One of my trinket boxes. - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

Haggard3230 · 09-01-2009, 11:39 PM

I made this with 1/4" walnut and 1/4" wide X 3/32" thick purple heart. The compartment is curly or figured walnut, I didn't know how pretty it was until I put the finish on. I used a router with a 1/4" straight bit to make the grooves and set the depth to the thickness of the purple heart. The initial is of curly maple and inlaid per Jim Collins' article. The lid and bottom is 7 1/2"L x 5"W, the compartment is 6"L x 3 1/2"W x 2 1/2"D. The lid and bottom are rounded over with a 1/8" router bit. This a birthday present for my oldest granddaughter.

wood-n-things · 09-01-2009, 11:47 PM

She is going to cry...Superb job!

DWSudekum · 09-01-2009, 11:48 PM

Excellent work on that box Merle

DW

scrollpup · 09-01-2009, 11:55 PM

I LOVE it Merle!! Great job! Wish my wife would give my router back so I could try something like that! The inlay is gorgeous too!

Jerry

Jediscroller · 09-02-2009, 12:37 AM

VERY nice Merle!!!!!!! Well done.

wood-n-things · 09-02-2009, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by scrollpup

I LOVE it Merle!! Great job! Wish my wife would give my router back so I could try something like that! The inlay is gorgeous too!Jerry

Gosh she sure holds a grudge a loooooong time...

Cutting Cathy · 09-02-2009, 12:41 AM

Merle, How beautiful!! The woods really compliment each other and the placement of the figure on the walnut... outstanding!! Lucky girl!

JohnB · 09-02-2009, 12:54 AM

G'day Merle, Now that is one beautiful box mate. Fit for a Princess.

Wood Dog · 09-02-2009, 01:00 AM

Sweeeeeeet project Merle. Love the inlay work too.

Sally · 09-02-2009, 01:26 AM

Very lovely!!

09-01-2009, 11:47 PM	#2
wood-n-things Behave Yourself..I can't. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Right here ---silly Posts: 6,006 Blog Entries: 1	She is going to cry...Superb job! __________________ The Mike One of them anyway. I don't make mistakes..I thought I made a mistake once, but I was wrong. Mike's Wood-n-Things

09-01-2009, 11:55 PM	#4
scrollpup Avatar by Casey Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Hot Springs,Arkansas Posts: 1,897	I LOVE it Merle!! Great job! Wish my wife would give my router back so I could try something like that! The inlay is gorgeous too! Jerry __________________ Work your fingers to the bone, and what do you get? Boney fingers.....Boney fingers.....

09-02-2009, 12:37 AM	#5
Jediscroller American Crafstman Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Galaxy far, far away Posts: 3,159 Blog Entries: 6	VERY nice Merle!!!!!!! Well done. __________________ Kevin Scrollsaw Patterns Online Making holes in wood with an EX-30, Craftsman 16" VS, Dremel 1680 and 1671

09-02-2009, 12:41 AM	#7
Cutting Cathy Proud Grandma Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Central Nebraska Posts: 643	Merle, How beautiful!! The woods really compliment each other and the placement of the figure on the walnut... outstanding!! Lucky girl! __________________ Cathy in NE "While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about." - Anonymous

09-02-2009, 12:54 AM	#8
JohnB 1 Tin Soldier Rides Away Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia Posts: 5,182	G'day Merle, Now that is one beautiful box mate. Fit for a Princess. __________________ Regards John "The Golden Mile" Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right, here I am, Stuck in the middle with you. Some of my Stuff Retired Medically Unfit WA Police Officers

09-01-2009, 11:48 PM	#3
DWSudekum Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 428	Excellent work on that box Merle DW

09-02-2009, 01:00 AM	#9
Wood Dog Senior member--Absolutely Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: MA USA Posts: 3,914	Sweeeeeeet project Merle. Love the inlay work too. __________________ WD

09-02-2009, 01:26 AM	#10
Sally Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Renton WA Posts: 1,628	Very lovely!!

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