Custom Made Hand Gun Box       This special box was built for a client who served in the US Special Forces in Vietnam. He became the holder of an emblematic hand gun from his troop, and felt it deserved an appropriate storage vessel. His father served in the WWII equivalent of the special forces, and the box also houses some bullets from his father's service. I actually wrestled with my pacifist tendencies before deciding to make this piece, but ultimately felt like it was among the most meaningful pieces I've ever made. The client provided the exquisite quilted maple from his native Oregon, and also supplied the unusual gold plated hardware.         The inlay work, shown here at about 1.5 X scale, involves nearly 100 pieces, with ebony, holly, satinwood, baliwood, jatoba and Brazilian tulipwood. This is a great example of the amazing accuracy my CNC router is capable of. It does help to know what you're doing. The CNC only does what it's told to do.         My client provided me with this excellent photo of the box with its residents in place. He also provided me with a foam model of the gun to facilitate the correct carving of the recesses. The interior is flocked.