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  • mking1
    17 November 2013 at 7:08 pm #21650

    Felt I needed to get my eye in before attempting all the dovetails on the tool chest, so started making a pencil box for a gift. A combination of oak and pine should highlight the joinery – hmm, no pressure.

    I’ll post the end result, however it turns out…

    Eddy Flynn
    17 November 2013 at 7:30 pm #21653

    thats coming along nicely Martin i like the contrast of the oak with the pine

    Eddy .. Liverpool, Merseyside, UK
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    Mark Armstrong
    17 November 2013 at 7:52 pm #21655

    Looks good to me.
    I love contrasting woods 😉

    Dagenham, Essex, England

    Greg Merritt
    17 November 2013 at 8:10 pm #21657

    So far so good Martin. Keep us posted.

    http://hillbillydaiku.com

    dborn
    18 November 2013 at 4:23 pm #21725

    Looks good! I like the contrast of the two woods.

    mking1
    24 November 2013 at 10:46 am #22176

    Coming along ok now. With practice I’ll hopefully get a bit quicker, but for now I’m just enjoying the process.

    Mark Armstrong
    24 November 2013 at 4:13 pm #22204

    Looks nice Martin 😉

    Dagenham, Essex, England

    mking1
    1 February 2014 at 9:30 pm #27003

    I got round to taking some pictures of the pencil box I finished a couple of weeks back. A couple of coats of Danish oil and furniture wax brought out the grain and the contrast between the pine and the oak.

    Mark Armstrong
    2 February 2014 at 1:38 am #27019

    Nice job Martin 😉
    I love contrasting woods just dose it form me.

    Dagenham, Essex, England

    Greg Merritt
    2 February 2014 at 1:56 am #27021

    Well done Martin. I like the contrasting woods as well.

    http://hillbillydaiku.com

    John Moore
    2 February 2014 at 3:26 am #27024

    Very nice, the contrast is a great feature. I like the divider inside. Well done with the arch.

    Lakeland, Florida USA

    DeniseG
    2 February 2014 at 4:22 am #27026

    Great looking pencil box, Martin. I like the arched divider inside. That could be useful in a variety of box configurations.

    i'd prefer to make it myself

    jespiir
    2 February 2014 at 8:08 pm #27100

    Very neat looking box!

    Great contrast with the wood selection and the dovetails look superb.

    These boxes are really a great project 🙂

    Located in Jönköping, Sweden.

    David Gill
    2 February 2014 at 8:48 pm #27106

    Nice boxes Martin I also like the contrasting materials and the little internal dividers

    Wigan, Lancs. England :

    mking1
    2 February 2014 at 11:02 pm #27123

    Thanks for the kind comments. The contrasting woods certainly highlight the joinery and make the more expensive hardwoods go further. 😉 Probably something to be used in moderation though, as it could overshadow other features of the design if over-done.

    The divider for the pencil sharpener and eraser is just a housing dado on each end and a shallow arch cut the same way as Paul did on the coffee table project (saw cuts and chisel bevel-down).

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