Box Just Completed Today – Pic

[John Schreiber]

I realized that I had milled the "inside" of the drawer fronts rather than the outside. @!$#%$ !!!!!

Here I am wondering how he managed to get the grain to have that swirled look and I find out that it was all a mistake. I should have such mistakes.

[jonathan snyder]

WOW, Very nice job. I'm inspired!

Jonathan

[Hans Braul]

Glen,

That's a truly beautiful piece. The discontinuity in the grains on the drawers is only evident when it's pointed out. It works beautifully as is. I understand where you're coming from though! Sometimes when I have a particular idea in mind and it doesn't work out, it's enough to drive me around the bend! If I recall, "quilted" maple like this is soft maple, correct? How did you join the drawers? What is the end use going to be? It works beautifully just as a piece of art, but I assume it's to hold jewellry?

Great Work
Hans

[Jeffrey Makiel]

There has been some really exemplary work being posted on this forum recently...and it continues with this piece!

I really like the design. It looks like something that should be on the back cover of Fine Woodworking Magazine. The craftmanship is wonderful!

Very inspiring to me. Thanks for posting your work.
-Jeff

[Jeffrey Makiel]

By the way...that's some nice photography work too!
-Jeff

[Kelly C. Hanna]

Absolutely gorgeous Glen!

[Jim Becker]

Fabulous, Glenn. Outstanding in every way!

[Dennis Peacock]

Beautiful and a very nice choice of woods. Most Excellent!!!!

[Cliff Rohrabacher]

Nice box of drawers

[Brian Knodel]

I can’t think of anything to say that other have not already said in better words than I can think of.

WOW

Brian

[everett lowell]

Alright, I give up...........selling my tools.

Me too ! Every time I think I'm gettin' good at this stuff... I see work like this! I'm taking up golf! lol Great job! I would expect to see this in one of Krenov's books!

[john hanes]

Thanks for letting me know that you too make dumb mistakes. I have made so many mistakes on a simple jewelry box that I am working on that I wanted to toss it out, but it was already promised to someone and I have had to find fixes for all of my stupidity.

Thanks Jake. Yes, the drawer fronts were all cut from one piece. HOWEVER, I screwed up there. I did not have a sufficiently wide board from which to derive the 6 drawer fronts. Sooooooo, I resawed the board and had a very nice bookmatch from which to make the 6 drawers - which made them continuous. Then I started milling them. The drawer fronts (although it may not be readily visible in the image) are bowed. After they were cut to proper dimensions and I had the mortise for the drawer pull in place, I took the first drawer front to the router table to mill the bow. When completed, I realized that I had milled the "inside" of the drawer fronts rather than the outside. @!$#%$ !!!!! After calming down, I decided to push on, even though this would mess up the continuity of all four drawer fronts. Thus, as it now is, the top 3 drawers are continuous as are the bottom 3, but there is a "break" between drawer 3 and drawer 4. I still get aggrevated just thinking about it.

[Dave Bonde]

That is fantastic!! thanks for sharing. Dave

[rodney mitchell]

Hey Glen, that looks fantastic.

Rodney

[Michael Gabbay]

Wow that looks GREAT! I really like how you got everything so round and cylindrical shaped. Plus the coloring is really super. I'd say it's an exact replica of a Coke can!

That is a really cool box. VERY nice!