Third Generation Woodworking

After gluing up the base, I glued the doors/box sides and fitted the top with a live edge cutting of Siberian elm.

As this box is a display piece for a whisky decanter, it doesn't need to functionally close everything up, so I decided to add the live edge as a fun design flair. This also enables me to use different wood species to create some tonal interplay and contrast.

One of the other small features of this piece was a removable cutting board that slid into the base. This was made of White Oak with some Siberian Elm inlay, and was finished with cutting board oil. Nothing too fancy.

The first thing in making this box was lumber selection. This piece was made from some reclaimed White Oak, which came out of a kitchen renovation I was doing for work.

This piece does a continuous grain match, so it was really important to lay out and make each cut as precise as possible.