Yes, amid all of the blabbering and useless questions that I have been asking lately, I actually found the time to build something. This is a suggestion box for work and it is actually my 1st commissioned piece! I built this in exchange for a leigh jig. Unfortunately, after I messed up the first box by putting dados on the outside of the box, I ended up spending around $100 in materials. Still, I have spent maybe 5 hours on this box.
I spent so much time because I was trying to learn how to finish the box without sandpaper. In the end I gave up and only finished the lid with my plane. That is the part that incorporates the curly maple, and it really makes a difference to cut the wood instead of smashing it down flat with tiny rocks.
I know this is very amature by some people's standards, but considering I am comming up on my 1 year anniversary in this hobby, I am still proud of it. Oh yeah, I though I would take a picture of the beautiful top before I have to cut three ugly holes in the top for papers to go in. They will probably want me to paint it before I am through.