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Thread: Eliza's Camphor Laurel box.
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31st July 2009, 03:46 PM #1
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Eliza's Camphor Laurel box.
I have a chunk of wood.
That's as far as I've got.
Want to see it???
And after seeing the aged leaves - I think I'm going to be sick for the rest of august and not be able to turn...Last edited by Jim Carroll; 1st August 2009 at 06:26 PM. Reason: Name change
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31st July 2009, 03:51 PM #2
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So what's the wood then?
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31st July 2009, 10:28 PM #4
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...gonna still be lumpy when it's finished
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Ed
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31st July 2009, 10:32 PM #5
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Most likely!!!
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1st August 2009, 02:33 PM #6
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Here tis - number 1
A very basic tiny box in Camphor Laurel.
This piece didn't crack, thank goodness
I wanted to keep my first as basic as possible, very clean straight lines.
I was concentrating on...
getting the walls thin and even
letting no end grain get away with any cheekiness
cutting fine without breaking it.
I was a bit surprised when I managed the last one - because the walls, especially around the edge of the lid where it fits over, are much thinner then I've ever cut before.
It's 6.5cm across and 2.5cm in height, the lid being 1cm high.
Aren't the rays across the top pretty? They just showed up at exactly the point I had to stop cutting or go through. One of the fortunate pressies that timber gives to us evey now and then.
I'm happy with it, don't know what I'll do with it. Give it to mum to put err, pins in maybe.
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1st August 2009, 05:10 PM #7
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And Eliza is off to a flying start. Beautiful little one there. 
Nice grain. nice finish. And the crowd goes wild. 
I thought you said lumpy. 
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1st August 2009, 06:12 PM #8
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Nice box Eliza and you have positioned the grain to show it off at its best. Well done, Robbie
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1st August 2009, 06:41 PM #9
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I like it. Elegant in it's simplicity.
That's the sort of thing that seems to sell well; I think that people look at them and think "I've got a use for that!"
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Kewl, because I can't keep everything.
Thanks TL!!!
The grain is beautiful and totally a surprise. I love that about wood.
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very nicely done...can't find any fault with it
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2nd August 2009, 09:22 AM #13
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Very nice Eliza, & u said it was gonna be lumpy! lol
I've got 2 slabs of camphor laural, 50mm thick, i hope its got some nice grain too.
Not sure how to turn a box yet tho so it might have to wait for another challenge.
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Originally Posted by Ed Reiss
very nicely done...can't find any fault with it
That thump was me fainting.
At least I came to.
Now if Ken said something like that I think it would probably be fatal!
Thanks Ed - you made my year!!!!!!!!
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The "rays" are dead branches. Looks good. Originally Posted by ElizaLeahy
A very basic tiny box in Camphor Laurel.
This piece didn't crack, thank goodness
I wanted to keep my first as basic as possible, very clean straight lines.
I was concentrating on...
getting the walls thin and even
letting no end grain get away with any cheekiness
cutting fine without breaking it.
I was a bit surprised when I managed the last one - because the walls, especially around the edge of the lid where it fits over, are much thinner then I've ever cut before.
It's 6.5cm across and 2.5cm in height, the lid being 1cm high.
Aren't the rays across the top pretty? They just showed up at exactly the point I had to stop cutting or go through. One of the fortunate pressies that timber gives to us evey now and then.
I'm happy with it, don't know what I'll do with it. Give it to mum to put err, pins in maybe.
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