Had a customer come by that wanted a box for each daughter and grand daughter, cleaned me out!
Had to restock so decided to bring out a previous design that is quick to build and to also make multiples to save on tool setups.
These are about 10"x8"x4", simple slab sides and a framed lid.
I had some burls and smaller bits of figury wood to use somewhere, so it ended up in these.
The lead in photo is Mahogany with a crotch burl. I made two of these. I have a plank of mahogany I picked up several decades ago. Not sure, maybe Honduran or just some African variety. I haven't cut mahogany since JHS wood shop. Back then (mid 70s), we had three varieties in the wood store room. Clear pine, mahogany @ $0.50/bf, and walnut at a staggering $1.25/bf. I forgot how nicely it machines, no burning, no drama.
White oak with a white oak burl:
Somewhat figured walnut with a Laurel burl:
Insides are just felt lined with a removable divider.
The sides were shaped with a router template as was the crossbars for the divider
Made no visible reduction in the cutoffs collection!
The sides are 1/2" thick so by resawing I could get parts for the insert dividers. Also got plenty of thin slices to expand my off cut stockpile. It's "fun" to try and resaw a 1" piece to see if the bookmatch will make nice looking and matching sides. Sometimes it actually works!
Best thing in my mind about the construction is having the simple brass pins for the hinges. With a proper template for locating the holes, it makes it easy to have the lid stop at 95 degrees open.
lay out in the CAD program with 0.00 degree accuracy set for angle snap-to grid, lay out hole position for 95.00 degrees assuming perfect wood dimensions, mark wood with chalk and cut with axe. How could the angle be anything other than 95.00 degrees? 🤔
Thanks! I like burls, but this mahogany crotch (veneer) was a dry twisted mess and took several days of wetting and pressing to get it flat for the few seconds needed to glue and press onto plywood. I have some bubinga burl that looks like a 3-D topo map that is just as bad.
Love that flipper box design, and not so hard to make either for the look, and action it gives in return. That Mahog box had me confused, the front looks a lot like QS Sycamore, dyed. That crotch is fabulous, but I couldn't tell they were Mahog until you said so. Any box with a populated inside gets my vote. All of them are gonna be gone quick. Nice work Bruce.
