Thread: #4 bloodwood & elm pencil box

WIP pictires as promised. The basic carcass is shaped. I'll be hitting it with sealer this week and glueing it together. After that, I'll be able to cut out the lid & base and get it stained. That's the elm you see behind the carcass in the 1st pic.

The 2nd pic is... a learning experience. It got gouged a bit on the router table. I'll be taking my new chisel set and squaring up the gouge. I'll patch it up before any sealer ot glueing happens. Wish me luck!

You can see in the 2nd pic from the previous post that I put a gouge into the inside of the carcass. I managed to fix it. Considering this was my 1st attempt to do such a thing, I don't think it turned out too bad.



After that was patched up, I managed to get the carcass glued up. It came out a LOT more square than my first attempt. Go figure, though - I wasn't mitering 1/4" stock. I used rabbited butt-joints.



Also, I managed to get the 1/4" roundover on all of the edges. That added a LOT to it. It's interesting the way the small details make all the difference in the world.

After that came out of the clamps, I was able to get the elm cut to size, the underside of the top routed, and the staining began.

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...0box/wip06.jpg

Once that's all done, I'll be able to glue the bottom on and start lacquering the whole thing.

All done.



The flash really highlights the dust still on it. It also washed out the color, making the bloodwood look orange instead of the deep red that it is.

After the lacquer cured for about 5 weeks, I leveled it (kinda), buffed it with steel wool, then hit it with swirl remover and my new random orbital buffer. Overall, I think it turned out pretty nice.