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Jewelry Box Project part 4

Making the Jewelry Box

Update: I just noticed I made this it own separate post. the original is  here, I will keep this one but i will add it to the other as well

I Think this is Jewelry box project part 4.

This one is for my niece Grace and as uniquely fun to make as the others so far.

Making the Jewelry boxThis one started from 2 – 2″ thick butcher block style pieces glued together to make 1 – 5″ X 8″ X 4″ block. and also 1 for the lid.

Making the Jewelry boxOnce the glue dried. I think I let it set a day or two, I drew out the pattern I wanted on top on the ol computer and then used a jagged wheel to trace out the opening I would drill, and a hammer and nail to mark the the holes I would drill for the dowels. Off to the ol Drill press to drill the holes. I didn’t go all the way through as I wanted the bottom to be solid.

I changed out the blade to start drilling mass out of the center. This was a long an tedious process, but better that listing to the high pitched router longer than I had to. I then Built a Quick Jig to  put the router on so I could smooth out the edges from the drilling. This turned out pretty well, but some day I will have to get new router blades that are a tab bit deeper.

Making the Jewelry BoxMaking the Jewelry BoxI prepped the dowel rods, cutting them to about 2 1/2 inches, then installed the dado blade on my table saw. set the fence to  the thickness I wanted the base and the top to be. set the depth to about 3/4″ and ran the box sideways through the saw so that the middle was smaller that the outside edges.

Next step I installed the Dowels, putting a little wood glue to hold them in and taped them with a hammer jut to make sure they were snug and let them dry. I then put it through the table saw to cut off the excess. and quick run through the plainer as well and the base was done!

Making the Jewelry BoxMaking the Jewelry BoxOK So that third chuck I talked about in the first paragraph. I ran it through the plainer till it was just about 1/2 of an inch. I traced out the opening from the base on it and took the router and cleared off the  edges so it would sit down in the opening on the base. I secured the lid on with some frog tape so I could attach the hinges to it. I let it all sit for a day or two  and them i stained it all with a dark gel stain.

Not pictured but I finished the inside bottom off with some purple felt to have a soft place for  items to sit.

 

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