SOme recent Projects

[Will]

Had these jewel boxes put on website by a friend as a sample site.

learning - but getting better.

[jaime]

Those are beautiful Will. You are giving me ideas on making one and seeing how I do at it.

[Eric]

Very nice work Will. I'm not usually much for modern/classic stuff but I really like the curly chestnut/walnut box. Is it your own design?

[GaryH]

If I had to hazard a guess, they look very much like the boxes in David M Freedman's book "Box-Making Basics".

GH

[Matthew]

Maybe someday I can hope to do something that good. Wonderful work, especially the top box.

Matthew

[Will]

Some are from the book mentioned - all modified. Those styles of design appear in many sources. All have been modified. Some more - some less depends on what the person wanted.

Not all modifications are apparent. The chestnut/walnut box has mitered mortise and tenons - as opposed to the biscuits in the original design. I saw this design several other places after I saw it in the book - all made differently than mine or the book. Once I saw this style presented as a general design style. I used mortise and tenon cause I didn't have biscuit hole cutters - it was simpler at the time. :-)) The tenons are at the ends of the sides and front. They fit inside the legs and are mitered inside the mortise on the leg.

Since I have a limited shop - I must modify virtually every design I find - whether the end user knows it or not. :-)

Sadly I never thought at the time to get digital pictures of everything I did and assembling a library has been an exercise.

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