Latest small box project

[Ryan Sparreboom]

Just finished this box a few days ago. Curly / birdseye maple with Koa.
Finish is WOP.
Fairly simple design. Actually a clamp fell off it's rack and broke the original lid so I had to remake this one. Just a rabbeted lid. Flocked the bottom panel prior to assembly. First time working with Koa and it sure is nice, similar to mahogany. I have a bit of figured koa I will use for another project.
Hope you like it. Thanks for looking.
Working on my photography skills too with my new work camera.












Ryan
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[Ryan Sparreboom]

Wow. 170 views and not a single comment???
That bad eh?

[Gene Howe]

Wow. 170 views and not a single comment???
That bad eh?

Hey, I just now saw it. I think it's great!
Does the lid have a keeper?
gene

[Eric DeSilva]

Wow. 170 views and not a single comment???
That bad eh?

I might be inclined to argue that people are more likely to post if they see flaws, but that's just my dim view of human nature.

You said you rabbeted the lid; does that mean it is constructed like a cabinet door? I didn't see any evidence of rabbets on the sides; that isn't just glued end grain to long grain, is it?

I do love that koa tho'. I did a recent trip to Hawaii and came away with a serious jonesing to make something out of Koa.

[Jay Jolliffe]

Very nice . That's something I want to build someday but that day hasn't come yet. Good job.

[Joe Shinall]

Really nice Ryan. The Koa and Maple look good together. I want to work with both but no lumber mills around here so I need to go somewhere and pick up some of each.

Don't worry about the comments. I post questions sometimes about opinions on tools and such and get 500 views and 12 comments.

[Shawn Pixley]

Very pretty. What is the joint on the top?

[Van Huskey]

It is gorgeous! On the number of posts and no comments just remember there are 50,000 plus members here and only about 20% of those even have 1 post. Even just counting members most people here are just lurkers.

[Rick Markham]

I really dig it! Man I love the maple!!! It's got great contrast with the Koa, really well done. I've got my eye on a piece of quilted maple at the local mill, not sure I want to part with the cash they are asking for it, but I might have too. Truly inspiring. How long have you been building boxes? I really enjoy making boxes, they are usually hard for me to part with when they are done.

[Dan O'Sullivan]

Ryan
I can't help but wonder about the expansion on the lid? You have some cross grain there??

dan

[Andrew Gibson]

Sometimes I look at projects that people post and I can't come up with anything to say about it that many others have not already said. The box looks great to me, I would love to have to chance to work with koa someday, and the maple is beautiful.

[Mark Kosmowski]

Beautiful! Are the keys / splines koa also?

What finish did you use?

[George Sanders]

Most of the time I am awestruck by the superior quality and beauty of others work; just as I am now. I am usually at a loss for words not wanting to repeat everyone else. Fine job.

[John Keeton]

Ryan, very nice work on the box, and nice wood combo. On the views vs. comments, of the 45,000 or so folks that use SMC, only a very small handful actually comment on anything. If you catch a time when those "commentators" are offline - weekend, etc., there may be few comments. Even on very popular threads, the comments are a small fraction of the views.

This is a nice piece, and you did good work on it. I think the comments vs. views is simply happenstance!

[Ken Shoemaker]

Well done.... I'll be watching to see the response to the cross-grain situation. Generally that is not a good thing... Ken

I do love the contrasting woods... Good job...