Federal Style Jewelry Box

Brice, I don’t have any personal experience with curved fronts, but I’ve seen them done a number of ways. One of the main considerations is whether you want the inside of the box to be rectangular, or if you want it to mach the curve of the outside. That decision will go a long way toward determining whether you want to proceed with kerf-cutting, a bent lamination, or just start off with thick material and cut the curves on the band saw.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Thanks Charlie – I think I’ll make the box with the interior to match the exterior curves, which leaves me with using the shaper and fine tuning by hand…

-- Brice, Philadelphia