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<p>Very nice! A beautiful and thoughtful gift.</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/23/2021 2:30 PM, chuck.steger---
via Woodworkers wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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I finally completed the Heritage box that I’ve been bending
your ears (bending your eyes?) about. This was one of the
most satisfying builds I’ve done. It’s for a milestone
birthday for my older sister and it made me think about our
culture and heritage because everything in this box has a
nod to those things. Also, I did some techniques that I’ve
never done in my 30+ years of woodworking. From turning
copper to doing table saw coves. I’ve never needed to do TS
coves before. I either did them on the router table or on
the band saw. What was cool about this is I exceeded the
capacity of the TS due to the 15 ½” diameter of the curves.
It created a lip that at first I was going to sand out but I
think it enhances the look of the Asian design. I lucked out
there. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> There’s
not a component in the box that doesn’t shout out to our
background. This is probably oversharing but a quick
background will bring the components into significance. My
grandfather was from Shanghai and migrated to Chile where he
met my grandmother. My grandmother and mother were born and
raised in Chile. My father was born and raised in Illinois
and has a German ancestry. An American, he met my mom
working in South America doing electrical work for the
copper mines where they lived (which is why copper plays a
big part of my heritage). My older sister and I were born in
Bolivia (my younger sister was born in California). So with
that in mind, permit me to give a quick tour of the box.
Some things are self-evident.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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The main material is bamboo and Bolivian rosewood. The sides
and cap on the lid are rosewood. The spiles in the side are
from the rosewood sapwood which is pretty dense. The lid,
legs and bottom trim (on the sides) are bamboo. The legs are
attached with copper rods and the sphere on top is copper.
The sphere holder as well as the bottom of the box is oak
which is the national tree of Germany and the state tree of
Illinois. The infill is turquoise which is mined in Chile
(obviously not the only place). The stone under the holder
is ametrine which is a quartz mined in Bolivia. There is
also symbolism in the box. The 3 rods represent the 3
children. The bottom is ¼” rod and represents the first born
and anchors the box. The middle rod is 3/16” and is arguably
the most intelligent and handsome of the rods (</span><span
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Emoji",sans-serif">😊</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">).
And the top rod is 1/8” to represent my younger sister who
got away with murder as the baby! The stone is singular to
also represent the first born. I liked it so much I’m making
one for me but mine will have 2 stones. My younger sister’s
will use a different side material and not use ametrine
because Bolivia isn’t as significant to her. I’m thinking
redwood for the sides and not sure what stones to use but
there will be 3 of them. Each box is designed to be
one-of-a-kind and I would think I achieved that.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Sorry if I overshared as I’m sure this is just another
stylized box to you but to me it represents a culture and
heritage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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MT"">Chuck<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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