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I made this box for one of our avid quilting friends. The box itself is of quilted maple with koa splines. The lid design is called “Star & Pinwheel” and consists of maple, mahogany, padauk, purpleheart, and Chechen rosewood.
I used a homemade miter sled on the tablesaw, with a stop adjusted to provide an exact 1/2 square. The quilt pattern was glued and pressed onto an 1/8” piece of Baltic birch with a secondary veneer of birdseye maple on the other side (not shown).
-- Bob, Potomac, MD
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4hisglory
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#1 posted 01-12-2011 09:11 PM
very pretty
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waters
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#2 posted 01-12-2011 09:22 PM
This is so unique, it’s gorgeous! What a fantastic and special idea for a quilter. It looks great, the choice of woods is so beautiful. :)
-- Dale, Oregon
degoose
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#3 posted 01-12-2011 11:55 PM
I am very impressed.
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CharlieM1958
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#4 posted 01-13-2011 01:55 AM
Wowwww…. I LOVE this!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
BertFlores58
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#5 posted 01-13-2011 02:11 AM
That is where I believe that geometrical figures are never ending search for pattern! Very nice and good combination of wood color.
You can have this pattern if you like….
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bigike
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#6 posted 01-13-2011 02:16 AM
wow great looken box.
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TJ65
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#7 posted 01-13-2011 06:28 AM
Thats great and the wood you chose is great as it looks like material.
Just beautiful
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MsDebbieP
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#8 posted 01-13-2011 11:10 AM
a beautiful job and I know that the quilter must have absolutely loved this.
Beautiful
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Tim Dahn
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#9 posted 01-13-2011 01:02 PM
Very nice, good choice of wood and pattern.
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4thumbs
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#10 posted 01-13-2011 02:35 PM
Very nice!
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#11 posted 01-13-2011 02:38 PM
That’s a very beautiful box. I love the design and the woods that you used.
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Mathew Nedeljko
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#12 posted 03-05-2011 06:01 PM
Love this…I have been doing a bunch of research on quilt patterns thinking about how to apply to woodworking. Would love to see the sled you used. How big are the squares… look like about 3/4?
-- Aim high. Ride easy. Trust God. Neale Donald Walsch
mauibob
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#13 posted 03-05-2011 10:37 PM
Hey Matthew, thanks for the comments! The squares are actually 1/2” and the sled I used is a standard (homebrew) 45 degree miter sled (i.e., the type used to make picture frames) to which I added a simple stop so that the cut would give precisely even sides to the triangles. The squares are all made out of bandsawn veneers, approximately 3/32” or so in thickness.
-- Bob, Potomac, MD
BritBoxmaker
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#14 posted 03-06-2011 12:53 AM
Don’t know how I missed this when you posted it. Very impressive. Good pattern and wood choice.
-- Martyn -- Boxologist, Pattern Juggler and Candyman of the visually challenging.
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