First Box

great looking box. Nice design. I like the lap jointed corners and the way you centred the knot. It also looks like you carried the grain from one board to another. well thought out.

-- Peter, Woodbridge, Ontario

I like it. Alternating butt joints are vastly under rated. Looks like you have a void there that begs for an inlay.

-- A positive attitude will take you much further than positive thinking ever will.

Ok, I will complain. More pictures please. It’s beautiful and I would like to see more of it.

-- Nature created it, I just assemble it.

The next chest I make is going to be walnut. I like larger chests than this though. I might try an intermediate one, but my idea for corners is to glue up some walnut into 4×4 post and turn it round and use that for my corners on everything. All rounded corners. You have to size the turning to just the right size to make it work for smooth rounded corners that go seamlessly into the sides.

-- A positive attitude will take you much further than positive thinking ever will.

Nice looking walnut box. I kind of like the void it give the box a little caricature.

And I agree with Peter about the how it looks like you carried the grain from one board to another. Nice touch!

Nice work!

-- St Augustine FL, Experience is the sum of our mistakes!

Great Looking Box!! I like It!!

-- Robert B. Sabina, Ohio..... http://www.etsy.com/shop/WoodenfrogWoodenProd

that be a great lookin box the wood and joints are super good lookin looks beefy with a touch of sofistication

-- Stevo, work in tha city woodshop in the country

I like the look of it, nice work

-- Don, Royersford, PA

On your comment about a saw blade. I would like to recommend a Ridge Carbide Blade. They are very hard to find but this is the best price on them I have seen. I use it on everything including a thin kerf on my Sliding Miter Saw. They have several flat teeth giving a square bottom cut. I have used nothing else since I first found them several years ago while reading a review on a Forrest Woodworker II which is what I was considering, great blade but will not leave a flat bottom cut.
http://www.in-lineindustries.com/saw_blade.html

-- Rick.... Fort Worth, Texas

Looks very nice. Like the design, wood, joinery and the finish. Well done!

—www.sawblade.com

Rick, those blades look to be made by Freud. They cost exactly the same as the Freud thin kerf carbide 40t. All that’s missing is the red paint.

-- A positive attitude will take you much further than positive thinking ever will.

Very sweet “first box”.

-- Mark

You did a nice job on this, Dean.

helluvawreck aka Charles
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-- helluvawreck aka Charles, http://woodworkingexpo.wordpress.com