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10th March 2016, 10:45 PM #1
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Potpourri of species
Visiting the US in April and staying with my wife's cousin in Texas. He has very kindly offered us the use of his twin cab pickup to tour around (the only condition was don't take it to Mexico!). As a token of thanks, I have made him a box showing off some of our lovely timbers. The sides are NSW camphorwood, the lid is NSW rosewood with Huon Pine trim and the base is Jarrah with Tasmanian Blackwood and Gidgee trim. The lid and base are 2mm veneers both sides sandwiching 6mm mdf. The lining is suede pigskin. The finish was achieved by sanding to 320 then wiping on Sanding Sealer thinned with Methylated Spirits, wiping off excess, then sanding to 800 and waxing.
Thought I would share this latest effort.
Cheers all
Shep
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11th March 2016, 06:58 PM #2
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A great gift, well thought out and very well executed.!!
I am sure it will be much appreciated. Well done!!
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11th March 2016, 08:18 PM #3
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Love the Rosewood, well done.
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18th March 2016, 03:19 PM #4
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Beautiful box. The best gifts are always handmade. Its a pity you wont get to see his reaction when he receives the box.
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18th March 2016, 06:16 PM #5
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What first class THANK YOU gift....well done on the both the beautiful box and the top gift...cheers, crowie
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18th March 2016, 08:40 PM #6
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Thanks for that and yep, I will definitely be presenting this gift personally.
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22nd March 2016, 09:10 AM #7
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Lovely thought AND workmanship Shep. Have a great trip ..... we expect pics !
flettya rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!
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23rd March 2016, 01:22 PM #8
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Thanks Fletty - will see what I can do about pics !
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