I have been making boxes for many years - probably 15 years or so. Last year I probably made 200 boxes and wooden baskets. Shooting for 250 this year. Once I get the wood planed and sanded it takes about 45 minute to 1-hour to cut the box or basket out. I sometimes will cut out several at a time. I have started documenting how I make them.
Don't have CNC. Just a Sawstop tablesaw and a router.
Wow. That text on the top of the boxes. Is that hand inlayed? Made two plaques this last month. Getting that small text 3/8" tall to be readable was a job. I cut it 2 times and sanded that 60 year old maple for hours to get it just right! Here is some links to some of my projects.
For the engraving I take those to an engraving shop. I believe they burn it on using the computer. It may be a CNC. I'll ask the next time I visit. Since I make so many funeral urns, one engraver started calling me Urnie Ashes since he engraved so many of my funeral urns.
At times I think this disease is getting the best of me. I may get in the shop around 4 a.m.; then in an out and finish up around 10 p.m. Most all of my baskets and boxes go to kids with cancer or other major problems including little girls that have been molested. Some of these kids are really struggling.
Beautiful boxes. Are they big enough? If we did things like that at our church they would be over filled quickly. We're not a big church, about 80 on Sun. AM.
