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    Good thinking and well thought out sir. Definitely a nice piece of furniture for your stone.
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    Gorgeous! =)

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    I am in the middle of finishing another sharpening stone box, this time using old grown Jarrah. The top will be hinged, and the stone can be removed. The photo shows the stone already seated within the bottom half of the box.

    StewieS.

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    Finished the Jarrah natural stone sharpening box (8000 grit). Both box halves were book matched to maximize the grain orientation. All the new brass fittings were given an antique finish. The fit of the stone within its mortise halves were double checked for clearance using a traditional chalking technique. Nothing more than a straight forward beveled edge was decided upon for the top half, to promote the wood grain as the main feature of this box. 4 coats of garnet shellac was applied, followed by a 2 coats of cutting paste buffed to sheen.

    All up the presentation of the box turned out quite reasonable.



    A spring loaded bullet catch was fitted to the bottom half of the box. This aids to maintain moderate tension between the 2 mating surfaces of the box when the front clasp is secured in the locked position. With the front clasp in the open position, that spring tension is then released.



    Close up of the front spring loaded bullet catch.



    Sharpening Box fully opened.



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    I really like that you put in a bullet catch. I couldn't really tell in the photos, is there a brass bit in the lid to receive it or just a small hole in the wood?
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    Ken; I drilled a shallow recess using a forstner bit on the upper half of the box to accommodate the raised rim on the bullet catch housing. Being hardwood there was no need to reinforce the contact point with brass.

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    Revisited the 1st box and installed 2 brass clasp latches to lock the top lid down.

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