Thread: My Box Turning Learning Journey.

Nice little boxes, well finished, Peter.
My favourite is the one with a knob and a knot.

That's the first one well covered - can we assume there are 49 still to come?

Originally Posted by Hermit

Nice little boxes, well finished, Peter.
My favourite is the one with a knob and a knot.

That's the first one well covered - can we assume there are 49 still to come?

Yes, I'll work my way through the book as each one builds on the techniques learned in the previous ones.


Peter.

Ooooo yeah!! Love cypress so you have won me just with the timber choice!!

Really neat boxes my friend!!!

Originally Posted by Sturdee

Over the years I have turned a few boxes, some great, some good and most of them not so good.

Obviously can't tell the fit of the lids from a photo, but from what you've shown here, I don't think you have any problems with making boxes

Well done, and when you have finished those 50, I'll lend you the book I have of 500 boxes

Originally Posted by Colin62

Obviously can't tell the fit of the lids from a photo, but from what you've shown here, I don't think you have any problems with making boxes

Boxes 1,2 & 4 are firm fitting and could be carried in a bag as a pill or ring box, but box no 3 is a loose fit more suitable for a sugar bowl.

I want to get more experience putting curves and flair into them rather then the more functional ones I've made. However that doesn't mean that I'll be putting large totem poles,AKA oversized finials, on top of small boxes because the aim is to help me get a better feel for styles that I will be comfortable with.



Peter.

Originally Posted by dai sensei

Well done, and when you have finished those 50, I'll lend you the book I have of 500 boxes

Thanks, I'll be looking forward to it. But I also got for my birthday Mark Baker's book " Woodturning Projects -a workshop guide to shapes" with another 50 projects to work through.


Peter.

They look very nice Peter... You have done well. Now for some threads????
Jim

Originally Posted by powderpost

Now for some threads????
Jim

That will come Jim, seeing I finished making my thread cutting machine.


Peter.

Peter,
Luv Box 4 - smaller knob?. Anyways they look great. Drillit.

All the boxes so far are very small, more like mini boxes. You can of course make them larger and the scale drawing would make that easier just by photocopying but I prefer to work roughly to the sizes in the book.

Still the same type of shaping, cuts etc but quicker and less wood used.

But to give an idea of size here is a photo of box 1 with a 50 cent piece for comparison.

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Peter.

I mentally pictured them as slightly larger, but not much.
You had me scrambling for a 50 cent piece to measure the one I made last week. It's a shade bigger - 2.5 x 50c coins wide, 2 x 50c coins tall.

The second box, following the same basic format as the first, is a Chinese Hat Box.

I made it out of some scrap hardwood, sanded to 400 then EEE and followed with shellowax. Normally I would prefer to use an oil finish but the shellowax is nice and quick for an immediate finish.

Picture shows the front / top, insides and the bottom views, each with a 50 cent piece for size indication.

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The lid is a tad loose fit and the bottom seemed too small and made it a bit top heavy so I made a second one that I believe is better. Also the lid is a firm fit.


Attachment 299575 and Attachment 299576

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Enjoy,

Peter.

You're knocking them out Peter.
I agree that the base was originally too narrow. The modified version looks far better.