Trinket box

[oscarl48]

Thought I'd take you all along a little project. I am making a trinket box for a friend who is a bee keeper. Here is the initial design.

This is one of my favorite box designs because it is super easy and fast. Butt joints with dowels for decoration and reinforcement.

The hinge are two hidden dowels. You have to round over the bottom portion of the lid so it will swing open but a router bit or rasp does quick work on it.

[dbemus]

Very nice project!! I like the easy fast design elements! Looking forward to seeing the finished product! Your illustrations are Great!

[spalted]

I really like that design a lot, I'm looking forward to seeing the end result too.

[oscarl48]

I had a bunch of honey do's today so didn't get a chance to start. Probably get it done in the next few days.

Hope to see a few examples from you guys.

[Deolman]

Are your drawings made with sketchup?

[oscarl48]

I am using blender 3d. The newest version is a beast in a good way.

[oscarl48]

I got lazy and I'm going to use some metal hinges. I need to start designing some angels for my other neighbor's trinket box.

This box should be done by tonight. I'll post pictures then but a very simple project.

I'm also in the middle of carving some family crests. Promised my brothers last year so hopefully for Christmas I can have it to them.

[oscarl48]

I am calling it complete for this project.

First and second coat of lacquer on. I'll let it harden a little bit more and then lightly sand and give it one last coat.

[Mikewiz]

Very nice looking. Came out great!

[dbemus]

Beautiful work!! Thanks for sharing!

[oscarl48]

Hopefully not too frightening and make the kids cry. Still trying to get better at digital sculpting.

Another very helpful neighbor likes angels so I thought to make her a trinket box as well. Here is the design I am going for. Thoughts?

[spalted]

I like the one you completed, it turned out great!

Your angle one looks like it should carve really nice too.

[Mugsowner]

Hello Oscar, the design is great. I think a trinket box with a delicate nature should have a shallow carving applied to accent the box. Deeper carving seem to aggressive to me for delicate projects. I like your angels, but the eyes draw my attention. Thinking if the heads were tilted down a bit to look like they are resting on their shoulder would take the draw off the eyes and put more draw on the angels themselves. Just a couple thoughts.

[oscarl48]

Thanks gents.

Another one done.

Great critique on the pattern. I will go back and fix the eyes at some point. Thankfully the carving itself came out fairly good and the detail was low enough they lost the demon-like qualities and just look cute.

These take only a few hours to complete they are so simple.

[oscarl48]

and it continues...

My wife asked me, "but what about our other neighbor?" Here is my design so far for the lid.

[dbemus]

Elegant!! You're neighbor will be delighted!

[oscarl48]

Done and done. Three boxes completed in time for Christmas.

Three family crests almost completed but will not be ready for Christmas. Well...I did better than last year.

[dbemus]

Beautiful work Oscar. Time to relax and enjoy the Christmas Holiday! Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy, New Year!