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Thread: Siberian Elm Box
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2nd June 2008, 08:48 AM #1Senior Member
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Siberian Elm Box
Interesting thing about the wood for this box. A friend of my daughters parents found out I made boxes. The told me they had a tree cut down a couple of years ago and asked me if I would like some. I told them I would. I saw they had a couple of 2', 8-10" dia. logs in the yard and thought that was what they wee giving me. Turns out that when the tree was cut down, they had the tree service cut it into a few slabs with the chainsaw. What they gave me was 3 slabs. They were 3-4" thick and approx. 3'x7'. :0 Their daughter told mine she would like a box sometime and this was relayed to me. I made this for my daughter to give her for her bithday.
This box is made from Siberian Elm. The dimensions are 6"x4"x2 1/2". It is finished with multiple coats of drying oil wet sanded in, French polished with shellac, and buffed with a coat of Canuba wax. Hinges are made by Brusso and are self stopping at 95*. The liner is a synthetic suede and will not tarnish silver.
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2nd June 2008, 08:59 AM #2
Very nice
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2nd June 2008, 09:23 AM #3
Love the timber and its grain! What was it like to work with?
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2nd June 2008, 10:14 AM #4
Nice story and very nice work. Love that timber.
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Cheers John
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2nd June 2008, 07:25 PM #5SENIOR MEMBER
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Very nice Gecko. I like the way you have hinged it, I think I'll try some of those stopped hinges. Looks like you cut the hinges in without going the full width of the material. I find it almost impossible to do that without breaking through the side and then having to cut it right across in order to tidy up. Sounds like you have a nice lot of that wood left for more projects and boxes
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2nd June 2008, 07:34 PM #6
A great story and a beautiful job.
Your finish really compliments the wood. I have used the stop hinges on two occassions where a stay would not look as eye appealing.
Great job
JohnCleaning my glasses will not make me look any better,
But will make what I am looking at better.
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