3 new wood box's

[George Watkins]

here we have 3 new box's- not the best pictures as the light was failing!!! but there o.k for now
the boxwood and olivewood were roughed out in july 2009 and have been in my house seasoning ever since- the lignum for obvious reasons didnt need any further seasoning so i just let it settle over night

swapped the pictuires for some better one's

lignum vitae- 100 years old recycled lawn green bowling ball

olivewood

boxwood

 

[greggas]

George;

Nice work....I really love the lines of the third one.

I have been working a lot of hours lately to get box making down pat so that I can add them to my booth at x-mas this year....

 

[nava1uni]

Very, very nice. All three have very nice lines. Nice craftsmanship.

 

[Pioneerpens]

stunning! all 3 a very nice!!

 

[islandturner]

George,

Among my first projects when learning to turn were boxes. These are a good inspiration to get back to them occassionally. Very nicely done.

BTW, they're pretty decent photos...!

Tks, Steve

here we have 3 new box's- not the best pictures as the light was failing!!! but there o.k for now
the boxwood and olivewood were roughed out in july 2009 and have been in my house seasoning ever since- the lignum for obvious reasons didnt need any further seasoning so i just let it settle over night

 

[Jim15]

All of them are great.

 

[MAKEITOUTOFWOOD]

Fantastic work.

Those really are some fine looking boxes.

 

[GaryMGg]

Wonderful! Great lines. I love the wood of the second one and the lines of the third.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[ThomJ]

"sigh" if only I could turn a 1/4 of that good

 

[Lenny]

More excellent work!
I like turned boxes even more than bowls!

 

[devowoodworking]

Awesome work as usual George!!

 

[Rfturner]

great work. Where in the world did you get a wooden bowling balling from?

 

[PaulDoug]

George those are great boxes. I'm just getting into the box making. Hope I get as good as you.

 

[FrankG]

Nicely done, all three.

 

[George Watkins]

Thank you folks

Rfturner: sorry i should have said its an old lawn green bowling ball not ten pin- they come up on e-bay every now and then- but be carfull if you decide to buy some there not all genuine lignum vitae

 

[johncrane]

Very nice work George! i like the 100 year old bowling ball.

 

[LouCee]

All three boxes look great!

 

[Mather323]

Great work on the boxes, I realy like the first ones shape.

 

[George Watkins]

Thank you

 

[PaulDoug]

Thank you folks

Rfturner: sorry i should have said its an old lawn green bowling ball not ten pin- they come up on e-bay every now and then- but be carfull if you decide to buy some there not all genuine lignum vitae

I meant to comment on that in my earlier post. Was curious where you got the ball. Now I'm curious how you would know it is the real thing (lignum vitae) until you received it? Sure is beautiful wood.

I agree with Lenny, I like boxes and to me they look like more of a challenge then bowls. Fitting the lids is fun and keeping the grain lined up. Great job on yours.