Brink's first box attempt

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Nice guitar Brinkster. Is that curly koa?
 

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Putting splines in the miters.
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Top is shaped.
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Scraped the swirly walnut.
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Routed the hinge mortises
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Little black walnut bracket feet. image.jpg


Ready for finish.
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Looks nice - Pretty good work for a drunken cowboy Monkey. I like the top.
How do you like your scraper plane??
 

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Nice! Can't wait to see that wood pop with the finish.
 

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Looks nice - Pretty good work for a drunken cowboy Monkey. I like the top.
How do you like your scraper plane??

Thanks mike,
The scraper plane works very well, once you figure out its little nuances.

And, monkeys have tails, I don't
 

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Nice! It really did make the spalt lines more defined.:good2:
 

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Man that is really nice. Some lucky recipient is going to get a really nice hand made box. :ok:
 

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Just about done. Four coats of hand brushed poly, then buffed out. This could be my last box. This took as much time as an armoire, and the small work was not the most enjoyable. I will be very happy to send it away.
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First and last- That is too bad Brink- NICE box. I know what you mean though- They can be a HUGE amount of work.
 

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Anything that comes easy is not worth doing, great looking box my friend. Funny how people will look at a box like that and think hey whip me up one, and they have no idea how much work actually goes into something like that. I have always said that the finish can take as long as the project sometimes.
 

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Came out awesome. It is not exactly flat work though. I love the radiused sides . You did so many things that are a step beyond the average box that took extra time. I like doing the tedious work so I see this as inspiration.
 

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Anything that comes easy is not worth doing, great looking box my friend. Funny how people will look at a box like that and think hey whip me up one, and they have no idea how much work actually goes into something like that. I have always said that the finish can take as long as the project sometimes.

Charles Neil once told me that you should have already picked out the finish to any piece before you start it. Not sure I agree but hard to argue with a guy who gets results like he does.
 
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