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Make_Things_wRob•

Aw, don't worry about what others here have done, that's extremely impressive! I love that you added a little place to catch your nail/fingertip on, to open it up.

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boythinksOP•

Thanks :)

Initially I was going mortice/ inlay a small piece of walnut to use to lift the lid, but making a little groove seemed like a more elegant solution.

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Make_Things_wRob•

Definitely was successful. Beautiful little box you got there.

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Broejen•

It’s beautiful! Love it!

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boythinksOP•

Thank you :)

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kingoftowns•

I don’t get the “not as nice” it’s all subjective. You made that and it’s friggin awesome! Even the best woodworkers in the world could be better. Well done!!

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boythinksOP•

Thanks

You are right, even though there is plenty of mistakes in there, I am proud of it.

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kingoftowns•

So much of woodworking is hiding mistakes :) at least it is for me

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europoor_witch•

I love it. be proud!

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boythinksOP•

Thank you :)

Am indeed proud... Just have it to the wife, she is putting her stuff in it... But appears to have too many pieces of jewelry... Gonna have to build her a little cabinet

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Indydave1964•

That looks great. My daughter asked me to make her a jewelry box. I can’t seem to find a design I like. But I like yours.

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boythinksOP•

Thanks :)

A couple of improvement I would make in retrospect is to make it a little deeper and add trey that can lift out.

And if I had some maple I would have used that instead of oak for even more contrast with the walnut.

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OldGrad1982•

Nice job! Keep your mistakes to yourself. 😬😬. I can point out all of mine in my projects but my customer (wife) just tells me to shut up

Learn from them and build more!

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boythinksOP•

Yup,

It seems that unless I point then out, very few people will notice or even care that my dovetails don't look like Rob Cosman's.

I have some bigger builds planned for 2022

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LiveNeverIdle•

I like what you did with the finger pull.

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boythinksOP•

Thanks :)

I toyed with other ideas, like mortising in a piece of walnut like a little handle but decided to go with this as it seemed slimmer and a little more elegant.

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