Kyle’s Jewelry Box

Viewer Project - By Kyle Lamb from British Columbia, Canada
Added on May 19, 2016

My inspiration for this project was Gary Rogowski’s box featured in Episode-224. It was a beautiful design and I stuck pretty close to it, although I made some refinements and adjusted the dimensions. I did keep with the Asian theme as it is my favored style such as the infamous George Nakashima. I thought it would be perfect for a friend who helped me through a tough time last year when a table saw accident almost claimed my right thumb. Marc’s videos were a big source of inspiration to not be scared of my tools, and to heal and get back into my shop and start making dust again. I have refined the shop with safety being paramount!

The Jewelry Box is made out of Douglas fir, purple heart and mahogany on the lid. I kept the joinery simple with box joints, stopped dados and a breadboard lid. Finish is Linseed oil with Bees wax and turpentine buffed out.

I have to thank Marc for all the work he has put out there for someone like me who felt stuck. It was a good kick in the pants to start again!

Discussion

MRS. C May 19, 2016 4:01 pm

Seriously a beautiful piece of work! You have great talent and craftmanship.
Well done on facing your fears and back to creating dust again!
Would very much like to see some more of your future pieces.

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- Kyle l. May 23, 2016 3:24 pm
  
  Thanks ! its very cool to have something posted on here !!
  If you wish to see future pieces i do have a face book page to follow along,
  Hive Studio Woodworks.
  
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Andrew Wilkerson May 27, 2016 9:34 pm

Very nice Kyle, I’m wondering how you did the breadboard lid, are you worried about wood movement with the end grain glued to the side grain or is there an allowance for expanding and shrinking? Are they glued toward the front edge only?

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- Kyle June 6, 2016 4:15 pm
  
  What you cannot see is that i hollowed out the center of the tenon slightly for allowances and is mainly glued on the ends , But over all i am not worried to much the wood was all reclaimed from a house built in the 1950’s very stable stuff . Thanks for the compliment !
  
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Mike Esposito December 13, 2016 11:25 am

Kyle, I know what it’s like to have an accident on the table saw. Then you have to get back on the bicycle and ride it again. I cut all 5 of my fingers, it looked worse then it was but lots of stitches. It was my fault when it happened, it was when I was first starting with wood working and didn’t appreciate a good fear of my tools. Now I’m always looking to make sure my TS is unplugged when working on it like measuring or changing blades or just anything when not cutting. Anyway, that’s a beautiful box and maybe one day I make one myself.

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kyle k. January 7, 2021 3:27 pm

must be something with the name! i too cut my middle finger pretty bad on the table saw but forced myself to use it again the same day. i just didn’t want to have to quit working with wood. to that end i’m going to attempt to replicate this beautiful box (with your blessing of course) for my best friends new born baby girl.
stay safe!
Kyle

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