Oak Ribbon Box With Candy Cane Striped Inlay

This video shows how to build a ribbon box with a candy cane striped inlay. There are two parts to this project, building the box and making the inlays. They can be built in parallel, but for the sake of clarity, I’ll describe them in sequence. The Inlay: Pick contrasting colors for the strips. I used Red Cedar, Oak, and Walnut. The thickness of the stock will determine the maximum height of the bows. I had 3/4 inch stock, so I glued two boards together to make 6/4 boards. To ensure the strips are all the same width, make a simple jig from a piece of scrap wood. Cut a notch at one end of the scrap wood where the Cedar and Oak will rest when sawing it. After the Oak and Cedar strips are cut, stack them in an alternating pattern and glue them together. When that dries, square up the new board. To cut the stripes I cut 45-degree angles into a couple pieces of scrap wood and clamped them to my table saw sled just like you’d normally clamp a stop blo