Thread: Humidor

Absolutely Fabulous. I t should be in the 400 Wooden Boxes book, it would put half or more of them to shame, Sell it on E-Bay with a high end starting price and see what happens

Absolutely incredible work. A thing of real beauty. How long are the screws that attach the bottom leaf of the hinges - the side shot seems to show not a lot of meat in the back lip? Not that I am going to attempt anything like your design it would be too ambitious for me I think.

I'm Gobsmacked.
I think Cisco used the right word. Impeccable.
You make me want to do better!

Thanks so much for your kind remarks.
There is plenty of wood for the screws Fencepost, but I was already planning on how to patch the hole in the face of the box when I cut the lock mortise - luckily, it didn't go through.
Got me thinking there hungry - E-Bay.
Ciscokid hooked me up with a site that will sell me a template for making my own website for selling boxes online.

That is a fantastic humidor! The craftsmanship is absolutely first rate. Finish is superb.

Really deserves some very high end cubans!

Thanks for sharing.

Tex

Rightendup, what wonderful talent God has given you, I remember at high school I was trying to make a milk bottle carrier, I put the the dowel too close to each other and the milk bottles would have fallen through! the teacher said "Did you do that on purpose!", as if !? I had done it according to how i read the directions and failed!, so all your beautiful photos would still not get me to your level,, I just stand back and scratch my head, at one end all these tools and jigs, at the other a beautifully crafted box, just amazing, keep at friend, you are an inspiration to others, Amos

I'm about to start on my first box and was looking through various box making posts on the forum for inspiration - well I certainly found it!

Your work is stunning -you should be very proud of what you have made.

I'm going to bookmark this post as something to aspire to.

Cheers,
Geoff

Amos, When i did woodwork at school i could not plane a flat surface,thats why i became a fitter and machinist. when you look at boxes like this, some people are just naturals. Bloody nice work

Woodinink & hungry,
I remember shop class.
I got on real well with the teacher. I grew up without a father and I guess he knew it somehow. He took me hunting with him.
Yeah - I really liked shop class.

My woodwork teachers name was "Piggy" Grant, haven't a clue what his real name was, but he was deadly accurate with a chisel, i have seen him throw a chisel at some kid about 30' away, who was digging holes in a bench and the chisel dug in about a foot off him, frightened #### out of all who were around him. This was a common occurrence. To my knowledge, no one was ever hit. Could you imagine the outcry if that happened in todays world. LOL. That was at Belmore Technical College, in Sydney 1956

Oh what used to happen in school way back when!
I remember having my left arm tied to a chair because I refused to write with my right hand! As you know, or are supposed to know, the Devil is in the left hand.
Teach found the Devil was in my right hand as I grabbed a neighbor's coke and quite accurately threw the bottle in her direction!

That is one beautifully done piece REU! Everything about it oozes class.
I especially admire your staining and finish.