My First Box!

My first box is from a block of walnut that was sanded to 320 and run thru the Beal Buffing wheels. The more I look at it, the more picky I become about all the little defec. . I mean "character attributes". But, I MADE A BOX and it's going around the world!!!
Smile

Kate

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zugunru

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Date: Fri February 2, 2007
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Comments

Chris Wright

Very Cool Kate! and a nice little egg shape to boot. Thumbs Up!

Is the foot part of the bottom or an "egg cup" it sits in?

#1 Fri February 2, 2007 3:07am

A very nice "first box," Kate. Thumbs Up!

#2 Fri February 2, 2007 5:31am

Big_Mike

Kate, incorporating the defect in your well formed egg shaped box made it yours. A wonderful first box. Keep 'em coming.

#3 Fri February 2, 2007 11:39am

Glenn

Nice job Kate. I like the bark on the 'non-round' side. Very cool.

#4 Fri February 2, 2007 3:48pm

TomTunget

Tom Tunget

I think leaving some "natural" parts helps people remember that this was and is part of a living thing!
Great job.

#5 Fri February 2, 2007 5:01pm

Glyn Buckley

Cool box, ditto on the inclusion of the natural features.

#6 Fri February 2, 2007 5:39pm

zugunru

Thanks for all the great feedback everyone! At first, I thought I would lose the bark inclusion during rounding. Turns out (no pun intended)I had the opposite problem. It went so deep I almost couldn't fit a flange; hence, the lid-side flange as opposed to the standard box-side. All in all I'm very proud of it and can't wait to make more! Though the next few may not have bark inclusions (it was a thumpin bugger to sand Smile

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Chris, it's a pedastal styled foot. No egg cup (this time).

Kate

#7 Fri February 2, 2007 6:09pm

Larry Charlot

Great work Kate

#8 Sat February 3, 2007 3:14pm

Gil

Keep up the good work, Kate.
Lidded boxes can be habit forming.
Gil

#9 Mon February 5, 2007 1:51am