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Arrowhead boxes
Dec 12, 2009
A friend who is an arrowhead collector asked me to make a set of boxes for his collection, and this is what I came up with. Each box is about 5.5 by 8 inches and made of reclaimed cherry and walnut. The arrowheads are carved from birdseye maple. The boxes are finished with spray poly and hand rubbed. The lids are higed with steel pins through the sides of the boxes into the edge of the lid. Holes are filled with a mixture of poly and cherry sawdust.
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Beautiful work, John.
Would it be too much to ask to take a picture of one of the boxes open? I would love to see how you hinged them, or if they are not hinged, how you set the inside of the lid.
Thanks!
Michael
Misha,
The lids are hinged by drilling and inserting a pin through the box side into the edge of the lid. I counter-sink the steel pin, and then mix poly varnish and cherry sawdust to fill the holes. The tricky part comes in drilling the holes through the sides and into the lid edge. Accurate measuring and drilling make it work.
Beautiful work. How did you curve the box sides
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