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  1. 27th June 2006, 12:50 PM #1
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    Hi Everyone,

    I just finished this for my youngest daughter. Hope she likes it.

    It's padauk and curly maple with a shellac and wax finish. Dimention wise - it's about 11" × 8" and 5" high. Both lids open to separate compartments with lift out trays. The joinery is hand-cut. I shaped the lids with a couple of hand planes (one having a convex bottom).

    Thanks for looking!
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    Fantastic! Your selection of timber and finish is perfect for a box that is bound to be an heirloom piece. Wow - love the design. Is it yours? You've set a new standard, Stride. Hats off to you!

    Let me be the first to give you a 'greenie'.

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  4. 27th June 2006, 01:31 PM #3
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    Absolutly STUNNING love the dovetails

    Have a GREENIE

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  5. 27th June 2006, 01:36 PM #4
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    Great work - love the design - and the shape of the lid really sets it off. I will join the greenie brigade.
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    Lovely box Stride88. I really like the design and you've chosen a couple of nice timbers, esp. the curly maple.

    Coincidentally, I'm just putting the finishing touches to a jewellery box with 2 lids that opens in the centre to a couple of trays. Other than that, it's quite different to yours. I'll post in a couple of days.
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  7. 27th June 2006, 02:08 PM #6
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    This is one of the best I have seen here. It is beautifully made and I love the dovetails.

    Don’t worry mate if she doesn’t like it I will have it.
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  8. 27th June 2006, 02:13 PM #7
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    A superb piece. Love the way the book-shaped top hints at how to open the leaves of the lid. The dovetails, the finish, the pegged dividers, brilliant stuff.

    How is the top hinged?
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    I think that if she didn't like it, it would give grounds for dis-inheriting her maybe.....

    Beautiful, lovely contrast between the two timbers.

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    Great selection of timber and beautiful joinery
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    Another very cool design I have not seen elsewhere. Lot's of very cool stuff going on In Oz I see. I'd love to see a pic of the sole of the curved plane that you used to do those lids.

    Greenie heading your way.
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    Quote Originally Posted by labolle
    Lot's of very cool stuff going on In Oz I see.
    And in Canada too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by stride88
    Hi Everyone,

    I just finished this for my youngest daughter. Hope she likes it.

    It's padauk and curly maple with a shellac and wax finish. Dimention wise - it's about 11" × 8" and 5" high. Both lids open to separate compartments with lift out trays. The joinery is hand-cut. I shaped the lids with a couple of hand planes (one having a convex bottom).

    Thanks for looking!
    Purely a subjective response, but that box is way up there on the list of nicest boxes I've ever seen. Have a greenie.
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    Beautiful box Stride!

    The varied depth of pins looks great, and the curly maple is just wonderful

    Great effort and well done indeed!
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    outstanding box stride88, something I can only hope to achieve
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