Thread: My practice lidded box.

G`day IMHO beauty is in the eye of the beholder. By the end of this event we will see a great range of boxes all shapes and sizes some will appeal to the masses and some will not but they will all find a spot in someones heart. Simplicity appeals to some technical brilliace appeals to others shape to others.
Mick

P.S G`Day Ken How much effort will you be putting in to your box? Will you be doing a WIP?

Originally Posted by mick61

G`day IMHO beauty is in the eye of the beholder. By the end of this event we will see a great range of boxes all shapes and sizes some will appeal to the masses and some will not but they will all find a spot in someones heart. Simplicity appeals to some technical brilliace appeals to others shape to others.
Mick

P.S G`Day Ken How much effort will you be putting in to your box? Will you be doing a WIP?

Mic, I'm playing with a new, simple box. If I manage to make one I will post It.
If I understand the rules, we only get a month to make it, what can I make in that short a time?

Originally Posted by KenW

Mic, I'm playing with a new, simple box. If I manage to make one I will post It.
If I understand the rules, we only get a month to make it, what can I make in that short a time?

Maybe only sand to 800#

Originally Posted by KenW

Mic, I'm playing with a new, simple box. If I manage to make one I will post It.
If I understand the rules, we only get a month to make it, what can I make in that short a time?

So Ken, it won't be a Carriage then?

No excuses, I am part of the Novice Judging Panel and you and the other experts need to be up to it.

Originally Posted by jefferson

So Ken, it won't be a Carriage then?

No excuses, I am part of the Novice Judging Panel and you and the other experts need to be up to it.

No competition here jefferson. You'll have to run yur own challenge if you want judging. ''Acshully their was a mention of a crit session wasn't there. Trouble with crit sessions is that you have to say stuff about other people's work.

But there's nothing to say you have to read the crits.

Started my box. Bit early but I got an excuse. The circular saw had a bite at my left hand. Working with one hand at present.
Jim

...ouch !! did it actually jump up and bite you, or did you go to pet it and it bit you ??

Hopefully not too serious.

Oldest story in the book Ed, late in the day and last cut. Really should have not been there. No major damage, just took the nail off a finger. Hurt like hell too.
Jim

Originally Posted by powderpost

Oldest story in the book Ed, late in the day and last cut. Really should have not been there. No major damage, just took the nail off a finger. Hurt like hell too.
Jim

Well that would have woken you up again. Its hard to stop BEFORE you are too tired. Can you still hold a chisel?

Look after yourself.

Yep, can hold a chisel again. Thanks for your concern.
Jim

Originally Posted by powderpost

Started my box. Bit early but I got an excuse. The circular saw had a bite at my left hand. Working with one hand at present.
Jim

OH NO!!!!

Those things, not safe. You gotta be more careful!

It's good to know you are ok to turn though.

Don't get any blood on the wood.

OUCH!

Sounds like you were lucky... lucky that it only took your nail off, painful as that would be. Let's hope that's as bad as it gets!

I trust that you cleaned the CS blade before packing up for the day? Wouldn't want it to get rusty now, would we?

Yeah Skew, could have been a LOT worse. July last year I had 5mm trimmed off the index finger, left hand. July this year had the finger nail trimmed. Going to cancel out July next year.
First close encounter with a circular saw in more than 50 years... not too bad I reckon. I can report there was no staining of timber and no rusting of saw blade or bench...
Jim