Features of these boxes include the following:
  • A variety of hardwoods used such as hard maple, birdseye maple, oak, walnut, purpleheart, lacewood, Brazilian cherry, and various types of soft figured maple.
  • Carefully machine and hand sanded. 
  • All boxes are finished with a clear oil only, and then waxed, so all the colors you see are the woods natural ones.  Varnish or polyurethane type finishes fill the grain thus covering much of the character of the wood, and unlike an oil finish, are very difficult to repair scratches and such.
  • Felt is often used on the insides, with the hinges pivoting on brass pins.
  • All solid woods expand and contract across the grain with changes in humidity.  Therefore, wherever needed a tiny amount of looseness is built-in, such as with the hinged and sliding tops.  This helps to prevent any future tightness or binding, but it's still best to keep these boxes from either excessively dry or humid conditions.
  • There are many more boxes available than are shown here, these are merely a representation of what's possible.

Tiny Solid Maple boxes with pivoting tops. Solid Brazillian Cherry boxes similar to those on the left Assorted dovetailed sliding top boxes Laminated boxes hinged on the lower rear Box jointed figured soft maple with lacewood top

The four images on the above left are examples of boxes suitable for a ring or perhaps a pair of small earrings.  They're made from either solid pieces of hardwood, or as glued laminations of different woods, with hollowed out centers.   On the far right is a small conventionally built box of finger jointed soft maple sides, with a lacewood top.  It's large enough for a handful of whatever you wish. 

Laminated rear hinged boxes Rear view Open view Lever hinged walnut box Open view


Above are a variety of laminated boxes, constructed by gluing together 3/4" pieces, with the inside layers hollowed out.  The boxes on the left have lids of birdseye maple, lacewood, and figured maple respectively, with hinges of purpleheart and bodies of walnut.  These are also handful size.  Walnut is used for the box on the right, with hinge levers of maple.  If you look close at this box, you'll see an example of what I often try to do.  The top contains some very complex grain patterns which add a 3-D effect, similar to figured maple, which is difficult to work with but beautiful to see.  All boxes above have an open interior. 

Spalted maple and walnut, with purpleheart hinges Walnut and figured maple, with finger joint construction Purpleheart and oak, with maple corners Lacewood and walnut, with horizontal maple keys Lacewood and walnut with vertical keys and a drawer

Here are an assortment of larger boxes, suitable for housing your finest jewelry.  As you can see, there are a variety of ways they may be built, with the usual assortment of woods.  FYI, the box on the far left has a lid made of spalted maple, which occurs when a tree falls over and lays on the ground for awhile.  A fungus enters the wood which results in the distinctive streaks.  Purpleheart, as seen in the center box, is native to South America but is not considered endangered or rare.  However, I generally prefer to stay away from rain forest type woods.  The lids on the two right boxes are lacewood, which originates from Australia but has been grown in South America as well.

11 compartments 6 compartments 4 compartments in removable tray, 4 underneath, 4 necklace hooks 3 compartments in sliding tray, 3 underneath 6 compartments in the top, open inside drawer

Here are the boxes opened up, which is accomplished by pressing upon the rear of the lid, thus popping up the front edge.

An assortment of fistfull boxes Box for dudes Oak, walnut and bloodwood Maple, walnut and bloodwood Maple and walnut

The lowest box in the left photo features a lid made from Canarywood, which is a man-made product of ground-up canaries and glue.  Next is a man's box for his pocket junk, two large boxes featuring bloodwood, and finally one with nice wavy soft maple on the sides. 

The wife's stuff Elvis is alive Finger joints and living in The latest batch Open lids

Let's look at a few boxes I gave to the Wife, Trish.  The left two photos show a box with an articulating hinge for the top, and a pull up tray inside which uncovers the secret hiding spot where she keeps her diamond tiera.  The next box features a finger jointed lid which folds up.  Her next present will be a nice cabinet style table saw, so she can make her own boxes.   Finally, we see two shots of the latest bunch of boxes.  I generally build several at a time to keep from getting bored.

Sold to Robert Geide Designs www.giedesign.com First place at the fair for some reason A plethora of boxes Nice hinges huh? Birdseye Maple tops

We'll finish up with an assortment of boxes from over the years.  The two on the left are State Fair winners, mainly for the nice grain.  The ones in the center are solid or laminated chunks with the centers hollowed out.  The next one has a needlessly complex hinge system, and on the right is a family of boxes, or is it boxi?

 
 
 

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