So far to date this is my favorite project. It is also the Project I charged WAY too little to make. The extra hours I spent working on this were well spent. I was given the freedom to create whatever I wanted to serve one purpose; Hold a dollar bill flat with a little space on the sides to grab them, and have a picture of a wheat bundle on the lid.

What I came up with was a joy to create. First I used Bolivian Rosewood, Maple, and some scrap Mesquite from another project.

The box has simple miter corners, but I wanted more decoration on this project. So I put some scrap mesquite on the lathe and turned the legs. It was a fun challenge to cut the 90 degree groove into the legs. After the groove was in the legs, I had to size them, fit the corner heights, and then glue scraps of maple in. When that was done back to the lathe to clean up the curves and add a bit of flare to the lower legs.

When the legs and box were glued together, I did not like the look of the leg tops and felt it needed more. So I capped the legs with some of the extra rosewood and shaped them with files. The shaping took just over 6 hours, my poor arms were SOOOO tired.

I added magnets to the lid and body, filed out the groove for the lid, and added felt to the interior. I finished the box with 2 coats of a paste wax and buffed it after each.