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Published: 2010-11-09 20:32:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 2744; Favourites: 43; Downloads: 56
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Walnut box for our wedding rings. Done in a hurry just before the big day.I shamelessly borrowed the idea from Peter : [link] (thanks mate!)
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Beautiful little box.
My grandfather passed away some years ago,
any my grandmother still wears both rings, and always loses my grandfathers.
I guess i know what i give her for her next birthday.
Very well done by the way, i love the litte maple (?) frame and the carving.
Shows that beautiful things don't have to be complicated.
So you actually do your stuff with handtools?
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Thanks!
Yes, i use only handtools (now). So much nicer than noisy machines...
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I see you also been with power tools before.
If they just would be better, and maybe cheaper, more would use hand tools.
Well, i'm always on the lookout for old tools worth restoring.
The thought of a low noise workshop is a nice one.
But congratulations for making that step to hand tools successfully,
it's worth it.
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Yes, starting (wrongly) with power tools is the usual way, until you put your hands on quality hand tools, which are, yes, quite expensive and hard to find in local shops (I buy most of them on internet). It's really a pity, how local do-it-yourself sell crappy handtools, no wonder nobody starts going handtool only after shopping locally...
But if you buy good tools, they will last forever (some toolmakers provide a lifetime guarantee, replace parts for free, forever). One of the planes that I'm using is about 100 years old, cost me nearly nothing and works great (after quick restoration). The Bosch power drill that I bought 4 years ago already has a battery that is discharged after only one day, even without use! As a got sick about waiting for the recharging everytime I needed it, I just bought a good old (but shop-new) brace. I think every quality tool is a good investment, be it only for the satisfaction that it gives me to use, better than any medicine, and safe to use with kids (when I'll have some...)
Making a low noise workshop was not just a choice, but an obligation, as I moved out of parent's house to a city appartment... But I'm very glad about what I learned in the process. I'm setting up classes to teach all that and sell custom made pieces, get money out of it, and buy more tools and books etc...
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Good to meet someone that is on the same page with me. Well, i guess you know hornbach, and such then. Or at least i've heard they are in the Switzerland also. I believe power tools can separate you from your material, this becomes especially bad when you want to build things like guitars, taking of a little bit more or less of a bracing could be the difference between a guitar that sounds like 100euros or 10.000euros. I also have very little money, so i guess your way is also the way i must take, but i imagine it to be quite rewarding to get good enough to be able to sell the final piece.
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Yes, we have hornbach over here as well.
I think that power tools are just overused, I would compare it to "using a car to visit your neighbor". Unless he lives kilometers away, it's just simpler to walk, so much less to bother. But when shops only sell rubbish shoes...
Yes, it's quite rewarding to sell! (And it slowly gets necessary, unless you have a hangar to store all your creations, or the courage to distroy them...)
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I have to agree once more.
People like Ervin Somogyi ( [link] ) will even tell you that handtools are often quicker. First i was like "get out of here - no way" but the more i thought about it the more obvious it became, the actual work may be quicker (not necessarily but often) but what really makes the difference is the setting up part, you often can just go ahead and do it, but i still never going to do big ripping cuts by hand in the middle of summer, that is pretty much murder. 
Well, i hope i soon can get started on that clock.
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Congratulations!
It reminds me of The Magician's Nephew, when Uncle Andrew gives Digory and Polly the rings. He had them in a box. 
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Rather than praise this piece I will give congrats on the big day. I can only hope that I have the chance to offer such a gift someday!
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Thanks!
Well I hope that for you too! It sometimes happen faster than you expect...
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Mais que c'est donc romantique!
FΓ©licitations!
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N'est-ce pas que c'est chou?
Merci!
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Beautiful. I love how the woodworking aspect of your life has found its way into this special day. And man, for a rush job this is fantastic!
Makes me think what I would do if it was my turn....
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Thanks Mon,
It was important to us to personalize our day.
We also had my 4 year old niece bringing the box to us during the ceremony, it was cute...
Yes, what would you do?
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I have no idea. It's a bit too much to hand-paint invitations, thank you notes, name cards....
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Yes, it rapidly takes a lot of time when you do it for everyone.
We actually handmade more things, on the invitation cards we put 3 wine leaves of cut paper. There were about 300 to cut out, but with thin color paper I could make about 40 at a time using my wood chisels to punch the shape out of a stack of 40 sheets...
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Beautiful
Congratulations on your wedding!!
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Thanks Annie!
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By the way, congratulations on the wedding, hope the day was everything you hoped for. My daughter gets married in a week and I know how frantic everything can get. An outstanding box under pressure.
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Thanks, yes it was absolutely beyond our expectations...
Making that box was actually nice for releasing some pressure. (A way to keep some time for woodworking! 
Congrats to your daughter !
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What a wonderful keepsake! Nice work and congratulations.
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Gorgeous... just like everything you do.
I certainly wouldn't do that in a hurry.... I could not even do it in a loooooooooooong time
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Wonderful, as with anything you make. Now I want to try and crank mine up a notch. Thanks for the inspiration.
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