This is an example of the boxes I have been making.
Stacked slices of 3/16" Red Cedar.
Scott Daniel
Outstanding work.
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Thanks! A long way to go before I reach your level. You inspire.
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You’re already there. You’ve just inspired an idea in me, so it’s mutual. Really good stuff.
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Amazing! How did you get the sides so clean?
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Sand paper. Startes with 220, then stepped up to 1500 grit. I wiped a lot of the burn off with a baby wipe first. Works pretty well.
And thank you!
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Awesome! I have been thinking about how I could do ring boxes and this looks great!
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Lovely!
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Took me a minute to figure out how exactly you did this, but then again, I’ve been doing a few new designs and working my brain hard today so I’m a little slow right now haha.
I’ve always loved cedar; definitely one of my favorite woods that I haven’t worked with too much! Had a friend in an advanced cabinetry class build a display shelf out of it and it made the shop smell great. I really like what you did, especially with the 3D engrave and it definitely inspires me to want to try something like it!
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Beautifully done.
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Nice!
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Lovely! 
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Beautiful work!
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Thank you!
Really outstanding!
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Very nice engraving.
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A lot of wow in a small package … Beautiful!
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How did you round the animals on the dragon and phoenix box? I’m dying to figure that out! Also, fantastic work on how clean and gorgeous everything is!
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3d Engrave / Vary Power
here’s a tutorial:
google image search “greyscale depthmap” for lots more examples.
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That depth engraving looks phenomenal. Did you use a defocused pass to clean it up? Or is it just really high LPI?