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Wrapping gifts like a woodworker and dove tail puzzle box
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Wrapping gifts like a woodworker and dove tail puzzle box
Turned a 2' long 2x4 into Christmas wrapping. Should be a fun gift for them to open, although they may be expecting a leg lamp.
Last edited by Beave2012 on Mon Dec 14, 2015 7:49 pm, edited 1 time in total.
-Beave
Re: Wrapping gifts like a woodworker
Now that's thinking outside the box! Good idea.
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rjent
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Re: Wrapping gifts like a woodworker
What a great and thoughtful idea!
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1965 Mark VII S/N 407684
1951 10 ER S/N ER 44570 -- Reborn 9/16/14
1950 10 ER S/N ER 33479 Reborn July 2016
1950 10 ER S/N ER 39671
1951 jigsaw X 2
1951 !0 ER #3 in rebuild
500, Jointer, Bsaw, Bsander, Planer
2014 Mark 7 W/Lift assist - 14 4" Jointer - DC3300
And a plethora of small stuff .....
"The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine." - Benjamin Franklin
Re: Wrapping gifts like a woodworker
This was the project of late. Dove tailed puzzle boxes. These ones are maple with mahogany keys. The maple gave me some trouble, but with a bit of creativity it turned out fairly nice. I'll pack them with Hershey kisses and wrap them in a box like above. A box in a box.
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Re: Wrapping gifts like a woodworker
My favorite part of the project, hand planning out some perfect slices for "packing peanuts". It's just so satisfying.
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BuckeyeDennis
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Re: Wrapping gifts like a woodworker
Very cool! I've never seen a lid with the vertical dovetail piece like that. Does the horizontal dovetail piece on the bottom of the box slide to lock the lid in place?
Re: Wrapping gifts like a woodworker
Yes, the bottom key only slides 5/16" and holds in place with a small dowel hidden inside. It also loses the dovetail angle at one side so the sides can slide past. The top key is glued in, and the side Dove tail gets locked in from the bottom.
Its a neat design I found on a woodworking magazine. No hardware, just dovetails, rabbited miter joints, and glue. Finished of with spray lacquer.
The puzzle gets hard because it's near impossible to pull off the top of you don't understand the sides go with the top.
Its a neat design I found on a woodworking magazine. No hardware, just dovetails, rabbited miter joints, and glue. Finished of with spray lacquer.
The puzzle gets hard because it's near impossible to pull off the top of you don't understand the sides go with the top.
-Beave
Re: Wrapping gifts like a woodworker
Oh and each gift with "wrapping" cost around $7 with finish and paint for the fragile markings.
-Beave
Re: Wrapping gifts like a woodworker
Well, as much as I like the "packaging" I like the puzzle boxes even more! They look great!
Gale's Law: The bigger the woodworking project, the less the mistakes show in any photo taken far enough away to show the entire project!
Re: Wrapping gifts like a woodworker
LOL its hard to be proud of the packaging when it's made to be flimsy enough to destroy it without any tools. Just minimal glue and no hardware.algale wrote:Well, as much as I like the "packaging" I like the puzzle boxes even more! They look great!
-Beave