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FREE Labs Project: Heart Shaped Box

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Hey All,

This month I have created a pretty simple Heart Shaped Box for you to download from your V&Co account: https://release.vectric.com/heart-shaped-box/

This is a bit of a seasonal project with Valentines around the corner, but could work for anytime really, anniversaries, mothers day and gifting in general :)

The box is formed of two parts, a lid and a base. The lid has a funky texture pattern that has been created simply with a profile toolpath and a large VBit. The base of the box consists of a simple pocket toolpath where I have engraved some text inside of the box! The box is a two sided project, allowing for extra engraving on the bottom of the base, as well as the functionality of a pocket pass on the underside of the lid to allow for the lid to slot into the base to close the whole part up.

I hope you enjoy this project!
Happy Making!
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Awesome Valentines Day project

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Thank you Beki. Always look forward to seeing what the latest free projects are. I hope to give this one a try.

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Thank you both for your comments :) I enjoyed making this one - let me know how you get on with yours :)
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This was presented last night before a "Yoga for Partners" session. It was well received by my sweetie.

1.5" Ash left over from another project, a single layer of Livos Natural Oil finish. Minimal manual sanding.
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Great job, Joe!
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Aww Joe, your box turned out great and that wood is just beautiful! I'm glad she liked it :) :)
Thank you for sharing this :)

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Well here is my take on Beki's free project Heart shaped box.
My wife and I recently lost one of our fur babies to cancer. So I had bought the bracelet for my wife for Valentines. Then this free project came out. It was perfect for my needs.
Thank you so much for this one.

Top & Bottom of the box is Redwood.
The center section is Cherry.
All cut with 1/4 BN endmill. 60 degree V-Bit for text and chamfer.
Finish is simply 4 coats of rattle can poly with a light sand between coats.

It was very well received and is much loved by my wife.
Thanks again for the free project and all that you all do at Vectric & Design & Make for our community. :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Beautiful work, Dwayne!
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mtylerfl wrote:Beautiful work, Dwayne!
Thank you Michael. Got one of your projects pulled out of the Rountuit file. Variation of the paradise box that will become a memorial box for my father in law. All hickory construction with text and custom carvings inside and out.
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I’m looking forward to seeing the memorial box. I’ve not worked with Hickory myself, but a fellow CNC carver gifted me a desktop nameplate made from Hickory. Beautiful wood.
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NICE jobs Joe and Dwayne!! :)
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dwilli9013 wrote:Well here is my take on Beki's free project Heart shaped box.
My wife and I recently lost one of our fur babies to cancer. So I had bought the bracelet for my wife for Valentines. Then this free project came out. It was perfect for my needs.
Thank you so much for this one.

Top & Bottom of the box is Redwood.
The center section is Cherry.
All cut with 1/4 BN endmill. 60 degree V-Bit for text and chamfer.
Finish is simply 4 coats of rattle can poly with a light sand between coats.

It was very well received and is much loved by my wife.
Thanks again for the free project and all that you all do at Vectric & Design & Make for our community. :lol: :lol: :lol:
Hey dwilli,

Aww your take on this is beautiful, your wife is very lucky to have such a thoughtful chap on her side :)
I love your changes and the use of layered materials, it looks great!

Thank you for your kind comments and Thank you for sharing this with us all :) :)

Thanks,
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Here's my second project with Beki's heart shaped box. My mom will be 96 in a couple of weeks and I will miss her birthday, so I plan to present this to her tomorrow.

The Walnut I had left over from my Raven Desk project was only 5.5" wide so I resized the box to 11cm wide. Apart from changing the lettering for the bottom and deleting the inside lettering, the file is as Beki supplied it. No issues whatsoever!
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Congrats Joe....On your Mother's 96'th............AND the box! :)
She should Love it:)
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