christmas gift boxes, w/ pics!

[Ned Bulken]

Here are the two boxes I gave my parents for christmas, along with a scrollsawn wall piece.
http://www.woodworking.org/imagepost/200412/oxesnedsboxes001.jpg
The cats plaque



the two boxes: left one is a cherry and maple sliding dovetail lid, the right a knipferesque cherry with maple end box.
http://www.woodworking.org/imagepost/200412/edsboxestwoboxes.jpg


Here is a shot of the sliding dovetail box, with the lid on, the lid is glued up from cherry and maple. the sides are some ambrosia maple. the body is a lamination of cherry with maple center divider.
http://www.woodworking.org/imagepost/200412/slidingdovetail1.jpg
and: http://www.woodworking.org/imagepost/200412/lidingdovertail2.jpg
interior of the dovetail lid box


here is the cherry with maple ends box
http://www.woodworking.org/imagepost/200412/oxescherrymaple1.jpg

same box, open
http://www.woodworking.org/imagepost/200412/oxesnedsboxes004.jpg

and lid detail:
http://www.woodworking.org/imagepost/200412/scherrytopdetail.jpg


all were finished with the Maloof wonder mix, which set off my father's COPD, hopefully in a few days of outgassing they'll be able to use them, right now they're sitting in his shop with a window open to vent the fumes. Thanks for looking!

[John Miliunas]

Nice job on all of them, Ned! Also, how thick is that plaque? Looks to be a lot thicker than "normal" scrollsaw projects.:cool:

[Christopher Pine]

Nice work! I like the look of these boxes! "Letting the wood speak for itself!"
Nice!
Chris

[Ned Bulken]

John,
that is 3/4 curly maple. The plan which I believe came out of either Scrollsaw Workshops or a relatively recent issue of Wood, called for that thickness, The cats were all cut out, then resawn so they would be different random thicknesses. They were then glued onto a plywood backer, which was in turn glued into a rabbett in the back of the frame.

Chris,
thanks, I really like featuring wild and woolly grain, figure, etc... so, spalted or ambrosia maple, curly cherry, maple etc...
throw something on it to make the grain 'Pop' and then let the piece speak for itself.