reader's Gallery, arts and crafts, frame and panel, mortise and tenon, Jewelry Box, white oak and ipe
|
|
Congratulations to our winner!
Congratulations to our winner Christopher Moore from Madison, WI . Click here to view his Cello Box.
Comments (0)
You must be logged in to post comments. Click here to login.