inlay box

[heppnerguy]

OK.  I made a serious effort to try inlay. One of  my German exchange students we had live with us for 9 months, loves little boxes and I love scrolling, so when I tried to figure out what I was going to do for my first inly project I thought about a little box and thought that she would be the perfect person to give it to. So I got a simple box patterns off Steve Good's sight, changed the inlay pattern from a fish to a kitten playing with a ball of yarn, re-read the help that Jim sent me and went for  it. It is not perfect, but I think for the first one, it is just fine. I think I figured out what I did wrong and I will make another project before too long. I think she will like it, it was fun to make for me.

 

Dick

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[wombatie]

Looks great to me Dick.  Very well done my friend.

 

Marg

[multitom]

Dick, it is beautifully done and I am sure she will treasure this gift.

Thanks for sharing .

[amazingkevin]

Kitty looks just fine what impresses me is how in the world did you do the thin box sides?

[Dan72]

As Kevin had stated ...those sides are very thin and uniform . Great job!

[Jim Finn]

Good job on your inlay.  Now, be careful...you may get addicted,  like I am.

[browders]

Nice work, and I agree the sides are amazing. What's the secret?

[heppnerguy]

For the thin walls, first you need to be a lousy cutter so the thickness is not uniform... ha ha   no, actually I bought myself a 12 sander and I have found it to be one of my favorite tools, now  and I use it a lot. With outside lines like the ones for a circle, as in this little box, I just rapidly cut about a 16th of an inch outside the line and take it to my sander and I can sand it to the line or even less if I desire, in a very short time. That is how I can achieve the thickness I am looking for. Second I used mahagony, which is quite dense and can stay strong even in a thin cut. so heavy dense wood and my 12 inch sander is my secret, if you want to call it that.

 

Dick

heppnerguy

[Ron Johnson]

Nice work Dick. Looks great. I love mahogany.

What are you putting inside the box?

[heppnerguy]

Nice work Dick. Looks great. I love mahogany.

What are you putting inside the box?

Ron,  All I put into this little box was love, I mailed it to Germany today.

 

Dick

heppnerguy

[Sparkey]

Very nice I'm sure she will love it.

[Clayton717]

excellent job. I'm sure the lady will love it.

[Luperez548]

Simply beautiful job. Thanks for sharing.

[frankorona]

Great idea, she will have a beautiful memory.  

[bobscroll]

You did a real nice job on the box Dick, Thank you

for showing, Bob     

[Fish]

That came out very nice, good work.

[PawPawRay]

Looks great.  Never tried inlay before, maybe I'll give it a try.