LewisJP

Hello Everyone,
I am working on drawing out a plan for a ring box. I was wondering if anyone has any past experience in making engagement ring boxes. And looking for any tips or hints. Any type of help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks
LewisJP

Ancientwood

Hello Lewis,

I don't have any past experience with making an engagement ring box, but I've got some ideas. Instead of building a small box what if you took a small piece of wood about 4" square, rounded all the edges and smoothed it out, and then cut it right down the center on the band saw. Then you could hand carve out a ring sized cavity in both halves, put a small hinge on one side, and you could have a cool little box made from one piece of wood! I bet it would close tight (if you were careful with your band saw cutting, and did a bit of sanding afterwards) and not only that, it would give it a cool look to have the grains match up so that when its closed it looks like a small chunk of wood. I think that would be easier too, than trying to build a small box with sides and all. If you wanted something real special, I'd cut it out of a piece of active grained Ancient Kauri



Hope that my opinion helps!

Cedric
Ancientwood Ltd.
160 Madeline Island
La Pointe WI 54850
www.ancientwood.com

drwilson85

Hey Ancientwood, I just checked out your companies website. Just how much is that bigass table worth? Im curious though how much a chunk of that Ancient Kauri would cost. About a 4x4 chunk by 1" thick, that is a BEAUTIFUL species of wood.

gjhzyy

I want to know how to deal with this problem.

woodnthings

Really!

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cabinetman

That goes for me too...really!