jewellry box

[lugo35]

hiya all just thought id post a pic of a jewellry box i made for my sisters birthday.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d70 ... /ry%3D320/

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d70 ... /ry%3D320/

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d70 ... /ry%3D320/

its made from birds eye maple with amboinia burr inlay the internal trays are sycamore.

 

[OPJ]

That looks lovely, very nicely done. I really like the use of contrasting timbers, it works very well.

 

[Gill]

I'm sure your sister will be delighted. Lovely job .

Gill

 

[PowerTool]

Beautiful piece of work,and excellent choice of timbers - really work well together!

Andrew

 

[Ironballs]

Looks great, nice workmanship

Damian

 

[The Shark]

Good job!
I too think the contrast between the different woods works really well.

Malc

 

[lugo35]

thanx, for your replies took me over 3 months on and off to make.
all the inlay is from 4 pen blanks.

 

[shim20]

looks ace, good job

 

[TheTiddles]

thanx, for your replies took me over 3 months on and off to make.
all the inlay is from 4 pen blanks.

That's a bloody good idea, small, high quality, straight grained pieces of timber, how did you cut them into strips and plane then flat or were they left rough and trimmed back when glued in?

Aidan

 

[lugo35]

bandsawed them to size then blockplaned them. sanded them down after gluing.

 

[DaveL]

good idea, small, high quality, straight grained pieces of timber,

I have bought ebony tuning blanks and re sawn them, it was cheaper than buying ebony boards. :?
They are a very useful source of small bits of exotic timber. 8)

 

[joiner_sim]

a work of art!

 

[motownmartin]

Nice looking box, I like the idea of the mirror in the lid, I want to do this for some boxes I am making but having difficulty sourcing some mirror glass cut to the correct size, how did you go about this.
Any info from anyone would be very helpful.

 

[Mr Ed]

I have had mirrors cut to size by Abbey Glass in Derby, which is not a million miles from you if you're in Leicester.

That said, I had always assumed that most glass merchants do it, but never looked anywhere else as I have the aforementioned one near me that does do it.

Cheers, Ed.

 

[lugo35]

try your local gazier. the piece i used only cost about £3 ish.


size was spot on which i was bit worried about coz some of the glass i get is terrible size wise lol.

 

[motownmartin]

Thanks Ed, i'll check locally