Friday Woodworking – The knot is tied

Posted on 11/27/2015 by Andrew Reynolds

The Celtic heart shaped box is done.  This was a pain to cut and didn’t turn out exactly the way I wanted, but I learned a lot.  Here are some pictures of the box.

Marquetry glued down and finish applied.

Marquetry glued down and finish applied.

The top swings open. Not sure I like this, but the effect is interesting.

The top swings open. Not sure I like this, but the effect is interesting.

The box in clamps during the gluing process.

The box in clamps during the gluing process.

And finally, here is a peek at the next project on the bench:

Not telling what this is going to be.

Not telling what this is going to be.

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving Day.

I’d like to say thank you to all of you who follow my blog.  It’s wonderful to have so many of you following this little writing journey of mine.

If you need me – I’ll be in the shop,
Andrew

About Andrew Reynolds

Born in California Did the school thing studying electronics, computers, release engineering and literary criticism. I worked in the high tech world doing software release engineering and am now retired. Then I got prostate cancer. Now I am a blogger and work in my wood shop doing scroll saw work and marquetry.
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29 Responses to Friday Woodworking – The knot is tied

  1. weekendwoodworker7095 says:
    01/28/2016 at 11:32 am

    Nice work!

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  4. ParentingIsFunny says:
    11/28/2015 at 11:31 am

    It looks great. Nice work. Happy Thanksgiving to you as well! And thank you for being one of my faithful few followers. 🙂

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  5. Baydreamer says:
    11/28/2015 at 9:00 am

    Beautiful work, and Happy belated Thanksgiving! I always love how you end your posts about being in the shop. 🙂

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  6. Jacqui Murray says:
    11/28/2015 at 8:02 am

    How gorgeous. It seems you finished it so quickly! Is it a Christmas gift for some lucky relative?

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  7. artseafartsea says:
    11/27/2015 at 7:47 pm

    Love the box, so artistic.

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  8. jfwknifton says:
    11/27/2015 at 3:36 pm

    That is a lovely box. I wish I had the expertise to be able to make something as good as that!!

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  9. gentlekindness says:
    11/27/2015 at 12:56 pm

    This is a beautiful box. My uncle used to do wood working projects like this. He made me boxes and doll furniture.

    His gifts were always special to me. I enjoy seeing what projects you are working on. There is an element of humanity in hand crafted wood that is lost in the mass produced junk.

    Thank you for sharing and for visiting my little corner of WordPess.

    Much love,
    Annie ❤💙💜💕🌷

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  10. 2015chronicles says:
    11/27/2015 at 11:16 am

    Beautiful piece of work. Happy Thanksgiving to you too.
    Shine On

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  11. Paul J. Stam says:
    11/27/2015 at 10:54 am

    Fantastic

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  12. GP Cox says:
    11/27/2015 at 10:49 am

    Stunning!!

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  13. booguloo says:
    11/27/2015 at 10:13 am

    That is beautiful. I tried to do it side by side with beads for a bracelet, but got toooo confusing. Yours is great. I always wanted to do the arts and crafts.. I can’t sit for more than a half an hour.. so it’s got to have a short rhythm so I can get my muscle memory going.

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  14. Mirja says:
    11/27/2015 at 10:11 am

    That is a beautiful box Andrew. Are you going to put some soft e.g. Felt cladding inside.
    It would then make a beautiful jewellery box.:)

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  15. Carrie Rubin says:
    11/27/2015 at 10:02 am

    It looks wonderful!

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