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    The stand is some sort of music stand I got from Reverse Garbage (a recycling shop in Brisbane) for $3. A bit exy compared with yours but not too bad!
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    Default Day 8-13 No finials here!

    This is my second go at a box like this, the first one had a lot of stuff ups including making the bottom so thin it broke whilst I was working on the top which was jammed onto the base. Fixed that by gluing on a new bottom just for the practise etc!

    The idea here is to minimise the wood lost between the base and the top so that the grain runs as well as possible between the two. Started parting the top and base using a thin parting tool ( to get it square etc) and then completed the cut with a thin kerf saw - it's the one I use for dovetails etc. The parting tool is 1/16" and thicker than the saw blade so the lost wood is 1/16".

    I then glued a plug into a recess in the base. This plug becomes the flange. Everything then proceeds as per the standard method I have been using.

    I put some tape round to reinforce the jam fit of the top onto the base as I had quite a bit of work to do on the top to make a recess for the 'button' on top.

    I made the 'button' by holt melt gluing some Solomons ebony onto a bit of wood in the chuck and cutting into it from the front with a parting tool, removed the outside waste and finished with a gouge. Sanded and polished and the heat from polishing was enough to melt the glue - just as I was wondering how to get it off!

    Completed box - I sure picked a bad bit of wood (Silver ash) to show grain continuity but never mind.
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    You make me hungry for little boxes! I must get back to work!

    Thanks for all the lovely pictures. I like all your boxes so far!
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    Default Day 14 A top that's.. a top!

    Another little silky oak box. No WIP as it is just the standard method except the top is an innie and a top as well
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    grrr, you beat me to it! I was going to make one of them!

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    Quote Originally Posted by kdm View Post
    Another little silky oak box. No WIP as it is just the standard method except the top is an innie and a top as well
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    Quote Originally Posted by ElizaLeahy View Post
    grrr, you beat me to it! I was going to make one of them!

    You can beat me to doing one with a tippe top as a lid
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    Default Day 15, another top that's a top!

    I was tempted to get more fancy with the finial but even this one is much harder to use for spinning the top than a thicker one so I'm glad I didn't.

    There's some bright red in the middle of this silky oak, doesn't really show in any of the boxes I've made from it though there's a hint in this one. Must be minerals it picked up while it was growing or something like that.
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    Yes, spinning tops are easier if the handle is straight up and down. Great for tops, not so good for finials.

    You are really good at these little boxes! And you make silky oak (not my favourite timber) look good!

    Maybe if the handle was straight, with a little ball at the top. I'd try it on a top first though to see how easy it was to spin.

    I'm having too much fun with finials just now, maybe later I'll do a tippy top!

    This is really good work, congrats!
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    Thanks Eliza.

    This top has to be spun with the bit at the top of the finial - the thin bit is too thin. A thicker stem with a ball would certainly work much better. I was aiming for a continuous curve on the lid and that has compromised the spinning top a bit!

    I'm surprised how much detail silky oak will take - I found that out when I made my Cindy Drozda tribute box, I thought it would chip out but with sharp tools it doesn't.
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    Default Day 16, inlay

    I have a piece of pink gidgee with a few borer holes in it. This is the end and has two badly placed holes so I thought I'd use the middle as an inlay. Hot melt glued to a piece of wood in the scroll chuck, cut in from the front to create a disc.

    Box made as normal, timber is silver ash. Marking out for the recess using vernier guage - contact on left hand side only, soft touches until mark lines up on right then a bit more pressure to make the final mark.
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    Wow! Look what you've been up to while I wasn't looking. Love the top tops. And Silky Oak (and anything else with mandullray rays ) is my favourite wood.
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    Way too productive It's just not fair that someone should have so much time on their hands Not hard to see who's going to produce the most boxes for the challenge (Not that I'm jealous or anything )
    I like the use of the inserts. I started using them early in my turning journey but just sort of forgot to since. Good work KDM. How many more do you reckon you'll get in for the month????
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    They are simple little boxes though TTIT, not like your amazing creation .

    How many more I make depends on how complicated the boxes are and whether I get distracted . I set out to spend an hour or so a day on this project and aside from weekends that's about what I'm doing. It fits in well following a month or so of spindle turning exercises producing nothing but sawdust in the end, not even toothpicks
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    This one is made from Pink Gidgee, about 11cm tall.

    The wood is bone dry but has cracked a bit especially the sap wood - is this to be expected?
    Keith

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