Well, I just finally finished my first jewelry box. Thankfully it took less time (18 months) than the desk I made for my daughter.
The plan, including some slightly rough instructions came from a book by Doug Stowe, “Simply Beautiful Boxes”
I used Mexican Rosewood for the body, Spalted Maple, re-sawn and book matched for the lid and Macassar Ebony for the base.
The box is finished with three coats of Watco Danish Oil “Natural”: First coat put on heavy and left for one hour (keeping it wet the entire time), the second coat was wet sanded with 320 grit wet/dry paper and the third wet sanded with 600 grit.
The box has two coats of Liberon’s Black Bison “clear” paste wax.
All in all, it was a weird experience working with small pieces and joinery. I think I’m hooked and I’m starting to work up another design that has more of my own thinking included. It takes a while to start thinking about such smaller pieces.
Let me know what you think, of course I like it, but then again, I wouldn’t post it if I didn’t.
Thanks for looking,
Bruce
The plan, including some slightly rough instructions came from a book by Doug Stowe, “Simply Beautiful Boxes”
I used Mexican Rosewood for the body, Spalted Maple, re-sawn and book matched for the lid and Macassar Ebony for the base.
The box is finished with three coats of Watco Danish Oil “Natural”: First coat put on heavy and left for one hour (keeping it wet the entire time), the second coat was wet sanded with 320 grit wet/dry paper and the third wet sanded with 600 grit.
The box has two coats of Liberon’s Black Bison “clear” paste wax.
All in all, it was a weird experience working with small pieces and joinery. I think I’m hooked and I’m starting to work up another design that has more of my own thinking included. It takes a while to start thinking about such smaller pieces.
Let me know what you think, of course I like it, but then again, I wouldn’t post it if I didn’t.
Thanks for looking,
Bruce
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