Mahogany Spice Box with String and Berry Inlay
March 15th, 2009 in The Gallery
Sanjeev, member
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Closeup of Dovetailed Drawers
I wanted to do a project to practice hand-cut dovetails. When I saw Steve Latta's spicebox (FWW #196) it looked like an ideal project with more than 100 dovetails. I enhanced the design with ogee feet as I wanted to try these feet. The project had plenty of other things it offered - hidden compartments, shop made moulding, tombstone door with mitered sticking and through mortise and tenons, mortised hinges and lock, string and berry inlay and much more. I used mahogany for the primary wood and poplar for the secondary wood with the center drawer of paduak. The inlay was made with holly, ebony and cocobolo. The finish was dye, oil, shellac and wax. The box is 12 1/4 in. deep by 16-1/2 in. wide by 21-5/16 in. tall.
Design or Plan used: Pennsylvania Spice Box with Line and Berry Inlay
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