Thread: American Black Walnut spoon box

Lookin' good

All I can say is your ear wax must be better than mine!!!!

Seriously,
Very nice work
Chipman

Looks good Rob.

" All I can say is your ear wax must be better than mine!!!!"

Nah he uses Neils ear wax.

Really like the change of colour in the lid.
Looks Good!!

Thanks guys,

Noel, the box is made from left overs and the wood was a uniform baby poo brown before I prepared it. It was very pleasantly surprised when I found the change in colour on that one piece. It would have been nice to continue it onto the front panel.

Regards,

Rob

Nice neat job.

Rob thats a beautiful box mate... just one question though... why didnt you make the hinges? those well... they sorta "cheapen" the whole thing you know? a nice set of hand made wooden hinges would have really set the whole thing off nicely

Anyway great one mate!

Hi WD,
Thanks for the constructive criticism. I agree with you 100%. The hinges look like an add on.
John Lennon once said of a song he wrote that he initially wanted 1000 Buddhist monks to chant in the background. (I think it was "I'm Only Sleeping")
Realising this was impossible, he abandoned the idea and settled for something different. In retrospect, he said that the song was a shadow of what he wanted and he realised he should have tried to get closer to his initial ideal.
This is a philosophy I try to follow in most things I do, especially in Woodwork, where you have such a broad variety of ways of achieving a goal.
I initially wanted to go with wooden pin hinges through the sides and into the top. I should have pursued that method.

Regards,

Rob