Curlie Maple Box

[Tom Niemi]

Seeing Jims curlie maple I thought I would put one I just made for a gift for my dad. The curlie maple I used is not near as nice as Jims but not too bad though. The accent wood is walnut. Finish is just tung oil finish.

Thanks, Tom

[Gayl Beals]

Tom That’s a mighty fine looking box And It has a good finish on it.:thumb:

[Mohammad Madha]

Tom, that is a beautiful box. Nice gift for your dad.

[Vaughn McMillan]

Sweet! Pretty wood, and you did a great job with it. :thumb:

[Bill Satko]

Really nice looking box, Tom!

[larry merlau]

well tom i can see that those miterd corners reall y were given yu fits,,, darn good ones i might add:D thats a real nice box and the wood is sweet too.. yu dun good MrT:thumb:

[Mark Kosmowski]

Very nice!

[Stuart Ablett]

Tom, that looks great, thanks for sharing! :thumb:

[Tom Niemi]

Good morning all and thanks for the nice comments. this was a challenging box for me but it came out fine. the 45s are getting better larry but still room for improvement. Just finished a 45 degree angle sled last night needed for my final box to build this weedend hopefully that will help dial them in

Tom

[Frank Fusco]

Looks fine to me. :thumb: And, I think that is some fine looking maple.

[jerry mayfield]

Very Nice.

Jerry

[Ralph Connor]

Very nice. Was the sides connected to the bottom or just setting loose??

[Garry Foster]

Tom

:thumb:Sure is a pretty box..
Garry

[Tom Niemi]

Very nice. Was the sides connected to the bottom or just setting loose??

Again thanks all for the kind comments, I do appreciate them :thumb:

Ralph, the base is seperate from the box. Kind of like a hidden area between the box bottom and base bottom. Nice tight fit so they stay together when picked up

Tom

[allen levine]

great stuff tom, so if Im following you used a sled on the tablesaw to cut those tighty tight mitres? help me out here, Im mitre challenged.

[Jim DeLaney]

Nice work!

I hope I can do something nearly so nice as that with my maple.

[Marshall Border]

Tom it looks fine and I know that anybody will love it , don't worry anyone will see the talent that has gone into this .......... Marshall :wave:

[Tom Niemi]

great stuff tom, so if Im following you used a sled on the tablesaw to cut those tighty tight mitres? help me out here, Im mitre challenged.

Thanks Allen. For this box I just used my miter guage that came with my table saw. attatched an extension so I could attatch a stop block for repetition. LOTS of set up cuts until I was happy with the miters. I made the sled for another box I am currently working on that the box sides were too tall to use the miter guage. I'll post some pics of my setup for you tomarrow.

Tom

[Royall Clark]

Good lookin box Tom, nice use of materials.

[Donald Stonecipher]

Most excellent!! I like boxes.