| Project by Sandy | posted 02-19-2017 10:32 PM | 1500 views | 2 times favorited | 12 comments |  |
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Grandson Ian was over, and he wanted to build a box, so we went into my shop and found some maple and padouk scraps, then designed and sized the box to fit the material. I also had a few pairs of small hinges and some scraps of refinished maple plywood for the bottom (cutoffs from drawer bottoms that I had made for one of the closet projects), so I purchased nothing other than the small felt pieces that are on the bottoms of the feet and the inside of the lid. I finished it with rub on polyurethane, and then I ran it over the Beall buffers.
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BobWemm
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#1 posted 02-20-2017 01:26 AM
I love that design, and the contrasting colours.
Great job between the two of you.
Thanks for sharing.
Bob.
-- Bob, Western Australia, The Sun came up this morning, what a great start to the day. Now it's up to me to make it even better. I've cut this piece of wood 4 times and it's still too damn short.
Sandy
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#2 posted 02-20-2017 01:50 AM
Thank you, Bob.
Sandy
tyvekboy
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#3 posted 02-20-2017 03:34 AM
Can’t wait till my grandson grows up and gets interested in woodworking. Nice box.
-- Tyvekboy -- Marietta, GA ………….. one can never be too organized
Sandy
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#4 posted 02-20-2017 12:09 PM
Thanks, Alex.
sunshine2012
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#5 posted 02-20-2017 02:42 PM
Beautiful!
david38
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#6 posted 02-20-2017 03:12 PM
nice job
ravensrock
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#7 posted 02-20-2017 07:26 PM
Nice box! But even better that you did it with your grandson and are passing this craft down to future generations.
-- Dave, York, PA, Wildside Woodworking
jeffswildwood
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#8 posted 02-20-2017 11:13 PM
Great job. I’m sure he will keep it forever. I bet he will want to be in the wood shop every time he comes over now. That’s a good thing!
-- We all make mistakes, the trick is to fix it in a way that says "I meant to do that".
Sandy
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#9 posted 02-20-2017 11:19 PM
Thank you Sunshine, David, Dave and Jeff. @Jeff… well said about “fix it in a way…”
Boxguy
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#10 posted 02-21-2017 10:49 AM
Sandy, grandchildren projects are the best. Looks like the two of you had fun turning scraps into an interesting box May you both keep boxing and keep posting.
-- Big Al in IN
Cheapguy82
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#11 posted 02-24-2017 11:13 PM
Very nice. I can’t wait until my sons are big enough to make some sawdust with me in the garage, too. Kudos!
-- Stephen - Georgia
robscastle
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#12 posted 12-21-2017 10:05 AM
There is Ian thats 3 down !
-- Regards Rob
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