80 Build A Wooden Keepsake Box Update

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Build a wooden keepsake box. And this year i have the perfect scheme. Small boxes like these allow you to showcase the beautiful details of a piece of wood. I made my box a square so all sides are the same size. Premium memory boxes 6.
This is a great woodworking project that includes box joints and an easy to make inlay in the lid. It could be an unusual color a highly figured pattern or just an eye pleasing wave of grain. Hope you enjoy the video and are able to learn something new. I recently made a few wooden boxes to give out as christmas gifts.
Materials 1 7 8 x 6 x 30 pine or wood of choice. The custom keepsake box is our top selling memorial gift item. Cut pieces for the box. Cut splines in keepsake box corners.
Even if you know nothing about creating inlays you ll have no problem crafting the inlay for this project. Made in the usa from solid premium walnut wood the interior is a spacious 8 x 6 x 2 high. If you wanted you could make it more of a rectangle and lengthen one side. Nov 6 2018 explore ray bousquet s board wooden box plans on pinterest.
I made the box in this. I followed mad raven s tutorial here to build it from some plywood scraps i had in the shop. Basically a spline is just a groove cut in the corner of a box. While the malls are jammed with poor saps i ll be in my shop blissfully building these boxes for everyone on my list.
Using the jig shown above i simple placed the box corner into the jig and cut a groove on the table saw like shown. With the right plans materials and equipment you can construct this simple wooden box as shown here. If you re looking for a special box for special items you ll love our wooden keepsake box plans. You really gave me reason to make a shooting board set up cutting miters and getting them right is always a challenge and your method appears to simplify this and can be meditative as well.
As the holidays approach my thoughts turn to how i can weasel out of gift shopping. One piece for the front back and two sides. You could splurge on an exotic species or simply use choice leftovers from another project. But i cut a piece of 1 6 scrap at 5 long to make a square bottom piece and four side pieces at 6 long like the picture.
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