One of our old Wreck members is Doug Stowe, back in my old stompin' grounds, arKansas. He has written a passel o' books 'bout boxes, boy.
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and key in "boxes stowe" for 18 hits. Find what you want, and see if they're in your local library, while your order is processing. He covers the full gamut of styles, with and without inlay. Some have nice jewelry box plans inside. Highly recommended. Check the tables of content online. Most books have previews @ Amazon.
-- The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings. -- Okakura Kakuzo
Yes, the prices are definitely higher than one might at first guess. But I don't doubt that you earned the entire $800. As for the one you made your wife, I'm sure she considers it priceless.
On a related note, I want to make my wife a kitchen table (red oak seems readily available, but we have maple cabinets, so I haven't really decided that part yet). I was curious of an effective way to inlay a monogram (or something like that) to make it personal, but I am concerned about whatever I do "wearing-well" over time. Any thoughts out there? No doubt, even with a table by itself, I'm already in up to my neck... And as Larry would point out, I still have lights to hang...
. Thank you, so did I. The others are acutally built by an old tool box company that is still building wooden tool boxes. I actually got to see a "tool box" make by that company at a local Woodcraft store, I hope their jewelery boxes looked better.
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