While we were on vacation in Michigan in 2023, we stopped by Bell Forest Products, located in Ishpeming, Michigan. I’ve placed a half dozen small orders with them over the past few years and was thrilled to finally get to visit.

What a great place! We spent a lot of time picking through their pay-by-the-pount scap bins, picking out all sorts of smalls for lathe projects. I also grabbed a nice little cutoff of a piece of birdseye maple, thinking it would look good on a box lid at some point.

Well a few months later I found the project for it. A small box to hold a whisky smoker set I was given. The box itself is walnut, and the lid is that maple. It looks great on the shelf!