Small Boxes with lid Inlay

[D L Ames]

I finally tried my hand at making my own inlay strips. Making the inlay strips was a lot easier than I thought it would be and I ended up using a few of the inlay strips on some small boxes I made for my Dad and FIL for Father's Day.







Additional pix are in my album here.

D L

 

[Terry]

They are Beautiful DL. What kind of wood did you use? Terry:eusa_clap

 

[DaveO]

DL, those are extremely sharp. I really like the 3-D effect of the inlay, and you made three. A trifecta of beautiful work :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

Dave

 

[erasmussen]

That is really great:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap
that inlay indead has a 3d effect:icon_thum
just wish i could do something like that

 

[dozer]

Another great looking project. Man when i finally get time to make something i'm going to look like a hack :lol:

 

[D L Ames]

They are Beautiful DL. What kind of wood did you use? Terry:eusa_clap

Terry, the box is made of cherry and the inlay is made out of some walnut, ash, birch, and one other that is a mystery wood? It might be some left over bloodwood I had laying around.

D L

 

[stoneskippers]

I,m wanting to do some inlay and yours are great. Nice work.

 

[McRabbet]

Very pretty results with excellent craftsmanship. Nicely done!

Rob

 

[Splinter]

Those are really nice boxes. :eusa_clap :eusa_clap I hope to try my hand at boxes one day when I grow up.

 

[cskipper]

Those look great!

 

[b4man]

Those boxes are beautiful and I hope you'll share the method of making the inlay pieces. BTW, your grass is also beautiful!!

 

[cpowell]

D.L.,

Those are absoultely beautiful. :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

I'd love to read a detailed explanation of the inlay process. Off the top of my head I don't have a clue how you deal with such small pieces.

I'm impressed!

Chuck

 

[D L Ames]

Those boxes are beautiful and I hope you'll share the method of making the inlay pieces. BTW, your grass is also beautiful!!

D.L., Those are absolutely beautiful. :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

I'd love to read a detailed explanation of the inlay process. Off the top of my head I don't have a clue how you deal with such small pieces.

I'm impressed!

Chuck

Thanks Barbara and Chuck. This was the first time I tried making my own inlays and it turns out the process is really fairly simple and not tedious at all. I have a few scraps left over from the stock I glued up and will put some notes together in another thread to let everyone know how it was made. Thanks for your comments and interest.

D L

 

[Dutchman]

Very fine work. I like how you ran your felt up the sides in line with your front panel. I also like they way you box open with no visible hardware. Very nice!

 

[lwhughes149]

Beautiful boxes D.L.

 

[Travis Porter]

Cool DL. I like the way it opens as well.

 

[DavidF]

Those are really sharp - well done:eusa_clap

 

[DavidF]

I just followed the link to your album - very nice!!!!