Here is a Jewelry box I made early in 2014 for my Fiance. This box is modeled after the TARDIS, a spaceship/time machine modeled after a blue police box in the BBC show Doctor Who.
I started with the top, which is a solid red oak block routed to model the multiple levels. It also has the light atop of the TARDIS, which is removable, revealing a pillow to hold a ring in place. The pillow holds a ring so that the diamond appears through the top of the TARDIS, as if shining through the light atop the box.
After ordering 1/8in red oak (Because it was impossible to find in Austin), and 1/4 in red oak I went to work on the body of the jewelry box. This box was designed as a compartmentalized model with 2 wide drawers, 4 skinny drawers, two small open compartments, and 2 long compartments (for necklaces).
The body is made in two halves, each 4 1/2 inches by 2 1/4 inches and 8 inches tall. The 1/4" oak was cut to size, and glued. making the compartments, and a 1/8" piece of oak was glued to the back.
One side of the jewelry box is fixed to the bottom and the top. While waiting for the glue to dry between one side and the base of the box, I went to work on the door routing on the outside. These are little strips of 1/8" red oak glued into place.
The second side of the jewelry box is attached with two brass hinges to the fixed side. It is a hair shorter than the fixed side allowing it to open.
The whole outside got a TARDIS blue paint job, in slow-mo.
The drawers were made from rectangles of 1/8" red oak (Probably the most challenging part of the box). They were glued together. I also lined the inside of the drawers with red felt flocking.
The drawers and necklace hooks went into the body, finishing the inside.
The finishing touches for the body went on last. Four black POLICE BOX signs, and a white door sign were glued on. The signs are just printed paper, glued to the oak, and coated with polyurethane (10-12 coats). They got glued onto the body, and the white windows were pained on finishing the project up!
Here are the pictures of the final product. Enjoy, and thanks for reading!
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