Good Morning All,
I've got some photos for you - the small turned boxes! One is finished and another one is just getting started on the lathe.
Enjoy the photos:
This is the hickory box from several days ago. I sanded it to 400 grit and finished it with polyurethane. It is going to be a gift box for Mother's Day.
Here is the next box. This is part of a tree branch from a pile of tree trimmings I came across. I like the look of the end grain so I took several of them back to the shop, cut one of them to size, and started turning in.
It's going to have a goblet-shaped box with a nearly invisible base. In the photo you can see the cream colored white sap wood and the darker heart wood together, along with a couple of knots. The wood is damp so I'm going to be turning it slowly to let the water inside evaporate slowly so the wood doesn't crack. When I'm done hollowing it out, I'll make a lid for it so stay tuned:
The surface looks like it's torn and it is as wet wood doesn't always turn cleanly.
So stay tuned, there's more to come.
VW
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