Fundraiser: need some opinions

JohnSinVA · Feb 28, 2016

Alright forum, a friend of mine is doing a fundraiser for a local facility that hosts Wounded Warriors and asked me to put together a small project he could use for raffle or silent auction.

I elected to put together a couple jewelry/keepsake boxes, one in maple, one in walnut. Personally I am a fan of contrasting woods in projects and these are two of my favorites to use together. But I know not everyone likes that look, so I'm leaving it up to you the forum to decide. Here are a few pics of the items in question, one of each in single species, and a couple different contrasting looks:

So what says the forum? Keep it simple or mix it up?

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Howzat · Feb 28, 2016

Mix it up. Love the look when the two are combined.

golfinFF · Feb 28, 2016

As a fellow wood worker I vote for the middle one.

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deuce · Feb 28, 2016

Love the one where they are mixed, but I'd go one step further ... take the very top piece (like in the last picture) and swap them so you have "light/dark/light/dark" and "dark/light/dark/light" (sorta of like the top picture I quoted).

JohnSinVA said:
Alright forum, a friend of mine is doing a fundraiser for a local facility that hosts Wounded Warriors and asked me to put together a small project he could use for raffle or silent auction.

I elected to put together a couple jewelry/keepsake boxes, one in maple, one in walnut. Personally I am a fan of contrasting woods in projects and these are two of my favorites to use together. But I know not everyone likes that look, so I'm leaving it up to you the forum to decide. Here are a few pics of the items in question, one of each in single species, and a couple different contrasting looks:

So what says the forum? Keep it simple or mix it up?

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JohnSinVA · Feb 28, 2016

deuce said:
Love the one where they are mixed, but I'd go one step further ... take the very top piece (like in the last picture) and swap them so you have "light/dark/light/dark" and "dark/light/dark/light" (sorta of like the top picture I quoted).

Like so?

The maple is figured also, if that changes any minds:

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PKorf · Feb 28, 2016

Not gonna lie....those would make some pretty sweet desk top cigar boxes

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Spivey · Feb 28, 2016

I like solid, one color stuff. But I am not your market.

JohnSinVA · Feb 28, 2016

Spivey said:
I like solid, one color stuff. But I am not your market.

Your vote weighs equally. I doubt anyone else who voted is in the market either

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JohnSinVA · Feb 28, 2016

PKorf said:
Not gonna lie....those would make some pretty sweet desk top cigar boxes

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I do have a chunk of Spanish cedar floating around somewhere...

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tequila4kapp · Feb 28, 2016

My favorites in order our upper right, middle right, lower left.

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Misike · Feb 28, 2016

Fundraiser: need some opinions

JohnSinVA said:
Like so?

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I vote for the one on the left. Very well done!

wubears71 · Feb 28, 2016

I was about to say use figure maple on the top but as you said that the maple is figured then definitely go with bottom - I love the contrast.

Of course I'm a sucker for walnut and maple mixed. Here is a segmented pen I did out of maple and walnut scraps

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#Cookie · Feb 28, 2016

Mix it up, and nice work.

Girardcorp · Feb 28, 2016

Mix it up John. They look great btw

Johnny mojo · Feb 28, 2016

Love the mixed up look. Nice Birdseye maple too and great job!

JM

Fingerz · Feb 28, 2016

I like the contrast. Mix it up!

RNG · Feb 28, 2016

Mix it up, love the walnut sided one with the maple top! Great work!

Lynchburg14 · Feb 28, 2016

Big fan of the 3rd option with the different color top section.

VegasMav · Feb 28, 2016

PKorf said:
Not gonna lie....those would make some pretty sweet desk top cigar boxes

My thoughts exactly. I like the one with maple on top.

emart2173 · Feb 28, 2016

Bottom pic. I like both looks

IceyShanks · Feb 28, 2016

Howzat said:
Mix it up. Love the look when the two are combined.

Ditto!!!

CAA_Beat · Feb 28, 2016

I pretty boring and conventional. I like the top row left.

brianmk24 · Feb 28, 2016

JohnSinVA said:
Like so?

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I like this one. I think the dark wood would look good with something reddish for the next project. (I know nothing about woodworking, but my mom's husband is great with it too.)

mancest · Feb 28, 2016

The final one with the alternating woods is my favorite. Very well done, I wish I had a shop and some skill to do something like that.

Grins · Feb 28, 2016

I like the middle one best. Looks good, man!

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