Hi Everyone,
Well, I did some preliminary work on the tea boxes and here are some photos and discussion:
Im making three tea boxes for several friends as Christmas presents. Two of the tea boxes are being made from some prefabricated turning blocks from a business in Indiana and the third box is being made from some red birch and Brazilian cherry that Im laminating into a block myself.
The prefab blocks are 6" in diameter x 3" deep and this is a really nice size for a tea box. I want to be able to use as much of the inside volume as I can so I decided to attach a foot to the bottom instead of cutting the foot out of the block which would diminish the inside volume a bit and is what I usually do. Here is what it looks like:
The white stuff is dried glue and you can also see the lid of the box next to it. The lid and the knob on top are made out of white oak and are pinned and glued together.
This is a photo of the two pieces together:
This next photo shows the red birch box and the Brazilian cherry layer separate. Since the cherry layer is smaller in diameter than the rest of the box, I will be using it on the bottom as the foot of the box. Here is that photo:
This is the box with the layers assembled:
And this is the red birch block with the white oak lid on top:
This box will have a Brazilian cherry lid instead of the white oak lid--I just wanted to see how large the box will eventually be.
Tomorrow Im going to turn the first box and its lid and Ill post those pictures when Im done.
See you tomorrow,
VW
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Well, I did some preliminary work on the tea boxes and here are some photos and discussion:
Im making three tea boxes for several friends as Christmas presents. Two of the tea boxes are being made from some prefabricated turning blocks from a business in Indiana and the third box is being made from some red birch and Brazilian cherry that Im laminating into a block myself.
The prefab blocks are 6" in diameter x 3" deep and this is a really nice size for a tea box. I want to be able to use as much of the inside volume as I can so I decided to attach a foot to the bottom instead of cutting the foot out of the block which would diminish the inside volume a bit and is what I usually do. Here is what it looks like:
The white stuff is dried glue and you can also see the lid of the box next to it. The lid and the knob on top are made out of white oak and are pinned and glued together.This is a photo of the two pieces together:
This next photo shows the red birch box and the Brazilian cherry layer separate. Since the cherry layer is smaller in diameter than the rest of the box, I will be using it on the bottom as the foot of the box. Here is that photo:This is the box with the layers assembled:And this is the red birch block with the white oak lid on top:This box will have a Brazilian cherry lid instead of the white oak lid--I just wanted to see how large the box will eventually be.Tomorrow Im going to turn the first box and its lid and Ill post those pictures when Im done.
See you tomorrow,
VW
More Friday notes from the wood shop
Jumat, 18 Maret 2016
Well, I went back down to the wood after lunch to take a look at the beech bowl and the honey locust tea box. The beech bowl had really distorted quite a bit and I decided against my better judgement to try and re turn it round again, which predictable results:
It doesnt have enough thickness left in the walls to true it up so this one will have to be tossed.
But the honey locust box is coming out well. Its very rough from drying but it managed to keep its shape. Here are photos of the side and the interior:
This is really going to be pretty when its finished. Im going to need to make a lid for it, the question being what kind of wood to use? It think a yellow, vanilla colored wood would really look great on the box and the type of wood that comes to mind is clear pine. It has a similar grain pattern and a wonderful vanilla yellow color so Im going to take some pine I have in the shop and make a top and see what it look like. If it doesnt work out, then well get a hold of some hickory and try that.
I decided just for the heck of it to take a look at the sycamore bowl:
As you can see its really distorted and it has two cracks in it.
Sometimes theres a lot to be said for kiln-dried lumber. People criticize it as being boring and its true that the wild grain patterns and lovely colors are usually missing from kiln dried lumber. But its is dried out and it doesnt distort after its been cut. Sometimes working with green unseasoned wood is a lot like having a drama queen in the wood shop. You just never know what they are going to do.
So well be using kiln dried lumber for the tea boxes so come on back and see how this works out.
...sigh...
More later,
VW
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It doesnt have enough thickness left in the walls to true it up so this one will have to be tossed.But the honey locust box is coming out well. Its very rough from drying but it managed to keep its shape. Here are photos of the side and the interior:
This is really going to be pretty when its finished. Im going to need to make a lid for it, the question being what kind of wood to use? It think a yellow, vanilla colored wood would really look great on the box and the type of wood that comes to mind is clear pine. It has a similar grain pattern and a wonderful vanilla yellow color so Im going to take some pine I have in the shop and make a top and see what it look like. If it doesnt work out, then well get a hold of some hickory and try that.I decided just for the heck of it to take a look at the sycamore bowl:
As you can see its really distorted and it has two cracks in it.Sometimes theres a lot to be said for kiln-dried lumber. People criticize it as being boring and its true that the wild grain patterns and lovely colors are usually missing from kiln dried lumber. But its is dried out and it doesnt distort after its been cut. Sometimes working with green unseasoned wood is a lot like having a drama queen in the wood shop. You just never know what they are going to do.
So well be using kiln dried lumber for the tea boxes so come on back and see how this works out.
...sigh...More later,
VW
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