Bob's Lighthouse Box

Here's my entry for the Spring 2009 WR C&T. Sorry for the poor resolution; my camera was out of town. Box is made from Mahogany, Ebony, and Spalted Sycamore. Hollowed to 3" depth. Overall about 8" tall and 5" wide at base. Proportions not quite right. Wanted to be more tapered, but to keep the grain orientation had to keep it thick. Learned a lot from this challenge, especially to use a less busy grained wood. C&C welcomed!
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Leo Frilot

Registered: February 2007
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
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Date: Fri May 22, 2009
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Keywords: campt box

Comments

Chuck Beland

Leo,
Excellent idea. You get A+ for originality. I do think your right a less busy grained wood.

#1 Fri May 22, 2009 8:39am

Mark Damron

Great idea for a box. Nice job!

#2 Fri May 22, 2009 10:42am

Brendan McAreavy

Lovely, I'm going to try this.

#3 Fri May 22, 2009 11:12am

Bob Hamilton

Excellent! Can't wait to see it up close. Smile

#4 Fri May 22, 2009 11:46am

Mike Baber

A+, very cool idea, some really pretty wood you got their too!

Wizzy

#5 Fri May 22, 2009 12:46pm

Rev. Doug Miller

Rev. Doug Miller

Nice work, Leo. I like the spalted wood. Maybe not for this design, but that heavy spalting on a box is beautiful. 8-)

#6 Fri May 22, 2009 1:34pm

cstrunk

Nice job Leo, it the grainy picture looks this good the actual piece has got to be great.

C.

#7 Fri May 22, 2009 3:48pm

Leo Frilot

Thanks for all the kind words. As I look at it again, I can see room for improvement. I'm not an avid box turner, but with this challenge it has become more of an interest.

#8 Sat May 23, 2009 2:03am

Makepeace

Leo Makepeace

I love this Leo, I may try to copy it, but it'll never look as good as yours Thumbs Up!

Ruining lots of good wood to get a few average bits.

#9 Tue October 13, 2009 8:07pm