Project Information
Last Christmas I made a recipe box for my daughter. I guess she liked it because this year she asked for a recipe box for each of her daughters. How can you say no?
The boxes have lids milled from a Chestnut tree harvested from my yard that the older girls used to climb. Two of the boxes are milled from some curly maple firewood that my Dad saved about sixty years ago. One of the boxes is made entirely from my Chestnut tree. Two of the boxes have grain matched at all four corners, one I messed up and the grain only matches at three corners. I hope most people won't notice that unless I point it out… The splines are some walnut that was in a scrap box. They are finished with lacquer from a rattle-can and sanded to 1000 grit before polishing with wax. They feel very nice to the touch.
The boxes hold 4×6 recipe cards that I printed on cardstock that was cut to size at Office Depot. I made some dividers to separate the main dishes from the desserts. The hinges are from Amazon and are inexpensive ones that should be strong enough to last for years, and I have spares if they don't. I like the way they mortised into the walls of the lids and boxes, they fit pretty well. I will probably use them again for small boxes.
These were an enjoyable project I was able to complete. If I were trying to sell them to a stranger I think I would die an early death from the stress. You guys that market your projects amaze me with your level of perfection and complexity of designs. Thanks for letting me share mine here.
The boxes have lids milled from a Chestnut tree harvested from my yard that the older girls used to climb. Two of the boxes are milled from some curly maple firewood that my Dad saved about sixty years ago. One of the boxes is made entirely from my Chestnut tree. Two of the boxes have grain matched at all four corners, one I messed up and the grain only matches at three corners. I hope most people won't notice that unless I point it out… The splines are some walnut that was in a scrap box. They are finished with lacquer from a rattle-can and sanded to 1000 grit before polishing with wax. They feel very nice to the touch.
The boxes hold 4×6 recipe cards that I printed on cardstock that was cut to size at Office Depot. I made some dividers to separate the main dishes from the desserts. The hinges are from Amazon and are inexpensive ones that should be strong enough to last for years, and I have spares if they don't. I like the way they mortised into the walls of the lids and boxes, they fit pretty well. I will probably use them again for small boxes.
These were an enjoyable project I was able to complete. If I were trying to sell them to a stranger I think I would die an early death from the stress. You guys that market your projects amaze me with your level of perfection and complexity of designs. Thanks for letting me share mine here.
