Hermit
8th February 2014, 12:26 PM
My latest attempt. I made this one similar in shape to my first one because ever since finishing the first I've been hounded by one of the neighbours to sell it to him for his girlfriend, so I made this one to keep him happy. (Gotta stay sweet with the neighbours.)
NSW Scented Rosewood body & lid with QLD Silver Ash knob and lid pinstripe, finished in 3 coats WOP.
It's 85mm diameter (at the outside of the lid's 'lip'), 100mm tall, (84mm tall without knob) and has 5mm thick walls.
Most of it came up OK, but I wish now that I'd put more time into sanding the bottom. Not to worry, at least it is only the bottom.
While the white knob seemed like a good idea when I drew it up, I'm not so sure now. Too much white? (It doesn't look as white as in some pics - the third pic shows the real colour.) A pinstripe in the body might have balanced it a bit more.
I haven't glued the knob on yet, but I don't have any more of the Rosewood to make another if the general consensus is that it is too white. The blank was originally 95mm x 90mm, so I sawed 5mm off the edge to square it and used the 3mm offcut for the centre lid insert, but there's virtually nothing left of that.
Anyway, all comments and suggestions are most welcome.
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NSW Scented Rosewood body & lid with QLD Silver Ash knob and lid pinstripe, finished in 3 coats WOP.
It's 85mm diameter (at the outside of the lid's 'lip'), 100mm tall, (84mm tall without knob) and has 5mm thick walls.
Most of it came up OK, but I wish now that I'd put more time into sanding the bottom. Not to worry, at least it is only the bottom.
While the white knob seemed like a good idea when I drew it up, I'm not so sure now. Too much white? (It doesn't look as white as in some pics - the third pic shows the real colour.) A pinstripe in the body might have balanced it a bit more.
I haven't glued the knob on yet, but I don't have any more of the Rosewood to make another if the general consensus is that it is too white. The blank was originally 95mm x 90mm, so I sawed 5mm off the edge to square it and used the 3mm offcut for the centre lid insert, but there's virtually nothing left of that.
Anyway, all comments and suggestions are most welcome.
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