Okay here’s the final reveal of the ten-month Gift Box build.

Deliriously happy to shout from the rooftops that my partner Robin is the most extraordinary person I’ve ever known, and I want to marry her more than I’ve ever wanted anything in my life.

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Ninth part of the ten-month Gift Box build 🦊❤️🦦🎁

Final glue-up, trim, engraving and other finishing touches. Next video will be of the finished piece!

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Eighth part of the ten-month Gift Box build 🦊❤️🦦🎁

Assembly and dry fit, and first test of all the mechanisms together. Absolutely hair-raising not knowing if it would work or not

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Seventh part of the ten-month mechanical Gift Box build 🦊❤️🦦🎁

The flower petals at the top are working, miraculously, and I finally get a worthy idea for the sides of the finished box

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Sixth part of the ten-month Gift Box build 🦊❤️🦦🎁
Top half taking form, bottom half taking form, and shaping the flower petals

Fifth part of the ten-month Gift Box build

Mechanical problem solving, hauling out the drill press, and ✨tada the music box works✨

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Fourth part of the ten-month Gift Box build

Chiseling, hammering, and figuring out the clockwork elements. Really getting in over my head at this point

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Third part of the ten-month Gift Box build

Fun with sparks, chiseling, and the beginnings of the clockwork elements

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Second part of the ten-month Gift Box build

Solved the most complicated engineering part of the build here with the two clutched gears driving the sector gear

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First part of the ten-month Gift Box build for my love

I like the sounds! I think the sounds are my favorite part of watching this back now

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