Thread: Maple and purpleheart keepsake box

Originally Posted by AlexS

Nice box, Dewayne, those timbers go well together, and the mitres look nice & tight - can be hard to get right when they're wide like the lid.

Originally Posted by Peter36

I've been looking and looking and after a bit more looking I think the top is one piece of purpleheart with an inlay section - I think the grain runs all in the one direction . Either way it is an exceptional box .

Peter

Originally Posted by Dewayne

The box is a mitered glue up. The cove cut as well as other profile shapes and inlay stripes are made before the stock is mitered. I use a shop made sled at the table saw with the blade tilted to 45

How about the lid? Is it mitred, or is it one piece with an inlay section? It's a bit hard to tell from the picture, but I'm assuming mitred. Either way, it's a beauty.