Project Information
This is my first project post. I discovered Lumberjocks while looking for answers while working on this, including technique tips and table saw reviews. I found the community to be an excellent resource to help me along the way. So thanks to everybody who contributed.
Yes, that is the jewelry box from the Woodsmith #197, the Oct/Nov. issue from 2011! Along the way, I discovered my bargain table saw could not cut straight and eventually replaced it with a real one; got married and moved to a new house, so had to build a new work shop before continuing the project; had a flooded basement then rebuilt the workshop; had a new baby boy. But because of all the delay, I was ready to do the drawer fronts at right about the same time that my neighbors maple tree fell yielding up that beautiful spalted wood you see here. I think it really enhanced the final result.
The dark wood is wenge as called for in the plans. I did try a couple of experiments to make the curved doors out of solid wood, but in the end I went with the bent plywood and maple veneer as described in the plans.
Yes, that is the jewelry box from the Woodsmith #197, the Oct/Nov. issue from 2011! Along the way, I discovered my bargain table saw could not cut straight and eventually replaced it with a real one; got married and moved to a new house, so had to build a new work shop before continuing the project; had a flooded basement then rebuilt the workshop; had a new baby boy. But because of all the delay, I was ready to do the drawer fronts at right about the same time that my neighbors maple tree fell yielding up that beautiful spalted wood you see here. I think it really enhanced the final result.
The dark wood is wenge as called for in the plans. I did try a couple of experiments to make the curved doors out of solid wood, but in the end I went with the bent plywood and maple veneer as described in the plans.