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I had a small laminated turning block left over from an order of laminated blocks a few months back and I decided to make myself a small box for earrings. This particular blank is red maple and walnut. Ive turned the bottom of the box and done some preliminary sanding. Here are the photos:
In the top picture you can see that Ive cut a small lip on the inside of the bowl. Thats were the lid will sit.
The lid is being constructed from two pieces of red birch which I think will match:
I had a small laminated turning block left over from an order of laminated blocks a few months back and I decided to make myself a small box for earrings. This particular blank is red maple and walnut. Ive turned the bottom of the box and done some preliminary sanding. Here are the photos:
In the top picture you can see that Ive cut a small lip on the inside of the bowl. Thats were the lid will sit.The lid is being constructed from two pieces of red birch which I think will match:
This will be round and the block on the top will be turned down into a small knob.
Ill be back tomorrow to show you how the top is made.
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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.
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.
As you can see its really distorted and it has two cracks in it.
...sigh...
You can see the foot, the tenon, and the heat and sap wood areas of the blank.
At this point the bowl is ready to flip over and hollow out. Moment of truth-once the bowl is flipped over and I begin hollowing it out, the bowl cant be flipped back if there is a problem. Here we go...
In the above photo, Ive flipped it over and placed it between centers again. Until the bowl is substantially hollowed out, Ill turn it between centers. When its been hollowed, and its lighter in weight, Ill remove the dead center and the center post in the bowl.
Above is the bowl after about an hours worth of turning. The sides are about 1 inch thick and Ive left the center post in the bowl. This will help keep the bowl in its round shape and keep it from cracking. Now Im going to cover it in paste wax and place it in a large box of wood shavings and let it dry for several weeks. In about three weeks time, Ill take it out and see hows its going so keep you fingers crossed that the bowl is ok and it dries well.