maple – going to pieces

Miniature Wooden Music Box

This little gem plays the Pink Panther theme song when you spin the crank. The box itself is made of mostly walnut with other woods striping the lid — oak, maple, cherry. The sound emanates from copper pipes in the way of a giant church organ. There is also a copper plate with holes drilled into it to act as a speaker screen to allow the music to float out as well. Its pretty amazing the way the music is amplified by these two styles of sautered metal designs incorporated into the top of the wooden lid.

Blue Jay Cigar Box

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This box is made with curly maple wood. It was a birthday gift for my friend and business partner, Jay. The outside carvings are inspired by those old, antique cigar boxes. The copper stamped detail on the top right of the door is a tribute to his birth year. There are lots of details inside – wooden rulers as drawer backs and peg backs; vintage war posters are lining the bottom of the drawers; a removable watch rack; slide-by doors with a cut out and trimmed square as a grip; another container is enclosed with a door that opens down and is detailed with a red “handmade” thumbprint stamp. Inside the door on the lower, right corner is my signature initials carved in. The door is held securely shut with magnets in the corners.
With all of the compartments and the watch holding rack this is a design suited for a man to store his jewelry and other small treasures.

Travel Chess Set

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This chess set is created out of maple and walnut woods to create the “whites” and “blacks”. Its got small magnets on the inside corners to hold the board tightly closed when its folded in half. The pieces all fit snuggly inside and is practically a puzzle in its own right to put away!

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365 Create: Day 1

365 Create

Starting out a post-a-day project for 2013. My wife and I are both going to participate. I’m always looking for a reason to create.

This is a maple cabinet that I made for my living room. I drew the girl with the gas mask on the front and the planes on the inside. I made the copper handles for the drawers. The drawers I made are actually individual boxes that pull out and have lids. The dovetails are all hand cut and chiseled. It was a great project to hone in on my dovetailing. All in all, its about 16 inches tall and 9 3/4 inches across.

Please come back tomorrow to check for another post.