Christmas gift pencil box

Nice job and the saying is perfect.

-- Ron, "Curiosity is a terrible thing to waste."

This pencil box turned out beautifully.

helluvawreck aka Charles
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-- helluvawreck aka Charles, http://woodworkingexpo.wordpress.com

Very clean cut and well done. I like it more than BO. I remember the times when it was a apple for the teacher.

-- Dave, Downers Grove, Il. -------- When you run out of ideas, start building your dreams.

Way to go Tooch! Love the box and the message! Well done buddy!

-- St Augustine FL, Experience is the sum of our mistakes!

Thanks Tony, Charles, and Ron for the nice comments.

Dave I can’t let myself off that easy… as a teacher myself I can really appreciate how tough having 22 five yr olds is

-- "Well, the world needs ditch-diggers too..." - Judge Smails

That is a sweet box , Mike and a very nice gift. I love what you can do with that new CNC. You are making me want one, too!!

Cheers, Jim

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!! Variety is the Spice of Life!!

Beautiful work. Great job buddy

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Tooch, what a thoughtful gift. Consider me chagrined. I like the thought engraved on the inside too. I imagine lots of kids will “borrow” lots of pencils from this box during the school year.

Here is a box I made with a similar bottom treatment,, but I used a round-over bit and stopped at the start of the splines…you remember splines, don’t you? I think the faux feet add to the look.

Seriously, you have made a finely crafted box and the cherry is especially nice. Kindergarten teachers need all the support and love they can get. They are special people, and I bet your daughter idolized Miss Cerminara. Keep boxing and keep posting.

-- Big Al in IN

Very nice. I’m sure your daughter’s teacher will appreciate the gift. And nice job by Bo too as I assume he is a shop supervisor? :)

Great job

Great dog

-- Nature created it, I just assemble it.

Congratulations on making it to number1. But the “kerning” (see below) in the project name is not very good, for a CNC project. With CNC software, kerning is easily available, but this is an extra step to make it acceptable to a customer or picky friend. IMO Also, is the underside lettering, was it done with a laser or CNC?
“In typography, kerning (less commonly mortising) is the process of adjusting the spacing between characters in a proportional font, usually to achieve a visually pleasing result. Kerning adjusts the space between individual letter forms, while tracking (letter-spacing) adjusts spacing uniformly over a range of characters.[1] In a well-kerned font, the two-dimensional blank spaces between each pair of characters all have a visually similar area.”

-- Desert_Woodworker

Beautiful wooden pencil box – good old times.

-- Ivan, Croatia, Wooddicted

Super nice. I like your stamped logo as well

-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Keep your dust collector fed. [email protected]

Nice design. The finish looks great. Simple, clean, useful. Well done.