A grandniece came up to me at our St. Patrick's Day party and asked me to make her a box with a butterfly on it. This one is cut from 3/4" red cedar, resawn to 3/8" thick. The box is 2Hx4Wx10L. I got to try out my new P-C box joint fixture. It's a great tool, if maybe a little over-the-top for this work. I've done other box joints on the scroll saw, but this jig makes them tighter and more uniform.
The butterfly is a reduced-sized version of Steve's butterfly shadow design, cut from 1/2" thick Bullet Wood. It took 4 FDUR#5 blades to get through it - the wood is super tough and heavy, but has a red glow where it is cut, and a darker surface where it's been exposed a while.
The lid and bottom are rabbited to fit on the box and the lid has small neodymium magnets on each side to hold it in place.
