Jewellery box

[VW mick]

Made this for the wife for Valentine's Day (didn't post as I had lost my FOG mojo for various reasons)

It's just some scrap black walnut and a piece of quarter sawn oak

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[Kev]

That's not small [eek]

I'm guessing there's a lot of space for "apology jewellery" for all of the tools you intend to buy in the future [wink]

Nice work.

 

[VW mick]

Yes kev you have me sussed

But the wife hasnt

 

[Tayler_mann]

That is really nice and some amazing work.

 

[mike_aa]

[member=32795]VW MICK[/member]

That's the best looking use of scrap wood I've ever seen.  Beautiful work! 

How did you achieve that impeccable looking polish?

Thanks, Mike A.

 

[dltflt]

vW Mick that is a beautiful jewelry box.

 

[Tayler_mann]

Are the feet of one piece of wood or three laminated pieces? The feet are definitely my favorite part of the box.

 

[GarryMartin]

Beautiful work. I'm sure your wife was delighted with the gift.

I'd love to do something like that, but there would be no room for the surprise in our house - my wife would be asking questions all the time I was in the workshop! Maybe I need to finish all the other jobs so that she's less interested in what I'm doing and I get less of the "what are you up to? Have you sealed around the window in the bathroom yet?" comments...  [unsure]

Particularly like the lid design. Is it glued strips or veneered?

 

[VW mick]

Thanks guys for nice comments

[member=30413]mike_aa[/member] I used a couple of gloss lacquer rattle cans then flattened it back with 1500 wet and dry then buffed it back with G3. to be honest I only used what was to hand down the shed. I was surprised how well it came out 

[member=42383]Tayler_mann[/member]  The feet are solid oak I made a 100mm square. then rebated it around on the table saw. Shaped the curve with a sanding block by hand then cut it into 4 with a slight bevel on the chop saw

[member=11629]GarryMartin[/member]  The top is solid oak I routed the grooves about 5mm deep and glued a strip of walnut in. And by the way me and the wife have got to the stage where she doesn't ask  what Im doing when I say "Im going down the shed" .
Having said that she still feels I spend too much time down there

 

[nclemmons]

That's a beautiful box. Really cool how you made the feet.  Time in the shed pays off!

 

[GarryMartin]

Some nice tips and techniques there [member=32795]VW MICK[/member] - thanks for the response.

I think that's maybe what I need - a shed in the back garden. I think the attached garage is too easy to pop a head round the door...  [wink]

 

[ajones]

lovely looking box, very deco, nice medullary in the quarter sawn, thanks for posting

 

[greg mann]

Very nice.  [not worthy]

 

[VW mick]

lovely looking box, very deco, nice medullary in the quarter sawn, thanks for posting

[member=8167]Festoolfootstool[/member]
I've saved loads of these bits of oak. The box was actually going to be about half that size (it's about 550mm ) but I just couldn't cut the board when I got it on the saw so decided to make it bigger. And I tried to add a deco flavour as my wife has some jewellery of that type

 

[chrisrosenb]

Looks great, nice work.

 

[AndyS]

Really nice and well thought-out piece.

Thanks for elaborating on the techniques used as well.

 

[Carl Prentiss]

Outstanding. Thanks for posting that.

 

[Gary in Texas]

Very nice!!!