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Dueane Hicks
08-05-2019, 10:05 PM
I've been making a few small boxes as first projects after a long break from woodworking. Here's a few pics. Not perfect, getting the finish right (two have waterlox original, and two are water based lacquer) seems to be the hardest part.

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Mel Fulks
08-05-2019, 11:21 PM
Welcome, Dueane. They are nice. I suggest varying the leg tops a little instead of making them all flat on the top. The
thin wood gives a nice lean moderness.
Ted Calver
08-05-2019, 11:23 PM
What a great first post! Welcome to the Creek!
Mike Henderson
08-05-2019, 11:46 PM
Inventive design. Congratulations.

Mike
Frederick Skelly
08-06-2019, 6:41 AM
Welcome to the Creek!
The boxes look great! How did you attach the legs - glue, pins, etc?
Fred
Mike Null
08-06-2019, 7:56 AM
Welcome to SMC. Great looking boxes! More pictures, please!
David Utterback
08-06-2019, 9:01 AM
Nice. The contrasting woods are eye-popping.
Rob Luter
08-06-2019, 10:38 AM
Nice work!
Yonak Hawkins
08-06-2019, 11:14 AM
You have a nice theme going there, Dueane. What do you do with these boxes ? Do you sell them ?
Bill Carey
08-06-2019, 11:23 AM
Nice work Dueane. I'm a big fan of applied legs like you did - just like the way they look and they add dimension to the box. You pulled it off nicely.
Dueane Hicks
08-07-2019, 12:21 AM
Welcome to the Creek!
The boxes look great! How did you attach the legs - glue, pins, etc?
Fred

I used epoxy to glue the legs
Dueane Hicks
08-07-2019, 8:40 PM
I try to sell them. No one buys fancy stuff around where I live!
Matt Banville
08-08-2019, 12:06 PM
Dueane, nice work - thanks for sharing!

What is the top panel of the box in the second pic made of? Some sort of burl? It looks to have a really neat texture
Mark Daily
08-08-2019, 12:27 PM
I try to sell them. No one buys fancy stuff around where I live!
Beautiful work! eBay might be a way to sell them if you don’t mind packing and shipping.
Jack Frederick
08-08-2019, 10:32 PM
“Getting back into woodworking” I see you didn’t forget anything. Nicely done.
Dueane Hicks
08-08-2019, 11:38 PM
For some reason, I cannot see my own pictures I posted. When I click on the image text, I get a box saying I don't have "privileges"?? So I'm not sure which box your asking about.
Tim Janssen
08-09-2019, 12:25 AM
I believe that you have to be a contributor to see pictures.

Tim
Mark Daily
08-10-2019, 12:38 PM
I believe that you have to be a contributor to see pictures.

Tim
Yep- gotta pay your $2 each month.:)
Yonak Hawkins
08-11-2019, 12:33 PM
Yep- gotta pay your $2 each month.:)

I thought it was 50˘ a month.
Dueane Hicks
08-11-2019, 4:50 PM
Too many free forums to pay to see pictures. They don't pay us banged up veterans enough to spend that much! Not that I can't understand why they need it.
Dueane Hicks
08-11-2019, 4:52 PM
Believe me, there were several that ended up being "recycled"
Dueane Hicks
08-11-2019, 4:59 PM
I use the top of the legs to hold the top in place; I have been thinking about a way to make them more rounded though. Lots of hand work involved in those little buggers!
Yonak Hawkins
08-12-2019, 3:49 PM
Too many free forums to pay to see pictures. They don't pay us banged up veterans enough to spend that much! Not that I can't understand why they need it.

..And there you have it. A promising prospect gone elsewhere. (I hear some say, "Good riddance." ..But others will say, "I see a dying site.")