Lantern Box

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Hello Everyone,

Wanted to share a project that i just created for my wife for her birthday. I don’t know about you guys but i love when my CNC is used as “a tool” in the process and not “the tool”.

This was made with purple heart wood that i torched to bring out the deep purple color. I sanded it down to 2000 and finished with Danish Oil.

I used conventional tools to build the box its self with 1/4 inch finger joints, CNC for the base and to carve out the hearts on the sides and scroll-saw to cut the letters on the top. The white paper you see on the sides is vellum.

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My wife loved it and wants to know when she can have one. I told her once my XCarve unit actually ships she can expect delivery of her lantern 3 weeks later. I have some nice 1x6 purple heart that has been aging in my Phoenix garage for a year.

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Great work. Has given me some ideas.

By the way this is appropriate for Dewali too! (It’s on right now!) Diwali - Wikipedia