I made this in my tiny little shop (man, I’d really LOVE to have a window). Two are #4 hard maple shaker boxes with African mahogany tops.  Also made two #3 shaker boxes from walnut with butternut tops.  Hit them with some natural danish oil and after they dry for about 3 days or so, I’ll shoot them with about 4 coats of a satin poly.  The hardest part for me is milling the stock to 1/16th of an inch....I seen to be able to get a better result on my table saw instead of the bandsaw....anyhow, I hope all youse guys are staying safe and healthy!  I can’t wait until this comes to an end.

Those look nice!

1 minute ago, Woodbutcherbynight said:

Those look nice!

Thanks.  This is the first time I used walnut.  I like the way they came out, so I’ll likely be making more of them.

Those are fantastic!

Great looking boxes. Really dig that walnut pair. Nice contrast with the maple(?) Tops.

37 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

Great looking boxes. Really dig that walnut pair. Nice contrast with the maple(?) Tops.

I was very happy with the way these turned out.  Especially the walnut ones..they have a butternut top....thanks Gene.

Hey Paul, how well did the walnut bend? Walnut can get pretty brittle, just curious.

3 minutes ago, John Morris said:

Hey Paul, how well did the walnut bend? Walnut can get pretty brittle, just curious.

With the smaller #3’s, they bent pretty easily.  I did try to make a #4, but it cracked when I tried bending it.  I think it was my own fault because I have a hard time milling to 1/16th of an inch, and I think the one that cracked was closer to an 1/8th of an inch.

They’re beautiful. Hope you enough wood to ride out this situation. From what I’m seeing, our parts are about to start seeing large increases in the next couple of weeks. Stay safe. 

Pauley, I'll join with the others on the beauty and wonderful craftsmanship of those boxes.  I am proud of you that you can do this.  I'll just keep watching.  Not going to attempt this.  

John, in my experience, only overly fast kiln dried walnut displays that brittlness. Properly air dried, the walnut I've used is not brittle at all. 

14 hours ago, Artie said:

They’re beautiful. Hope you enough wood to ride out this situation. From what I’m seeing, our parts are about to start seeing large increases in the next couple of weeks. Stay safe. 

I still have some wood left, but it is getting low...thanks for the kind words, Artie.  Hope your healthy and safe.

14 hours ago, FlGatorwood said:

Pauley, I'll join with the others on the beauty and wonderful craftsmanship of those boxes.  I am proud of you that you can do this.  I'll just keep watching.  Not going to attempt this.  

Thank you very much for saying that.  It’s really not as difficult as it may seem...thank you again.

Pauly, I thought of you when I saw this. 

 

21 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

Pauly, I thought of you when I saw this. 

 

I think I just may have to try and make something like this....thanks Gene!

Those are really beautiful Paul.  The contrasting lids make them really stand out.

3 hours ago, Cal said:

Those are really beautiful Paul.  The contrasting lids make them really stand out.

Thanks Cal....first time with walnut for these boxes and I’m very happy with them....

6 hours ago, Pauley said:

I think I just may have to try and make something like this....thanks Gene!

I’d love to follow that, if you’re up for it.

43 minutes ago, Artie said:

I’d love to follow that, if you’re up for it.

Same, I enjoy a homemade tool build.  Built a router cabinet / drawer here couple years back.  Got lots of good input and suggestions for it.  

 

Love all the boxes. The brass really makes the walnut pop.