Since I’m attempting to make jewelry, still practicing, I decided to try my hand at jewelry box making too.
As is generally the case for me when I attempt to scratch build something the first effort is mostly about how NOT to accomplish the project.
In any event, this is what I’ve come up with. Design in F360. Joinery, excepting the 45 degree cuts for box and top, accomplished with HDM. Copper “MoonCat’s” and copper feet also HDM. Lastly are brass hinges, WIP, also on the HDM.
A few firsts for me: First jewelry box, first cutting of stopped dadoes on 1/8” thick stock, first attempt at brass hinges. First use of soft jaws.
Learnings: pay more attention to proportions, I just don’t like the finished box. The drawer in the bottom, the “bulk” overall just don’t appeal. The top should be at least an inch thick rather then 1/2”. Also remember past learnings like verifying the flatness of a surface destined for engraving, reference the crushed stone inlay on the bottom of the lid, a bit thin in the lower left.
That said, can’t wait to build another!