Bandsaw boxes

[tomwilson74]

Anybody build bandsaw boxes? I need some new ideas, let’s see your boxes.

[peter-m]

I bought my first band saw, a new Laguna 14Dx last year.  What got me inspired was one I saw while looking for something to make for my granddaughter’s B-day.  I think it turned out quite nice.

[peter-m]

Anybody build bandsaw boxes?  I need some new ideas, let’s see your boxes.

Tom, I like it!!!  Very nice!  Would you mined if I copied you apple?  I have a daughter that is an into Apple I-phones.

[K. L. McReynolds]

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[tomwilson74]

I built this one for my daughter. She is a Graphic Designer and uses Apple products for everything.

[Lucky Irish]

My butternut/walnut fishy...




A box I made for a giveaway on a firearm site that I belong to. Made from a barn beam that another member sent me.

[Woodshop]

Anybody build bandsaw boxes?  I need some new ideas, let’s see your boxes.

well since February is coming how bout  a simple one

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if your looking for more of a challenge


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or a bit sassy

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How about real harder and a bit whimsical

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Try A little turning

[BrokenOlMarine]

I have made quite a few over the years, the wife started me out by buying me a book from woodcraft and of course I started with the ones in the book.

This walnut band saw box was a gift to someone who helped Tina thru some serious pain following a major surgery that the drugs wouldn't touch, and he didn't even know it.  Jeff Dunham.  Humor is the best medicine.  I was able to meet him backstage at a local comedy club before he got "real famous."
I told him we both "brought wood back to life." 
   He sent me an email and told me that the box sat on his desk, and "Peanut" sat on the box.
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This is another box from the book, this time in Cherry.  I was getting a feel for the way the designs worked.
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I got a little more confidence and decided to try my hand at a design of my own.  My youngest loved dolphins.  This block of wood from another project reminded me of waves, so... it became a one of a kind "dolphin" band saw box for my girl.
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A friend in my EMT class asked to see pictures of my woodworking projects, and then asked me to make her hubby a birthday present.  She loved the band saw boxes and thought I could come up with something special. He was the Sergeant Major for the local Air Guard Unit.  Their unit patch contained the Ying/Yang symbol, and wanted me to work that in.  This was twenty years ago, and I came up with this and posted the pic on a couple of forums.  I won't say I was the first... probably not.  But, I hadn't seen another like this before I created mine.  The pulls on this box were made from scrap from the original slab and hand polished to 600 grit, and buffed on my old worn flannel shirt. (while I was wearing it.)  They looked like bone when I was done.

This was the very first time I used the "Hot Stuff CT glue to stabilize a knot, and it looked like it had been inset in glass.

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HE was thrilled... both with the box, and with the fact that she thought far enough ahead that I had time to create it.
He put the box on his desk in his office at the Guard's quarters at the Richmond Airport for all to see.

[Arlin Eastman]

You guys did a fantastic job on all of those.

The vets and I have been wanting to make some for the last 2 years and now that I have a bandsaw we can, however, I have not found any DVDs which would help us a lot and afew youtubes videos on it.  It sure would be nice to have a lot more videos on it.

Or even a book that had a lot of templates so we could use those with arrow directions on how the blade is to travel.

[Lucky Irish]

I have two books by Lois Ventura that do a good job of describing the steps in making a bandsaw box. The designs in the book also show which cuts to make first, second, etc. when making multiple cuts.

I'm fairly certain I paid around $20 per book when I bought them a few years ago, but checking Amazon just now they run $25-45 for used ones.

These are a couple of her designs...