The Woodshop Shed

Yellowheart Cutting Boards

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Never considered using Yellowheart before on cutting boards. Came out nice!

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53 Wedding Anniversary Gift for my Dad

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So here is the other project that I made for my dad. Obviously it is not a big as my mom's ring box buy I really love how it came together. Especially considering how much time I had to complete it. I started it on Wednesday morning and got the main part of the box cut out then had to leave it until Thursday afternoon. Worked on it till late Friday night and got back to it late Saturday afternoon then finished it up about 1am Saturday night. I had to dig through all of my Walnut to get the pieces that I wanted. Measures about 12 1/2” tall by 6 1/2” wide by 5 1/2” deep. I finished this one totally with hand planes and tools. Didn't use sandpaper on this one. Kind of impressed myself. My dad was super surprised. He knew about the one for our mother. He had his on his night stand that night and was using already before we left the next day. He really loved it. Of course he loves Walnut too. I'm glad I was able to get it finished up in time.

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53 Wedding Anniversary Gift for my Mom

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So my mom had been hinting around for quite a while that she wanted a ring box for all her rings. She had asked my brother that does Leather work for one too. So we got together and collaborated on a box together for her. We have a large family. The two Humming Birds represent our parents and the 13 flowers represent all the kids. One set of twins so there are two identical flowers. the leather design is my brothers own. I came up with the box. He helped me install all the leather. We both love how it turned out. Our Mother was super excited about the box. Made out of Aromatic Cedar with yellow Alaskan Cedar dividers in the top. I have not done many dovetails. These were the first that I incorporated into one of my boxes. The box measures 9” deep x 15” wide x 7 1/2” tall. The box sits down into the bottom frame about a 16th of an inch. That was fun to figure out how to do and keep all the same angles. The panel door and the drawer fronts and the base are all cut on a 15 degree angle. Really enjoyed this projects. After I finished this one I started to feel bad about not having done anything for my dad so I got busy and built him a Keepsake box out of Walnut. I will post pics of his as well.

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