Custom Made Boxes For My Stones And Hones

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  1. Timwcic

    Timwcic Well-Known Member

    My 13 inch Llyn Idwal is to gorgeous of a stone to be homeless. For the special edge it delivers, it needs to have a home worthy of it. I have made some furniture quality boxes before, but I wanted to try a vintage style box with a scrolled bottom. Trying to find wood large enough took some time until remembering I was giving a large slab of mystery wood a few years ago, so let’s give it a go. Ripped out a blank on the table saw. I used a bandsaw on the bottom and to split into two pieces. Used a router table to hollow out for the stone. I wanted to router a edge on the top, but the wood was now to thin, so a had to pass. After all the work and sanding, the wood was to Blonde and look new. Used a sealer stain to give it a nice aged look. I know where the few boo-boo’s are, but it came out nice and it is a worthy home for my stone

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  2. Hembree

    Hembree Not as pretty smelling

    Great job Tim!
     
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  3. Steve56

    Steve56 Hone Hoarder

    Well done Tim!

    Cheers, Steve
     
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  4. jimjo1031

    jimjo1031 never bloomed myself

    Looks good Tim.
     
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  5. Primotenore

    Primotenore missed opera tunity

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    Really nice, now I know who to turn to for custom boxes.
     
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  6. Paul76

    Paul76 Well-Known Member

    Great work Tim. That’s a pretty good size Llyn Idwal too. I like mine
     
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  7. Jayaruh

    Jayaruh The Cackalacky House Pet

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    That's cool. Nice job.
     
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  8. TestDepth

    TestDepth Well-Known Member

    Awesome idea and execution!
     
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  9. CastleShave

    CastleShave Well-Known Member

    That looks really awesome! I use some wooden boxes from my empty grappa bottles


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  10. Rkep01

    Rkep01 Well-Known Member

    Nice job. I had heard, somewhere in the past, that American Indians, I think it was the Navajo, always left a break in their design, whether it be silver work or blankets or whatnot. This was done because they believed that a perfect object would create a window that evil spirits could use to enter this world. I don't know if it's true or not, but I've used that excuse on many of my projects.:happy102:
     
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  11. Timwcic

    Timwcic Well-Known Member

    Thank you all for the kind words

    Thanks for the vote of confidence

    It is a nice piece of real estate and it delivers up a smooth edge

    Very seldom did I use “perfect” and “project” in the same sentence
     
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  12. brit

    brit in a box

    very cool.
     
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  13. Timwcic

    Timwcic Well-Known Member

    Thank you Gary
     
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  14. Timwcic

    Timwcic Well-Known Member

    With the success of my last box, time to try again. Always wanted to make a box for my vosgienne, but being 8x3, did not wood large enough that I liked. Used the drop pieces and glued up bookmatched to get a interesting grain pattern. This box is a simple rectangular shape, nothing fancy. Glued up over height, cut in half, trimmed for depth and stained. A beautiful box for a beautiful stone

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  15. Keithmax

    Keithmax Breeds Pet Rocks

    :happy096:
     
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  16. Timwcic

    Timwcic Well-Known Member

    Been wanting to make some boxes for my 8” and 9” coticules, but did not have any wood large enough that impressed me. Until I found a rough cut walnut 4x4 at a yard sale. With that problem solved, I ripped up a 12” slug to work with. Cherry picked the best for the tops, cut up the remaining for sides and end. To break up them all looking the same, I did a inlay on one. Some glue, some sanding, and some hardware and I have three coti condos

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  17. brit

    brit in a box

    very cool sir..nice work..
     
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  18. Jayaruh

    Jayaruh The Cackalacky House Pet

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    Veddy nice.
     
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  19. Robert1955

    Robert1955 Well-Known Member

    All very nice...good job
     
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  20. Timwcic

    Timwcic Well-Known Member

    Thank you very much Gents
     
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