Okay! I’ve made a few of these “river boxes”. My first one was back in August 2019 with the Spalted Blue River Box. Since then I’ve made a few others. I made one for my friend Dawn’s wedding: Blue River Box and one for my sister’s wedding. I recently had someone commission a box from me. I generally don’t do commissions, but I wanted to do a YouTube video on the process. I had filmed some of the prior ones but I always stopped halfway before completing because I just wanted to focus on working. For this box I filmed the entire process and did a walkthrough to show people how to replicate it.

Free Plans

This project is very simple, but I quickly drew up the box I did in SketchUp.

• Download the SketchUp Model

Materials

• Live edge piece of wood; approx spalted oak wood, hand harvested from fallen trees; planed to a bit over 1/2″ thick
• Alder for the sides – planed to 1/2″ thick
• Alder plywood for the bottom (1/8″ thick)
• Wisebond Quick-Set Seal Epoxy
• Wisebond Deep Pour Epoxy (use CORBIN10 for 10% off)
  • Use Wisebond if this is your first project; it will cure slower and release more bubbles
  • Or use KSResin Deep Pour Epoxy (use CORBIN for 5% off) – but it cures much more quickly and may not let out all the bubbles
• Black Diamond Pigment Ghost Satin Violet mica powder
  • I only see this color from this pack; I don’t see it sold individually
• 3/4″ plywood or melamine for the mold
• Tape Options (choose one)
  • Packing Tape (cheapest option, doesn’t stick as well)
  • Sheathing Tape (sticks a lot better)
  • Tyvek Tape from Home Depot (Usually locally available)
• Silicon sealant

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