Chaya's keepsake box

[Cary Swoveland]

I recently made this keepsake box for a neighbor's daughter (Chaya), for her 8th birthday. It's about 11.5" x 7.5" x 4.75". I used purpleheart, canarywood, redheart and ebony. The finish is wax over blonde shellac. I usually apply boiled linseed oil before the shellac, to enhance the grain, but in this case I was more concerned about keeping the colors natural.

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Cary

[Dick Bringhurst]

Cary, that is a very nice piece of work. I'm sure she'll be happy. Dick B.

[J. Z. Guest]

Very nice Cary! It is a lot of work for a neighbor's daughter!

[Jim Becker]

Beautiful work, Cary!

[John Keeton]

Very nice blend of woods. How did you secure your mitered corners. Didn't see a spline.

[Mark Valsi]

simple and elegan !

nice work

[Cary Swoveland]

Very nice blend of woods. How did you secure your mitered corners. Didn't see a spline.

There are three 1/4" dowels in each corner, one in the lid, two in the base. I drilled the holes with my Dowelmax. The lid and bottom are floating, the top held centered with a dab of glue at the center of each end.

Cary

[Lori Kleinberg]

That is a very nice looking box.

[Mark Valsi]

Very nice.

The simplicity is exquisite !!!

[Terry Beadle]

I really like the way the grain wraps at the cornors. Good design. Has a understated elegance, yet the purple heart says Zoowie! Yep. Now that's a box.

[Clara Koss]

little girls love boxes to keep their treasures in... this box will be with her forever i am sure and her kids will love to peek inside as well!!!! lovely of you to do that for chaya ( my name in hebrew as well)...

[John Thompson]

Very clean lines which leads to extremely nice. I'm sure she will like it now.. but have a feeling she will like it even more as she gets older. The box is a keeper.

Well done...

Sarge..