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    Laser-engraved Box

    May 04, 2020 4 minutes
    By WJ Staff

    When it comes to small woodworking projects such as these tiny boxes, details can make the difference between bland and brilliant. Those details don’t need be intricate or over-the-top fancy, but it doesn’t hurt if they are. Accurately cut and assembled exotic veneer patterns are a great way to add beautiful wood figure, color and texture to a box lid or drawer face. And simple geometric engraving on a box’s sides is an embellishment that has been a woodworking tradition for centuries.

    The key to using these enhancements is to do them well — in

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