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Turned Jewelry box ( distraction from stripping lathe )
micktoon:
Hi all , well there does not seem to be that many wood related things so thought I would post what has stopped me stripping my Harrison L5 lathe for a few days. Its a Jewelry box of my own design..... well just thinking what had to fit in it more or less decided the design really and it had to have a lid to keep dust out too. The basic idea is: rings go on the pegs , earrings go on the shelf and necklaces and bracelets go in the lower part of the box.
I made it for my Girlfriends daughters birthday so it had to be done NOW type job , so from metal & oil to wood & shavings it was :thumbup:. The box and finial are ash and the lid and ring pegs are mahogany.
I have photos at various stages of the box and lid getting made, if there is any interest I will post them but its a bit late tonight.
Cheers Mick
dsquire:
Mick
Go ahead, put them up when you get a chance. The way that you have designed it is great. I'm sure that she will like it.
cheers :beer:
Don
andyf:
Nice job, Mick. Hope you haven't made it too big, though. You don't want to leave room for much future bling in there; that might lead to a vacuum in your wallet :)
Andy
Brass_Machine:
Nicely done! More pictures are OK with me :headbang:
micktoon:
Just having a little chuckle here as there seems to be more interest in this box than my lathe getting rebuilt :lol: Thanks for the positive comments and the birthday girl loved the box I am glad to say :thumbup:
This is the way the box was made, it started with a blank of ash and a similar blank of mahogany for the lid , these get cut to rough shape on the bandsaw, like this photo , one of the off cuts will make the finial.
The blank is then held between centers and trued up, A dovetailed recess is cut into the tailstock side ( you will see it on following photos ) this enables the blank to be griped by the expanding jaws of the chuck as the project progresses.
Next the blank is mounted via this recess and the outside of the bowl/box turned and a similar recess put into what will be the base , this is so it can be re chucked to turn the inside. I am quite new to woodturning and was unsure of the shelf element of the turning, so a young more experienced friend 78 years young showed me how best to do this on his lathe , hence the lathe colour change. Thanks for the advice and help John :clap:.
Once the outside shape and recess are done the blank is turned around and the inside turned , the bottom recess will hold the item for sanding and finishing both the outside and inside surfaces.
Back on my lathe the bowl/box part was sanded through the grit grades , 80,120,180,240,320,400,600 then sanding sealer ( fast drying thin varnish to seal the grain ) was applied then waxed and buffed.
Now the same process was done for the lid, first the blank trued and recess done. The bottom of the lid had to be turned first so the fit to the bowl could be tried for fit with the lid still on the chuck.
This is the underside of the lid with a groove where the top of the box locates and the recess that will remain under the lid to enable it to be re chucked so the top surface can be turned.
The under side of the lid was then finished the same as the box with sanding , sealer and wax.
The lid is then turned around and the top surface turned, unlike metal its all by eye and what looks right is right, it all happens a lot faster too I am glad to say !
The lid is turned to shape and a flat bottomed hole bored for the spigot that will be on the underside of the finial to locate. Its sanded and sealed.
I am posting this at this point as the photo bucket has stopped wotking and locked up , ......More to follow
Thanks Mick.
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