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9th January 2016, 09:30 PM #16GOLD MEMBER
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26th January 2016, 05:25 PM #17GOLD MEMBER
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27th January 2016, 08:50 AM #18Senior Member
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Looks great. I like the collar, I think it adds to the box.
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28th January 2016, 04:06 PM #19GOLD MEMBER
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Lovely work
Superb
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7th February 2016, 07:11 PM #20GOLD MEMBER
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This jewellery box was commissioned. I was only given a size and tray types and told to make something interesting. The box is Rose Gum and the lid and inserts are Mango.
This one was particularly difficult as i have just found out i have Rheumatoid Arthritis so there were some mistakes made due to the mind altering drugs i've been taking.
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14th February 2016, 09:43 PM #21GOLD MEMBER
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17th February 2016, 10:18 AM #22Skwair2rownd
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You have built up an interesting and varied collection there!!
What is more - I like every single one!!!
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17th February 2016, 11:19 AM #23GOLD MEMBER
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Thanks Artme. I'll knock out a few more designs and hit the markets to see if I can make some pocket money.
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17th February 2016, 05:55 PM #24Skwair2rownd
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18th February 2016, 05:35 PM #25GOLD MEMBER
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24th February 2016, 05:02 PM #26GOLD MEMBER
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26th February 2016, 12:35 PM #27GOLD MEMBER
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Look perfect to me
These boxes look great, really professional. I can usually spot the flaws in these things - especially with my own work! I think you have gone past the apprentice level of "still practicing" to Master Craftsman status.
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26th February 2016, 01:15 PM #28
Awesome and spectacular work - really different designs, and REALLY different timbers. Your boxes certainly stand out from the crowd
Curious to know - several of your boxes look to have a solid timber lid panel set into the lid frame, rather than the lid panel being veneer on a stable ply substrate. Do you have any problems with timber movement, or is the lid panel so constrained by the lid frame that it can't really go anywhere? What sort of thickness are those beautiful and highly figured solid lids? This aspect of boxes is something I'm always struggling with, and really like the way your lids come out with that chamfered edge showing the contrasting lid panel against the lid frame. Cheers.
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26th February 2016, 03:36 PM #29GOLD MEMBER
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Xanthorrhoeas, with every box I learn a bit more, and get a little better and quicker. Over the past month or so I have gone through every page in the box making section and judging from some of the examples I have seen there I would judge myself being a long way from master craftsman status, but I appreciate your encouragement. It will be a while before I go into a box challenge with some of those guys
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26th February 2016, 03:57 PM #30GOLD MEMBER
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Thanks for the comments. I must say i'm not a fan of the framed floating panel lid although I have seen some fine examples here. Although I will make a few one day i prefer the rigid lid construction where I rebate a 12mm deep by 6mm wide ( all the stock I use I dress to 12mm) into the top edge of the box and once the box is glued together I take the time to fit the lid exactly to the frame and glue it in. Maybe i'm just lucky that the timbers I use are stable as I have left glued up boxes in my workshop that only has an 2400h roof, it gets very hot in there and I have not had a box explode on me yet. It's for this same reason I have not got into the habit of using corner splines on the mitred boxes. The Maidens Blush box above is the same construction except I ran the lid through the router and put a 20 x 3 rebate and then mitred and glued the bead around the edge. Then I ran it through a 45 degree bit deep enough so that again you can see the contrast of the frame and lid. This will stand out more when the box is oiled.
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