Wow, a whole project in one video! I totally undersand the need for a quick project when you have all big projects going. Nice box!!

I was interested in this video since my dad makes small boxes, and my friends I play D&D with have their own dice boxes they have bought from thrift shops. It was nice to see all of the steps that go into a project like this, and then the finished project. Thank you for sharing!

My wife got me a really fine set of Narex Richter chisels for Christmas and after sliding the big one into the leather roll and slicing down the whole side of the pocket, I decided to make a box. Without seeing this video, I made similar choices. The box sides are walnut and after sawing the top off, I discovered that in my rushed design process I forgot to figure in the saw kerf, so the lid wouldn't quite close over the chisel handles. After a little creative cursing, I decided to add a layer of ash to raise the lid a little. The lid panel is curly maple. Turned out great and the contrasting ash stripe looks like it was a planned design feature. I love your work, Matt.

Stunning box, Matt. Thanks for sharing it with us!

Thank you very much for taking the time to make this video.

I love the tip of using the epoxy for stabilizing the birch; I have a bunch of spalted red oah which is gorgeous but too soft to use, so now I know how to harden it with the epoxy technique. Thank you!

Just beautiful! Any gentleman would love to have that for his EDC!!

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

is that epic dope collection?

@AGlimpseInside

6 жыл бұрын

Matthew Cremona I think that Jimmy Diresta’s EDC, every day Carry It’s probably pretty dope! I got to build me one of these boxes

Beautiful. I love spalted white birch. I've started collecting it because it is so spectacular. I do tree service and I grab every log I can and saw it up on the mill to get it drying. It will be my living room ceiling and much more. I also have some burl that will be amazing to do something with.

A wonderful box, Matt, and a wonderful way to shake off the cobwebs and do something a bit different. Thanks for the video!

There is so much natural design in the wood it’s almost overwhelming! But from this side of the video, that’s what makes it so interesting!

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

+MRrwmac thanks Mac!

Beautiful. Oh and i just LOVE that Flamed Oak !

Very nice piece of woodworking. Thank you for posting

Nice project. Beautiful woods.

My favorite parts are when you run the pieces sideways on the table saw blade to clean up the cuts. Def falls in that oddly satisfying category. And the box is beautiful.

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

+3x3Custom - Tamar it's quite oddly satisfying. Probably why I've been doing that so much lately. Thank you!

I never get tired of making boxes.

This video makes me happy, Matt. Thank you!

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

+Charles McCants hope you like it Charles! The unboxing video that Laura sent me was hilarious!

Such a cool selection of woods. The dark trim really sets off the lighter woods. I wasn't aware of the CPES. Wonderful project. Thanks!

Beautiful work as always!

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

thanks!

Great box. The "live edge" pieces for the panels look sweet

Thank you very much, Matt. Finally, I understand how to get a continuous grain on the outside of a box. I've never gotten my head around it before. Big help!

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

+Brook Keele awesome!!

Love every decision you made about this box, especially the banding. Beautiful work!

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

+WhatWoodScottDo Leming thank you!

Simply beautiful!

Just beautiful Matthew!

Matt, you must be some sort of wizard as i've just witnessed some magic being performed. !

Gorgeous wood and great craftsmanship equals wonderful results. Nicely done.

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

thank you!

I love the ash banding looks fantastic, makes an already pretty great box really pop.

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Paul!

Beautiful box beautifully created.

Awesome job. Great video and great craftsmanship !!

Great video. Lots of helpful tips and a beautiful finished piece

beautiful box !!! Great video with good instruction. thank you.

Great box, now to finish the gentleman's box with some dividers and flocking/felt to fit watches, cuff links, and rings. Burgundy or hunter green would both look great against the wood choice. Maybe royal blue or purple depending on the decor where it will be used/kept.

Awesome box! Thanks for taking the time explain the steps. It’s first time I have seen wood stabilized.

@mcremona

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ed!

Fabulous - looks beautiful

Beautiful box!!

An amazing piece of craftsmanship. Great selection on the materials, as grain and color really provide a completeness to the design.

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

thank you!

I must say, best logo of any of the online woodworking instructors.

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sean!

Very well thought out. So happy that I found your channel. Thanks for sharing

@mcremona

5 жыл бұрын

thanks!

I really enjoy your project videos Matt.

Beautiful work Matt. Love the contrasts and spalting.

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

+OneVeryOrdinaryMan thank you!

Very nice project Matt. Love the spalted top and bottom, shows a lot of character in the wood. Thanks for sharing.

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Exquisite design by a very skill craftman.

Nice work and project, Matt! I’ve been mulling over some ideas for “different” box joints for some boxes I’m planning, and this video has given me some ideas that are, well, out of the box!

Beautiful box. Thank you Matt.

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ron!

Very nice. Good craftsmanship.

Beautiful box and excellent work. Thanks for sharing.

