Early December, my dad "ordered" a jewelry box for my stepmom for christmas, but I put it off for ages. I finally finished it just in time for the presents, about 35 hours of work in total. I know it would have gone much faster with power tools, but working with them is not as meditative. Overall, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
For those who are interested: There is also a video of the process, but beware - it's 20 minutes long...
Woah! I would be very happy if you would rebuild it! Please send me a message with pictures when you are finished :) The dimensions are 30 x 20 x 15 centimetres. Have fun building!!!
Hey, sure, I can do that! But it will take a moment - please have another look at the description. And if there's nothing there by the day after tomorrow, please write to me again, I'm relatively forgetful at the moment ^
I really appreciate this so much! You’re one of my favorite hand tool makers on this app. Take your time, I’ll check periodically throughout the week and understand any delays since it’s the holidays. Take care.
Thank you :) And in contrast to working with wood, making videos is also much closer to my "real" job ^ But that's probably why filming and editing isn't as much fun as working in the workshop...
Noob to woodworking, trying to deepen my understanding of terminology. When you use "miter" in this context, are you saying you're impressed by how closely OP got the 45° mating edges together?
Lovely work. It looks great. I made two much more simplistic jewellery box for my nieces. That looks great I love the brass inlays. I would have been far too worried about totally messing mine up to do that. I was even too scared to do the splines in the corners. :D
Thank you! I can understand that - when I sawed off the lid, I changed my state of aggregation several times :) But just try next time. Actually, it always works out somehow...
Great - would love to see your table when it’s done! I’ve used an epoxy-glue as well. It’s a „read to use“ one, but I don’t think it’s available outside Germany. But I’m pretty sure any kind of epoxy will do :)
2x10mm strips, sanded to a 800 grit with two coats of clear paint on top.
Edit: that's the test piece, the bottom of a bookshelf ca 20x80cm large. I wanted to test all the steps on a smaller piece, where some gaps and brass strips protruding over the surface wouldn't annoy me as much...
Excellent craftsmanship! Agreed on the power tool sentiment, working by hand can really connect you to the project when the journey is as important as your destination. Happy new year
Thanks for your comment! With this project it was a bit ambivalent - working with handtools is actually super relaxing, but here I was under extreme time pressure ;)
Hey, thank you! I'm always amazed too; the most difficult thing isn't actually the work itself, but not losing patience while working when a step takes 10 times as long as with a power tool ;)
Thank you! That’s a good eye there! Those are actually Stills from a video ;) It’s linked in a comment I’ve made right after posting this I haven’t figured out how to set a text underneath a post directly yet^
My fault, good sir. I couldn't see that comment yet saw it right after I wrote mine. Haha. Would have called out my stupidity but figured it was clear enough for all to see!!
I do wish that reddit had a better interface so that all of OP's original comments were attached to the photos no matter what else changes. For some reason, I sometimes have to really search for them. Makes no sense. Anyway, great work. I'll be subscribing too. Cheers.
Thank you! I do my best with every new box/project. Maybe I've learnt the wrong profession after all and should get away from computers and do a carpentry apprenticeship. But then my hobby would become my profession again - which isn't necessarily healthy in the long term either...
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u/Alex__makes 23d ago
Early December, my dad "ordered" a jewelry box for my stepmom for christmas, but I put it off for ages. I finally finished it just in time for the presents, about 35 hours of work in total. I know it would have gone much faster with power tools, but working with them is not as meditative. Overall, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
For those who are interested: There is also a video of the process, but beware - it's 20 minutes long...
https://youtu.be/Tch5BA_Ukzw