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Finally! After more than a year its finally done! :p
It was a mad rush to the finish in time for christmas..

Final coat of BLO

Hinges from Hafele, needed a bit of polishing

True Value has a nice selection of screws and small items from the US. Antique brass screws, expensive though @P20 each but looks nice.

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The base with shellac coating

Cut the mortise for the hinges

I really like this feature, laser cut elephant graphic. Came out really nice.

Assembled the top

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Finished pics..the camera didn't do the box justice.. the shellac finish is really first rate, first time to use it and it came out great. very easy to use. Thanks Timb for the shellac!

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Luckily found a brass looking chain at Ace. The scale was just right.

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very nice Moji, you'll get a big hug and kiss for the work... might get slapped for the delay, but there is still a kiss after... that's for sure :p

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She opened it na yesterday. Really loved it! Even her family appreciated it since the keys are all that remains of their piano.

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She opened it na yesterday. Really loved it! Even her family appreciated it since the keys are all that remains of their piano.

so, what did you get? another trip to Thailand perhaps? 😀

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Haha...she loves elephants kasi..her collection of elephant figurines used to be on top of the piano..kaya may graphic nun elephant

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Finally! After more than a year its finally done! :

no time limit for creating such a wonderful work, it's a work of art. excellent job moji. the details from inside and out, very clean. the wood grain patern, is impressive, from the finishing itself, it was a very good "shellac-ing" experience :p and the elephant graphics! WOW !!! "she" will be very proud!

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Thanks Jonathan. Yes it was a good project to test shellac. A traditional piano finish for a piano box hehe!

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Very nice unique box Moji. All the while I thought it was a box to store the piano keys only.

Truly one of a kind.

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masterfully crafted!

our time given for free...

like i said elsewhere...sometimes its the journey that is more enjoyable than the destination.

cheers to you moji!

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Plus 10,000 pogi points nanaman si Mojito! 😀

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The rear of the lid will be a solid piece of mahogany which would also cover part of the keys.

Cut the mahogany to rough size. Im really happy i got the cms..its one of my most used power tools..

Flattened one side. The grain was very nice on this one

To finish the other side, i marked the width i want then plane to the line

Nice scrub plane moji. Aggressive cuts! Ang bilis habulin ah

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malaki kasi two front teeth nyang scrub plane na yan eh...