@mcremona

5 жыл бұрын

thanks!

Great job, Matt! Wonderful material choices. That curly white oak looks amazing! And great job freehanding the boxjoints! I might seem like a mundane task to you but it's safe to say that I would have screwed that up and had to start over on a different piece which would have messed up the continuous grain. Question, I saw you using an ATB saw blade for your cuts. Do you have a preference over that instead of getting a flat-top or something with a raking tooth so that you don't have to do as much lateral clean-ups? Or was it just what you had in the saw at the time?

Great job Matt

Beautiful box Matt!!

Man I love that oak! SO SWEET!!!

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks James!

I like the no frills method for creating the box joints, and the side to side colour variation in the oak is the bees knees.👍

Love the look of the box Matt

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

thanks David!

That spalted birch looked so nice! Great box!

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

thanks!

Great video Matt! I love the box.

Nice project. I have gone through many phases of building projects like that; my box phase was back in the mid to late 70's and has gone on to radius work, veneering, moldings, laminations, finishing and other mediums like metal leaf work and staining wood. It certainly does bring out new and different ideas and that has always been a key motivator for me. Think outside the box!

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

+James Stanlake so I'm doomed to do even more incredible work? Sounds good to me :)

@jamesstanlake4064

6 жыл бұрын

I would say destined rather than doomed, but I understand all the other names associated with it such as obsessed, driven, passion, affliction. We can draw comfort in knowing there are far worse things we could spend our time doing. I am forever smitten by wood!

I dig it. Nice job...I especially like how you added the accent wood around the edges to fill the gap from the hinges.

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bruce!

GREAT project Matt. I really like the "spaltedness" toooo! !! !!!

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark!

Hay Mathew I just want to saw I like when you do projected videos I learned a lot from watching your videos I am new to this hobby and ever bit I can learn from watching you makes me happy so keep making project videos thanks.

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks!

Love the box......nicely done

@mcremona

5 жыл бұрын

thanks!

Lovely piece

Well done , beautiful box and great techniques .

@mcremona

5 жыл бұрын

thanks!

Very nice project Matt!

Lovely work.

That looks amazing!

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

+VampireOnline thanks!

That’s a killer box! I really like how it turned out. You have a good eye for design.

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Joseph!

Beautiful!! You have skills!! Thanks for sharing.

@mcremona

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Beautiful box, Matthew.

@mcremona

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Excellent job it looks nice and thanks for sharing.

That birch is amazing, great job

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

+Robin Lewis thanks Robin!

Looks very nice. The ash contrast sets it off very nicely.

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

thanks!

Nice looking box, thank you for sharing. I also like the hair today gone tomorrow thing you keep doing, well done.

Awesome craftsmanship! I've been binging your videos, great work.

@mcremona

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Outstanding, Matt!

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

+ToolMetrix thank you!

Excellent! Now I'm getting inspired! And maybe enough time for a few before Christmas.

@mcremona

5 жыл бұрын

just under 2 months!

Your grandson will be proud to own this some day.

Impressive. I loved it.

Not sure why, but I love boxes. This one turned out great. Love the banding you added.

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Men love a nice box. Thanks

I like those triangles you used to hold them up while drying. I have a 3d printer and that never occurred to me... Now i gotta have some! 😁

Great work, that ash looks awesome, never seen it before! Loved the box joint table saw technique and man, those are some super sharp teeth :O quite fun to see those triangular bites getting straightened up.

Super sweet design really like the wood selection. Also the way you cut the box joints was so cool going to have to try that with the layout marks and go that route awesome idea.

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

+Thom spillane thanks Thom!

Beautiful work, my man.

@mcremona

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Totally enjoyable..hope to see more projects in the future. May you and your family have a great Christmas.

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

thank you!

yep...looks oh so good!

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

thanks!

That is amazing, great job man.

Very beautiful build Matt!

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

thank you!

Woot! I saw my sticker! LOL. Sweet box Matt. I just milled up some spalted maple, I think I know what I'm going to do with it now!

Great video as always Matt. love watching your channel. Always learn something new.

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

+Bens sawmill thanks!!

Beautiful piece of wood work

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

thank you!

Great job Matt!

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

+Lucky Hiker thanks!

Thanks MatthewI have some roasted oak that I picked up several years ago. I can't believe I haven't seen this video of yours before! Gorgeous box!

@mcremona

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I like the trick of using the eraser end of your pencil to hold the piece as it goes through the saw. Good way to cut tiny pieces and save your fingers.

The curly white oak really looked like pallet wood - until you finished it. Funny wood.

Very handsome box.

Bang up job bro. Thanks for the video.

Learned about stabilizing spalted wood. Thanks!

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

awesome!

Beautiful

Awesome looking box Matt! 👍👊

@mcremona

6 жыл бұрын

+Fred McIntyre thanks Fred!

Nice work Man 🔨

I like the birch!