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Easy handles for a sliding doors

AsaC, member | February 24th, 20137 comments

I like sliding doors and lids, partly because I get to make this nice handle in one simple step on the tablesaw.

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Mahogany Sewing Case

Turbochief, member | January 13th, 20131 comment

Mahogany Sewing Case This case is my own design intended to allow more tool and work-in-process storage than my spouse's current sewing basket. The design has a bit of Asian flair in the leg...

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Design journal: A tea box gets a face lift

MPekovich, member | January 4th, 20132 comments

Revisiting an old design is a great opportunity to push the envelope, even if you were happy with the first try.

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Andy's Box

carmyk, member | February 1st, 20122 comments

OK, so I know I'm not the only one to be inspired by Jeff Guthrie's lovely design (item 9815 in this gallery). Mine has Madrone (arbutus, if you are in Canada) and quilted maple veneers with walnut...

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A Tribute to Hokusai - A Marquetry Jewelry Box

RJ1403, member | November 8th, 20118 comments

I absolutely love the 18th century woodblock prints from the great master Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) showing the force of nature and the beauty of Mt. Fuji. Here is a jewelry box which...

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Shane's Backyard Workshop

shanekelvey, member | July 14th, 2011

This blueprint consists of a overall close to perfect workshop. As you can see I laid out all of my machines and materials in a orderly fashion in a letter C shape. Starting at the bottom you pick...

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Rope handle spices up a tea box

MPekovich, member | May 24th, 20117 comments

Just a simple dovetailed box with a rope to keep it closed.

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Simple Trinket Box in Aromatic Cedar and Walnut

TerryFogarty, member | August 14th, 20101 comment

A simple, quick and easy little trinket box I made from aromatic cedar and walnut scraps.

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Bubinga Box

davewood77, member | May 31st, 20102 comments

I saw this design in an article written by Gary Rogowski in the Nov/Dec. 1999 issue of FWW. My version includes different dimensions, ebony pegs at the corner lap joints and bubinga for...

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"Buddha" Box

Triumph1, member | February 17th, 20103 comments

Since I am completely addicted to box making I always have a lot of small scraps laying around...actually I have a rolling bins worth! I will take these scraps and make small boxes to study...

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Boxmakers Who Think Outside the Box

Tom, member | August 25th, 20091 comment

Check out boxes from around the globe at the Messler Gallery in Rockport, Maine

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Walnut & Bloodwood Necklace Chest

Jurgen01, member | August 11th, 20093 comments

Built to match a smaller jewelry chest of the same design and materials, this chest was made at the request of a client who wanted a larger chest made expressly for necklaces. The chest is made of...

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Japanese caligraphy boxes

AaronDye, member | April 11th, 20091 comment

Two boxes I made for Japanese caligraphy. The first is carved with the image of the famous floating gate in Miyajima and the second is the golden leaves of the Ichijo tree. The finish on the first is...

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"Outside The Box"

AbBob, member | March 23rd, 20092 comments

"Outside The Box" was completed in early February and was inspired from a Tony Lydgate design. I wanted to give it an oriental look, thus the angled and elongated corners on the top plus the...

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Kathleen's Secret

ripshin, member | March 22nd, 2009

This box is inspired by Japanese window latticework. The box can be used as an art piece in your home or to hold treasured keepsakes. The primary woods are black walnut, mahogany, beech, narra, pine...

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Windows of the Moon

ripshin, member | March 22nd, 2009

These boxes were inspired by a round window in a Japanese Tea Ceremony room in the Sento Imperial Palace (Kyoto). The primary woods are beech, butternut and bloodwood. The "windows" are made from...

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Pagoda Box in a Box

oldboxmaker, member | March 15th, 20091 comment

This piece is made of Koa, the legs and lid are Purvian Walnut and the horns on the lid are Maple. The lid covers a small square box that sets in the larger bottom box. Lid is moulded and...

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Jewelry Box- Bent laminated lid

guth3, member | March 14th, 20096 comments

This box was made with Rosewood, Ebony, and Fiddleback Maple. It is lined with Pig Skin Suede.

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The Tea Box

Akumanubis, member | March 7th, 2009

This box is based on the tool box of a japanese carpenter I met once. The dovetails are handcut. Only hand tools were used in the construction of this box, except for rough dimensioning...

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