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• Music Box #4: progress - 12-23-2016 03:40 AM | 3 comments

  I’ve never done a music box before and now that I look at this mechanism, I think I could h...

• Music Box #3: more progress - 12-22-2016 01:55 PM | 4 comments

  Well, I didn’t just quit woodworking for two years. I just let that box sit. I did turn...

• Music Box #2: #2 progress - 12-21-2016 05:19 PM | 3 comments

  Like magic, all the mitre cuts are done. This part isn’t difficult, but it requires SUPER ...

• Music Box #1: 2+ years in the making - 12-21-2016 03:00 AM | 2 comments

  So, in 2014 I started the works for another box with no real idea of what I was after. I used Ma...

• Sprint to Finish #4: finishing things - 09-15-2013 06:18 PM | 1 comment

  I selected a small piece of highly figured padauk for the front feature and remade it to my scrat...

• Sprint to Finish #3: tray+ - 09-15-2013 06:00 PM | 3 comments

  The next part was to figure how a nice tray would work into this. I thought I would just make a ...

• Sprint to Finish #2: progress continues - 09-15-2013 05:28 PM | 2 comments

  I wanted to go with a technique I have been playing with where I miter every edge. I just made a...

• Sprint to Finish #1: good results in good time - 09-15-2013 05:10 PM | 2 comments

  This is a jewelry box project for my Daughter’s 22 birthday at the end of the month. Due t...

• 2's my favorite 1 #1: wood selection and processing - 08-24-2013 12:10 AM | 2 comments

  I wanted to make something for my wife’s birthday and mother’s day, which fell on the...

• beer tote project #2: page 2 - 08-16-2013 11:50 PM | 2 comments

  Here I rough cut the sides I used a piece of oak dowel as the handle. A piece of maho...

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