Veneered Wedding box

fromaway · 2023-03-16T14:00:09-0400

Terrific workmanship. Love the wenge edge treatment and the blue pig suede really sets off the interior. Are those the SmartHinge from Andrew Crawford? I’ve used those and wouldn’t think of using anything else? Any hints on how you went about inlaying the lettering? Really impressive piece!!

Cheers
Bryan

AlanK · 2023-03-16T14:09:38-0400

fromaway said:
Terrific workmanship. Love the wenge edge treatment and the blue pig suede really sets off the interior. Are those the SmartHinge from Andrew Crawford? I’ve used those and wouldn’t think of using anything else? Any hints on how you went about inlaying the lettering? Really impressive piece!!

Cheers
Bryan

Yes the are from Andrew Crawford. Ian Hawthorn also makes some equally as good which I sometimes use. The inlay was cut out on my laser, pretty simple and a lot quicker than doing it by hand.

BB1 · 2023-03-16T21:33:01-0400

This will make for such a special gift. Gorgeous!

Calmudgeon · 2023-03-17T09:24:14-0400

Beautiful piece. Great job on the edge treatment and the banding on the lid.

Fotodog · 2023-03-24T22:29:08-0400

Beautiful job Alan. Every detail is well done. I’m sure they will treasure this.

Does the laser cut both the recessed areas and the pieces that fit inside? The suede has some thickness, is it wrapped around some thin stock before gluing to the sides? It’s really well done.

AlanK · 2023-03-27T14:59:34-0400

Fotodog said:
Beautiful job Alan. Every detail is well done. I’m sure they will treasure this.

Does the laser cut both the recessed areas and the pieces that fit inside? The suede has some thickness, is it wrapped around some thin stock before gluing to the sides? It’s really well done.

Yes,the laser cuts out the letters and the veneer they fit into. The suede gets fixed onto some self adhesive card and the top edge of the suede gets wrapped over and fixed down with some double sided tape. This give the suede a neat rounded top edge when it's fixed into the box.

Fotodog · 2023-03-28T11:58:37-0400

Thanks so much for sharing your technique. The results speak for themselves.

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