Or maybe it should be called a tale of two workshops 😉 I started this box some time ago as a birthday gift for my dad, unfortunately our landlords decided we really should live somewhere else so before I could finish the box I had to dismantle the workshop and finish it in on the edge of a bit of wood surrounded by packing boxes we haven’t had time to unpack yet 🙂 This one is made from quarter sawn oak and wenge, I’ve not used wedge before but it…
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Box made as a wedding gift using sycamore and walnut….. Dimensions – 29cm wide 8cm high and 19cm deep
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A box from three nice pieces of wood, the oak lid and holly band are from a local Cumbrian source, the walnut is the remnants of a plank I purchased many moons ago. It was finished in oil and several coats of wax. Outer dimensions are 27cm wide, 16cm deep, and 9cm high.
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I had a piece of Burr Oak which was calling out to be used, so I decided it would make a nice box lid inset. The sides we made from Maple with some Purpleheart splines in the corners. Closed dimensions 15x15x15cm
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Another box, this time with a shaped removable lid made out of Tiger Striped Oak, the box itself was made from Jesmo (that’s how the wood was marked when we bought it 20+ years ago though now there are no references online to Jesmo wood), it also has Maple cut into the corners and Steamed Pear for the base.
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