Popular Post chrisphr Posted December 15, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 I milled up some scrap lumber to just shy of 3/8" to edge my shop plywood counter tops but as the holidays approached, decided to repurpose to make gift boxes. 27 of them. Milled boards with slot for bottom panel. You can see some prototypes I made in the background... Miter cut with all pieces in continuous grain match order. Glue up, used plywood for the bottom mostly to keep this project moving quickly. Packing tape and rubber bands as clamps. Batched them through the spline jig, trying out a couple decorative configurations for the splines (why the heck not?). Time to find some scrap for the tops. Couple lessons here, use a feather board when sending these lids through the router table and sever the grain with a marking gauge to avoid tear out. Two things that I should have known better before chunking up this one lid... Lids in all their glory. 12degree taper along the lid edges. Finished with Danish oil and moved on from learning woodworking skills to an unanticipated lesson in scrap booking skills. There is hard candy inside the box, it will be a pretty awesome let down if the receiver doesn't appreciate the packaging. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 Your inner Elf is really shining. Those will be a hit and remembered long after the big day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 Wow. Thats a heck of a lot of boxes at once. Nice work , Chris. I am pretty sure whoever receives one of those will really appreciate the work you put into it ! Merry Christmas ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 Those look great! That's a lot of boxes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 Nice work! That almost falls in the category of mass produced instead of custom woodworking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephThomas Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 Many much boxes. I'm surprised you put finish on all of them, that's the mark of a patient man. Nice job. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 Anyone let down by the candy inside is undeserving of such a nice gift! Well done. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chrisphr Posted December 15, 2016 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 That almost falls in the category of mass produced instead of custom woodworking. China has nothing on me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Anyone let down by the candy inside is undeserving of such a nice gift! Well done. You are right about that! Kids are each getting one (it was obligatory), so there will be at least three that will be happier with the candy than the box. I'll post a pic when they destroy their box, expect it prior to the new year. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dknapp34 Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 That is some serious dedication! Nice looking boxes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jfitz Posted December 17, 2016 Report Share Posted December 17, 2016 Because 28 was just too many? They look great. Nicely done! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna S Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 Those look great! I just started making little boxes about that size for another project, but I'm using up scrap wood so every one is a slightly different size. This looks so much more efficient! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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