About a week ago, one of our BOTL, who wants to be anonymous, commissioned me to make a humidor out of Bird's Eye Maple and Ebony.... Two very fine examples of premium wood... Any woodworker's dream, really!

This fellow pretty much ordered all the bells and whistles on this one... We're still working through the inerds....

Anyway....

It all started out with "here's what I want"....

I then went out to the B&M of the lumber world.... and picked out a couple of fine pieces of Bird's Eye Maple. I saw the box in one piece, and the lid in the other piece.... Fantastic grain on that piece...

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Vu2vu said - "make it as big as you can with the wood you have"... which wound up being overall dims, 23"x12 3/4" x 7.5"

So, that's what we did. But, first I wanted to draw it up to make sure I didn't screw up any of the cuts....

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Then, started to cut it up and laminate some of the pieces together...

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When you can get it to stand up and stay like that without any glue, then you're cuts were pretty much dead on.... that's a good feeling....

And I glued up the lid. Focusing on that grain pattern... bring it up, front and center.

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I'll probably work on the rest of the lid next..... I have to fit that big chunk in to the middle of the lid frame..... and, it's all going to be beveled, so I'll leave as much meat as I can before the bevel cuts.

It really pays to draw it out first.....
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I hope Vu2vu is not the anonymous BOTL :-)
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Very cool. Keep us updated.
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Looks fantastic so far!
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Very nice.:-)
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Excellant work Ed! :-)
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Very nice!!
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Looks good. :-)
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Beatuiful work :-)
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Very nice, I envy your talent
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wow thats great craftsmanship! what a beaut
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Great job Ed.
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Thanks for the comments folks... this one is a pleasure to work on. Not everyday does a woodworker get to work with some of the best looking wood out there....

Although, there are some moments that are a little frightening.... that's a good time to sit and have a smoke and think it through.....

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Always a sigh of relief when it comes out the other side of that blade looking like this....

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Beautiful work!!!
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Really nice work :-)
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You should hook up with a videographer in your area...you guys could produce some sweetass vids making that stuff!
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Very nice work! :-)

I'm looking forward to seeing the finished project! :-)

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Busted :-). Ed's been great to work with. He's done some great tray work for my humidor. Hopefully he will post it here for you guys to see.


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Beautiful, absolutely gorgeous!
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Wow! That is awesome!
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