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Wow!! I never knew their was such a thing. That sure interesting. However, for myself my eyesight is terrible, I wish I had the sight I did as a young pathfinder in the airborne, I’d be right into that.

I’ve made a few tiny lidded boxes …… but I was just fooling around.

The one with the marquetry (spades hearts diamonds clubs) is 4mm X 5mm X 6mm high.

Shipwright thats just crazy awesome. Im hoping there are others on here that do this.

Here’s a better pic. It looks pretty rough but the material is only 1/42" thick. As I said, just fooling around.

Now that’s micro!

I guess you first have to buy a micro table saw and micro planer before you can start. LOL

Lol Brian. Nice close up pic

Shipwright…that is INSANE!

And that toolbox…well…I am just speechless.

I once made a couple of tiny turned boxes, much easier to turn one than assemble a micro marquetry box. The brass “grail” fits inside.

The most difficult aspect of this one was not dropping the lid when parting it off from the lathe. Once it hit the bench or floor is was lost forever. The diameter of this one is 0.009" or about three times the thickness of an average sheet of paper.

Holy cow.

My words exactly Brian and did you use a microscope?

Wow, now that’s micro!!!

No microscope, although I do have a nice one now. I took the photos with an external macro lens attached to my iPhone 3. This arrangement did much better than the macro mode on our digital camera.

I made the first one on a watchmaker’s lathe the smaller one I did on my Jet midi lathe. I had wanted to do it on my Shopsmith to counter those who believe they can’t be used when precision is desired but didn’t have a collet arrangement yet.

I still have the larger box but while showing the smaller one I managed to drop the lid and accidentally crushed the body of the box.
Making the parts isn’t all that difficult, handling them is. Takes a light touch, pointy tweezers, and no breeze.

lol,… now I’m thinking about dollhouse furniture,….

Absolutely Amazing!

Same. Absolutely amazing.

I am amazed, simply amazed!

I once made a couple of tiny turned boxes, much easier to turn one than assemble a micro marquetry box. The brass “grail” fits inside.

Horologist

….. but it is far more elegant than my ragamuffin little marquetry box.

Hey Tom are you saying that the doll houses are going to be micro?

lol,… no,… but making furniture for doll houses,… wouldn’t that be micro?

Doll house furniture? I would think so. Wow, dovetails in micro woodworking. That would be something.

Quite an amazing tool box Jeff. And Paul’s marquetry box too. I did make some tiny furniture for a dollhouse I made for my granddaughter many years ago, namely a dining table and 4 chairs with cabriole legs which turned out pretty good. I love tiny woodworks but my hands are too clumsy these days to do such small work.