Alan’s Ragowski-Inspired Box

By: Alan Reddick (Victoria, Australia)
Experience: 0-2 Years
Woodworker Type: Hobbyist
Project Type: Boxes
Material(s): Solid Wood
Finish Type(s): Shellac
Finishing Technique(s): French Polish

This is my version of Gary Rogowski’s Box from Video #224. I used Fibonacci to get my proportions and visually I think it works. I decided to experiment with very thin stock (6mm in fact), not sure I’ll do that again as it presented so many issues. I decided to change the lid to feature some wonderful glass I found. One of the issues I found with the thin stock is I could not find any hinges (living in Australia) for the lid, so I decided to use rare earth magnets.

Overall I’m quite pleased as its only my second project not shop-related. Would love to hear feedback.