Scrap Box, Box

The box is made of Camphor that was in a sawmill in Colorado for 30 years. The owner would only sell it to me if I bought the entire lot as it was. I wanted the wood to build a bible box, earlier LJ project, for my sister-in-law who wanted me to use Camphor as there is a lot of it used in her native China.

This box was made from the cut offs of the wood I received. Not being one to toss anything I kept the cut offs. This was the last piece I had so I decided to try and get a rustic box from it. The only milling on the box was to cut the top and sides to size and miter the corners. If you look close you can see that the sides are warped and twisted and didn’t go together perfectly. Although the box is mitered and glued at the coners I added horse shoe nails, borrowed from my wife’s stain glass work. The nails had also be used and re-used so they qualify as scrap also. I managed to get the top and sides of the box but came up short on the bottom, trays, and hinges. They are made of Carob also fron the scrap box, hince the odd shape of the bottom tray dividers. I just made the pieces I had left fit.