Oh For Keepsake!

Its that time of year again: HOLIDAY PROJECT TIME! So this year, I decided to make a few little keepsake boxes, thanks to some advice from The Great WOODini. I also took inspiration from a box Nicole keeps on her nightstand and developed a new design that is much more practical for the average woodworker to make. The boxes feature a secret locking pin. Once removed, the lid slides off on a sliding dovetail. And as always with these holiday gift projects, you can modify them by trying different sizes, shapes, and wood species to make your own one-of-a-kind box. And since they are so easy to make, its no problem batching out a bunch of them in a single weekend. If you decide to make some, please send me pics of your variations.

Topics Covered: * Creating sliding dovetails * Using a dowel-centering pin to locate holes * Cutting a recess with a pattern bit * Sanding end-grain

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• woodworking
• keepsake
• boxes
• gifts

[mightywombat]

You have had a LOT of different miter saws! Jet, Festool, DeWalt...  Why the turnover?

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@mightywombat Never owned a DeWalt. But I started with a Makita. That was actually stolen from my garage. Jet sent me their saw which was nice for a while, and then Festool sent the Kapex. So I bounced back and forth between the two and ultimately settled on the Kapex.

[deleetmeeh]

The more I watch you the more I just wanna spread the knowledge and good techniques you have. Also I like how u implement the comedy sketch into the show. I'm surprised you don't have more views. I know you get a lot of praise but it's well deserved. I'm still looking for someone local that would want someone around just to help build and needs an extra hand for free so I can pickup on some skills. I'm just a hobbyist and they may never change my trade by day is a Flooring Contractor.

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@deleetmeeh well thanks! I appreciate it. Just keep an eye out in Craigslist. You might find something like that there.

[1pcfred]

While I was watching your video I noticed you cut your dowel right on your nice workbench. I think maybe you should take a minute and whip up a bench hook for yourself:

(lets defeat the whole purpose of the web by disallowing URLS shall we?) bit (dot) ly (slash) cBwLZX I really like using bench hooks for little cuts like that.

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@1pcfred Yeah I do need some bench hooks. But that the same time, my work bench is there to be beat up. So it may look nice, but if it stays that way, I must not be using it. :)

[mightywombat]

@TheWoodWhisperer It's the Makita I was thinking of. That's crazy that someone straight up stole it out of your garage! I need to make friends with someone who gets really nice tools like Jet or Festool sent to them so that I can get their hand-me-downs! Or get myself sponsored by some company... somehow.... Gotta get my blog working for me!

[strolgen]

6666 view ,,, that's not evil .

Somehow the video got stuck at 9 minute for me . Missed some step :/

[idealisthealer]

Not only are you a very knowledgeable woodworker,but you transmit all your knowledge in a smart entertaining way. Just wanted to thank you for all the effort and work you put in to producing and making the projects.

[ebeave899]

Your channel is very helpful. Thanks for all the work that you put into these videos. I was wondering what safety device were you using at 13:25 and where do you get one?