Keep the wife happy!

you know the secret to getting what you want,give her what she wants.my wife never complains about my tool addiction and she gets anything she wants.were both happy that way.nice work on the tea box.

-- working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.

Great looking box. Walnut and cherry, classic. The chamfers on lid and box are a nice touch.

Congrats on the quadrants, hinges are my least favorite thing to do, where I make the most mistakes, and jeez, I wont even comtemplate quadrants until, someday, I get that brusso routing template.

-- Wildwood by Brian Johns: The Big Bang: Nothing - exploded into Everything. Thanks to Nothing.

Awesome, awesome box. I too love the chamfers on the lid. Never thought of doing that before but now seeing it it makes perfect sense.

Mind if I ask which hinges those are/where you got them? I’ve yet to find a decent box hinge without spending $4 billion at Rockler…

-- Matt - Colorado

Awesome tea box! I’m making three right now. I’m going with the FWW version (smaller). If you are going to get the Brusso templates (don’t yell at me) but by two, so you don’t have to realign when you do the 2nd hinge. Really nice job!

-- Petey

Great tea box. Nice choice of wood. It’s always a good idea to keep the wife happy!

-- Rich

That’s a wonderful box. Black walnut has got to be my favorite wood to work with. It always looks fantastic.

Good looking box – I especially like the champhered edge on the lid and box

-- Dick, Malvern Ohio - my biggest fear is that when I die, my wife sells my toys for what I told her I paid for them

That looks great. Nice work.

-- Galootish log blog, http://www.timberframe-tools.com

Shooter, welcome to Lumberjocks. I like your teabox. Nice selection of woods. Good solid building techniques.

I think also chamfer my lid/bottom joints, but with a much smaller chamfer made with sand paper. If you are interested, here is a hinge alternative you might consider. This adds more.. An alternate source of Venetian blind slats is to buy new shades at Home Depot. Even at that price it is cheaper than making your own.

Again, Shooter, nice work. Keep boxing and keep posting.

-- Big Al in IN

Thanks for all the comments, what a great website.
I have done chamfers before to hide imperfect lid lines. That wasn’t the case here, I just liked the look.

Awesome, awesome box. I too love the chamfers on the lid. Never thought of doing that before but now seeing it it makes perfect sense.

Mind if I ask which hinges those are/where you got them? I ve yet to find a decent box hinge without spending $4 billion at Rockler…

- Fiver

The hinges are from rockler I think they were $10 for the pair.

Shooter, welcome to Lumberjocks. I like your teabox. Nice selection of woods. Good solid building techniques.

I think also chamfer my lid/bottom joints, but with a much smaller chamfer made with sand paper. If you are interested, here is a hinge alternative you might consider. This adds more.. An alternate source of Venetian blind slats is to buy new shades at Home Depot. Even at that price it is cheaper than making your own.

Again, Shooter, nice work. Keep boxing and keep posting.

- Boxguy

Thank you boxguy, for all your posts/projects, I have read most of them. They are a huge help.

-- Cherish wily thoughts and keep a tight grip on your booze

You said everything in the title…besides the box is realy beautiful.

-- Ivan, Croatia, Wooddicted

Very nice work. I need to add this to the project list for my wife and daughter.

Nice job and congratulations on your ‘Daily Top 3’ award.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

She must be happy after getting such beautiful and practical work.

-- "It's fine in practise but it will never work in theory"