Cherry/Maple Box

[Lee DeRaud]

Wanted to see if I still remembered how to do flatwork...
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Cherry box, spalted maple top, rosewood handle, 8"x4"x2".

[Mark Pruitt]

Apparently you have no issues at all with remembering. Excellent box!!! I especially like the top, sides, front, and handle.:D But then that's all I can see in the photos.:D :D

[Brett Baldwin]

That's a handsome little box. The bookmatch on the top looks very good.

[Keith Burns]

Great box Lee:) :) (would have been better round):D

[Jason Tuinstra]

Lee, very nice attention to detail. The box looks great!

[Jim Becker]

A beauty, Lee!

[David Duke]

Nice looking box Lee, better watch out the spinny guys will get you for treason!!

[Michael Stafford]

That is a nice clean looking box, Lee. Always nice to see flat work....:D

[Alain Tellier]

That is a nice little box!

I definitely like the bookmatch spalted maple very much.

Nice job there!

[John Bush]

Hi Lee,
Very nicely done. What type of joinery did you use between the top and sides. I have a ton of 3/8"x11" spalted maple that I have made boxes with using a dadoed groove in the sides and a rabbetted edge on the top panels. This has worked well so far and was wondering if you have any other techique to try. Thanks for sharing you art with us. JCB.

[John Hart]

Nice Pen Lee! :D

[Vaughn McMillan]

Very nice job Lee. Very clean, simple lines...all the better to show off the sweet figure in the top.


Of course, I guess it's not "art" because you used devices that were more sophisticated than a river rock, but it's very pretty nonetheless. ;)



Ducking and running for cover...

- Vaughn

[Frank Chaffee]

Lee,
As always, very finely crafted work.

What I most like about the bookmatched maple of the lid is that it is not symmetrical!

Beautiful.

Frank

[Ted Calver]

Lee.
Absolutely beautiful!!

[John Buzzurro]

Beautiful box, Lee. Great design, wood & joinery.

[Lee DeRaud]

Hi Lee,
Very nicely done. What type of joinery did you use between the top and sides. I have a ton of 3/8"x11" spalted maple that I have made boxes with using a dadoed groove in the sides and a rabbetted edge on the top panels. This has worked well so far and was wondering if you have any other techique to try. Thanks for sharing you art with us. JCB.The top panel is just inset into a pseudo-rabbet in the top of the lid. I say "pseudo" because the box sides are two layers: the rabbet is formed by the inner shell of the box being shorter than the outer shell. (Bottom works the same way.)

[Ron Jones near Indy]

Absolutely no flat work memory problems. That is a beautiful box. Thanks for sharing.:)