Woodbeardswares
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Hey all,
Wanting to post my own personal dice box that I made. It's made of Bois de Rose, and was such an incredible wood to work with!! I'm still learning how to properly finish this species, as retaining the beautiful fresh deep red has been a challenge. I've used different variations of wax, friction polish, and Milk Paint's Half & Half oil on a few pieces, but nothing has kept the brilliant hues over long periods of time. I think I'll be trying lacquer next.
In any event, hope you like this box! It's meant to protect a full set of 7 polyhedral dice (since they can get pretty pricey), with an integrated rolling tray on the top half for protection while rolling (no more scratches from rolling on hard surfaces!). As with all my pieces, this was made out of a single piece of wood to ensure continuity of the grain pattern throughout. Yeah, the piece has a crack or two in it- since it is my own dice box, I didn't want to use any sort of filler, as keeping the wood as close to natural as possible is important to me. Gotta keep it au naturale
Also, those box corners were a PITA to install lol
The hardware on this is from smallboxhardware. : )
Wanting to post my own personal dice box that I made. It's made of Bois de Rose, and was such an incredible wood to work with!! I'm still learning how to properly finish this species, as retaining the beautiful fresh deep red has been a challenge. I've used different variations of wax, friction polish, and Milk Paint's Half & Half oil on a few pieces, but nothing has kept the brilliant hues over long periods of time. I think I'll be trying lacquer next.
In any event, hope you like this box! It's meant to protect a full set of 7 polyhedral dice (since they can get pretty pricey), with an integrated rolling tray on the top half for protection while rolling (no more scratches from rolling on hard surfaces!). As with all my pieces, this was made out of a single piece of wood to ensure continuity of the grain pattern throughout. Yeah, the piece has a crack or two in it- since it is my own dice box, I didn't want to use any sort of filler, as keeping the wood as close to natural as possible is important to me. Gotta keep it au naturale
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The hardware on this is from smallboxhardware. : )