Woodworker's Journal 1994-18-6, страница 46

Boxes have long been a favorite project of woodworkers, and over the years it's become a tradition at Woodworker's Journal to feature a jewelry box in our holiday issue. After all. who wouldn't appreciate a handsome box in which to store those special valuables?

This year, we offer a traditional box with a different nvist. Bill Bolstad of Bolstad Woodworks in Salem. Oregon, has taken a classic lidded box and reordered the interior to accommodate items that hang from hooks. Bill has turned his box on end and mounted it on a base, so that all the bracelets, chains, and earrings that usually lie tangled in

the bottom of a conventional box now hang there ready at hand. Bill tells us that these simple modifications have made this box his signature piece and one of his best selling designs ever. Given the popularity of necklaces and dangling earrings, it's not hard to see why.

We made our armoire from bird's-eye maple and dressed up the front with bookmalchcd panels of redwood burl. However, you can use just about any combination of woods, so long as you select something spectacular for the front panel.

You'll find this armoire easy to make. First, build one simple box. then resaw it into two parts to yield the door and the case. The advantages of handling the construction this way will become obvious. Gluing up a single assembly saves time, requires only a few clamps, and guarantees a perfect match between door and case. Also, this approach ensures continuity of the grain patterns along the sides.

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