Olive wood salt box

[Maria Alvarado]

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Sorry for the iPhone pix, no chance to get fancy before giving Mom her birthday present. Olive wood salt box, swivel lid, magnet closure. No finish, the wood takes a beautiful polish.

[David C. Roseman]

Nice, Maria. Perfect match of grain at the joint, and clever use of hardware.

David

[Lori Kleinberg]

Nice box, great job matching the grain.

[Hayes Rutherford]

Looks like the perfect salt box. Could you share what type of pivot you used?

[Jon Lanier]

I like it! I bought a bunch of 3x6x6's to make these, but the wood is still to wet. Let me ask, did you have a hard time lining up pivot and magnets?

[Carl Civitella]

Nice, I have to make one of those. Carl

[Bernie Weishapl]

Really nice box Maria. Really nice how the grain lines up.

[Maria Alvarado]

Thanks everyone,
This was a challenge to line up the grain, even with the thin kerf produced by the bandsaw, as opposed to a parting tool. Jon, I actually had to redo the pivot hole, the first one put the lid off edge. Had better luck with the second. Lori, on this box I just used a nail with the head sawed off. On previous ones I've used brass rod, but I ran out and was in a hurry. I only glued the pivot to the bottom half.
Thanks for looking!

[Tim Rinehart]

Beautiful piece, great job getting things lined up. This is yet another item I'd like to try making.