heart puzzle box, with magnets!

[Wichman]

A puzzle box with a twist; there's a magnet in the bottom of the hole for the pin, with panel nails in the pin to hold against the magnet. And you need a magic wand to open it. The pin was originally a standard heart, I flattened the heart so I could cut the pin in the shape of a key.

Wood: 1 1/2 X 1 1/2 inch oak

Blades: FD Polar #1 for the pin and sliding dovetail, Polar #5 for the inside void, the outside of the heart shape and to rip the 1/8" bottom.

The only tricky part of the puzzle box is the order of cutting must be followed. 1. rip the bottom piece, 2. cut the pin, etc...

 

[daveww1]

nice job

[barb.j.enders]

That looks great.

Alex Snodgrass did a similar puzzle box in the shape of an apple.  A worm was the key and the stem was the magnet to pull the worm out. 

 

[Wichman]

Barb,

     Good thing I have a video of one of my boxes time stamped at Jan 2019. I had stopped cutting these because I kept losing the pin, the magnet was put in out of desperation, one day it just hit me, "magnets".

 

[Scrappile]

Thanks for the video, That guy does a good job on it.  Very relaxed and prepared.  Enjoy watching.