Spiderwick Box

[countryscroller]

That feeling of relief you get when the customer likes it. After a whole darn week I finally got this done, mixed in between doing a whole bunch of other stuff.

[jrpeteo]

Good job Dustin, nice corner joints!
Pete

[Becky]

That's some delicate inlay work!  Nice job.

[DWSudekum]

Excellent work Dustin.  Love the box.  Thanks for sharing this with us.


DW

[countryscroller]

Thanks all, and yes Becky especially the spider. Most nerve racking thing I have made.

[Becky]

I can believe that!  Yikes!   

[newfie]

nice work Dustin

[frankorona]

Excellent work, I really liked the junctions of the box, thanks for sharing.

[Al W]

Fine looking box - I really like the joints as well.  What angle do you cut at for your inlays?  Like the contrast as well.

Thanks for sharing this with us.

Al

[ToverT]

Very cool!!!  Well done Dustin!  The inlay looks fantastic!

Tommy T

[countryscroller]

Thanks all and Al I find that when doing inlay with two 1/4" pieces, 3 degrees seems to be the angle that works. Of course if you are doing inlay with a hard wood like purple heart or even a maple, be sure to not push or force the blade to cut or it will change the angle and the fit will be either too loose or too tight. Since I glued the inlay pieces on to another piece to create a 1/2" thickness, it didn't matter if the inlay went perfectly, I just pounded it in to make sure it was in there. It may have sat about a 1/32" proud on the surface, but who cares, just sand it away and cover the backside and no one knows.

[rigo]

Your hard work may be seen. To use two colors of wood is very nice.

[EIEIO]

Nice finger joints and great inlay work. Is that pine and purpleheart?

[countryscroller]

Thanks and yes Ray it is. See the customer wanted purple heart in it after they saw how the bowls came out that I made them, so they wanted it in the box too. But they didn't want it to cost a lot in wood, so I decided to make the majority out of cheap pine that I got from lowes and the left over purple heart from the bowls. I know it sounds weird mixing a hard wood and a soft wood in a project.

[EIEIO]

Not at all. It looks great. I'm sure they will be happy with the results.