Thread: Challenge box making August 2009.

Originally Posted by echnidna

d'ya mean a box sized 100 x 100 x 100
or a box made from a volume of timber equal to 100 x 100 x 100

I reckon wood equivalent to that volume. Doesn;t have to be one bit or type. Even powderpost can play then. He only works with lots of little bits glued together.

Well looks like we have a few players then.

How about it starting on 1st August, cos then its the last hoorah for winter. And you have a month to do it, so dead line is midnight 31st August.

Its not a comp, just a "turnalong", and everyone posts a WIP of some sort and tells us at least one thing they discovered from the project. And they especially tell us what went wrong and why,so that we can ALL learn from the mistakes. So we have pics of the wood you start with, the chucking method you used and jam chucks and all that. And the finished box I guess. Ken Wraight can play too as long as he tells us what he did. And the mods, cos there ain't no winners. (Does ubeaut still touch lathes occasionally? )

OK? So who's playing?

Originally Posted by lubbing5cherubs

Can I join to please
Toni

Of course.

I've had further thoughts in my flu brain befuddled state. ( ) Since this is a "turn-along" rather than a competition, we can actually start posting about what we are doing from the 1st of August. That way we can get feed back as we go, and stuff. Maybe we can each have a thread of our own (Maybe in a little temporary sub-forum or something,) where our progress can be followed. (What do ya reacon Watson or or anyone watching? That's not too hard is it? )

A turned box challenge. ( I think I was toying with ANY box being OK, but I think not now. So sorry all you flat wood workers. Or should that be "still wood" workers. This one's for turning. ) (Anyway. wasn't there a "box challenge last year.? Vague memory. )

100mm cubed is only the total amount allowed, so you can have added bits for fillials and knobs and legs and stuff. And I expect no one will really be measuring. I think I will have either uninteresting boxes with interesting fillials, or interesting box with uninteresting filials. Something space ship shaped I reckon. (Maybe I've been spending too much time with Small Boy? Or just releasing my "inner small boy" ? )

This is reserved for entrants WIP not chit chat. Will collate TL posts later into some semblance of rules for this one.

Here are the rules as approved by Tea Lady.


The box shall use no more than 100 mm3 of timber or in the case of segmented no bigger than 100 mm3.

Timber choice and construction (segmented or solid) is free.

Finials or stands are not included in the size and may be used for decoration.

There will be no judging except by critique by peers as it is hoped that this will be a challenge for those who have not turned a box before, or more experienced people trying something new.

WIP photos and tools used are requested with an explanation of what you were trying to achieve, any problems you had and how you overcame them.

Can we please make the volume a little bit bigger. 100mm3 is about 4.7mmx4.7mmx4.7mm, and I haven't yet got any tools small enough, unless of course you meant 100mm cubed (100x100x100).

Sorry, but my high school maths teacher was very pedantic about such things and it rubbed off. (Most other teachers thought I should become a barrister, cos I was always arguing and they said you might as well get paid for it.)

they mean 100 x 100 x 100 total volume

Originally Posted by echnidna

they mean 100 x 100 x 100 total volume

Yes! sorry. We mean 100x100x100mm. 1 liter of wood. But can be a different proportion to that. Doesn't have to be a cube.

Originally Posted by nalmo

Can we please make the volume a little bit bigger. 100mm3 is about 4.7mmx4.7mmx4.7mm, and I haven't yet got any tools small enough, unless of course you meant 100mm cubed (100x100x100).

Sorry, but my high school maths teacher was very pedantic about such things and it rubbed off. (Most other teachers thought I should become a barrister, cos I was always arguing and they said you might as well get paid for it.)

I haven't got a widdle free on my puter.

Nearly ready to agree with your teachers Alan.

Originally Posted by trolly

Ahhhh, could be round also .....like
10cm in height and 10 cm in diameter.

I think a liter of wood can be something like 100mm diam x 120ish mm high. I'm sure a maths pedant will be along shortly.

why not just say 1000 cubic centimetres of timber

Because I'm confused enough!!!

Originally Posted by echnidna

why not just say 1000 cubic centimetres of timber

OK! A 1000 cubic centimeters of wood.