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Fine Handmade Boxes | To Make A Box
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To make a box (1). For more box images please go to bespoke handmade boxes. For anyone interested in the making process this page will give you a step by step guide on how my boxes are constructed. The images were taken whilst making a small set of jewellery boxes, one example is shown on the left. Click on images to enlarge. To work efficiently I cut all the tails for the ten boxes at the same time. Here I have cut close to the scalpel line with a saw and removed most of the waste. When I am happy with ...
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Fine Handmade Boxes | Veneering
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For more box images please go to bespoke handmade boxes. I often make my boxes incorporating attractive veneers. Sometimes they are burr veneers which are particularly challenging to work with but are really beautiful, or interesting veneers which I mix with solid wood of a different species. This page gives you an insight into how I work with veneer. The example jewellery box shown is being made in elm and the whole box is being veneered with burr elm. Click on images to enlarge. And the sides like this.
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Fine Handmade Boxes | Profile
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For more box images please go to bespoke handmade boxes. From an early age I was tinkering about in my fathers garage and my formative years were spent with a friend on his family farm helping with farm work and messing about in the farm workshop making weird and wonderful contraptions. At the age of twenty I decided working with wood was what I wanted to do. I threw myself into the craft with real enthusiasm and slowly built my skill levels up with many trials and tribulations along the way.
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Bespoke Jewellery Boxes | Jewellery Boxes | Wooden Jewellery Boxes | Girls Jewellery Boxes
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This website gives you a detailed insight into the box making process.To see up to date images of boxes and find out how to purchase or commission a box please go to. New box design click here. Jewellery box in ash and burr ash. Each box is jointed with a unique layout of hand-cut dovetails. To insure they stand the test of time and can be passed down through the generations. Your box can be personalised with a carved nameplate. I can also carve whatever wording you choose on a commissioned.
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Fine Handmade Boxes | Hinges
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For more box images please go to bespoke handmade boxes. This page gives an in depth look at how I fit the Brusso quadrant hinges I use for a lot of the boxes I make. The example shown is an oak jewellery box. Veneered with burr oak. Click on images to enlarge. The first thing to do is set my marking gauges up. This is a piece of scrap beech which is the same thickness as the box sides. I set the gauges up on a scrap piece before marking the box. A test fit showing the hinge fitting snugly. After cleanin...
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Fine Handmade Boxes | Personal Boxes
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You can have your box personalised with letters carved or inlaid using veneers. Please go to bespoke handmade boxes. Boxes for sale up to £250. Boxes for sale £250 to £550. Boxes for sale £550 to £1000. Boxes for sale over £1000. To make a box (1). To make a box (2). To make a box (3). Bespoke Jewellery Boxes Jewellery Boxes Jewellery Box Gifts Wooden Jewellery Boxes Girls Jewellery Boxes. Handmade Boxes Decorative Jewellery Boxes Bespoke Boxes Large Jewellery Boxes Boxes For Jewellery.
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Fine Handmade Boxes | Dovetails
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For more box images please go to bespoke handmade boxes. As the dovetail joint is such an integral part of my boxes here is a more detailed look at how I. This is the start of a mahogany jewellery box. Click on the images to enlarge. I set the dovetails out on paper first. This is where I make adjustments until I like the layout. A general rule is to have smaller dovetails towards the outer edges where there is likely to be more wood movement. All the tails are cut waiting for the waste to be removed.
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Fine Handmade Boxes | Boxes For Sale
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Boxes for sale up to £250. To see all the boxes for sale up to £250,information (sizes etc) and how to purchase a box please go to bespoke handmade boxes. Click on images to enlarge. Jewellery box in walnut with burr walnut lid. Boxes for sale up to £250. Boxes for sale £250 to £550. Boxes for sale £550 to £1000. Boxes for sale over £1000. To make a box (1). To make a box (2). To make a box (3). Bespoke Jewellery Boxes Jewellery Boxes Jewellery Box Gifts Wooden Jewellery Boxes Girls Jewellery Boxes.
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Fine Handmade Boxes | Testimonials
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For a full list of testimonials please go to bespoke handmade boxes. Hi Philip, the box has arrived and we are very very pleased. My jewellery box is beautiful. It sits on my dressing table and is in use every day. The jewellery box was a perfect gift for a special birthday, Lovingly made with care and it was a delight to do business with you Philip. Ps I would love to fill my home with your boxes! Philip, just to let you know the box arrived today and is beautiful. Boxes for sale up to £250.
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Fine Handmade Boxes | Wood
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For more box images please go to bespoke handmade boxes. Here is a list of the different types of wood I use to make my boxes. I generally use species from Europe or North America, although I will occasionally use sustainably harvested tropical species. I often add attractive veneers to the boxes (such as the sycamore jewellery box. Click on the images to enlarge. Opened grained wood, light brown in colour. A close grained wood very light in colour. It darkens over time like all light woods. Veneer cut f...
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