Thread: Boxing With Burl

I have a regular client who called one day to offer me free timber, her grandfather had passed and there was a quantity of timber and i could take what i wanted as long as i made her mother a box. Most of it were just offcuts of unknown timber that i was not interested in bit i did come away with 2 burls, again species unknown but i believe they are Red Gum and Brushbox as well as a 50mm thick Red Cedar slab that had been cut in the shape of a shield.

Both burls had voids that rendered any material sliced off them very unstable so i sliced thick at 15mm and for the Red Gum i veneered 3mm slices of the Red Cedar with a book matched lid and for the Brushbox i used some Euro Beech that i already had on hand from a previous job with the lid being one piece. There was no way i was going to attempt hinge lids so settled for lift off lids.

Both boxes are finished with Constantia 100% Organic oils.
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