MesquiteMan
Retired Head Moderator
During the recent members in need benefit for JohnnyCNC I offered a Mesquite pen display box to the person with the best offer. The deal was that I would then use the proceeds to buy rafle tickets; 50% for JohnnyCNC and 50% for the person who made the best offer. Well, Mr. Mark Gum came through with a best offer of $350 and won the box and blanks. More info is found here: http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=8351&highlight=MarkGum&page=3.
I really wanted to make something special so I dug though my entire stash of mesquite to find the best figured wood I had. Curly mesquite is my favorit and I did not have anything I really liked so I fired up my Timberking 1220 sawmill and milled a good log just for this project! I then dried the wood and machined the needed pieces to make the box.
The finished box will hold 12 of the biggest pens that we make and has 6 coats of lacquer, hand rubbed to a high gloss. The interior is a tan suede meterial glued to a wood substrate. The hardware was special ordered from smallboxhardware.com and is nickel.
Thanks again to Mark for stepping to the plate with such a generous offer. You are a true hero, my friend! The box will be shipped out this week along with the 12 curly mesquite blanks. I hope you enjoy!
http://www.penturners.org/photos/index.php?n=2471 http://www.penturners.org/photos/index.php?n=2472 http://www.penturners.org/photos/index.php?n=2473
http://www.penturners.org/photos/index.php?n=2474
I really wanted to make something special so I dug though my entire stash of mesquite to find the best figured wood I had. Curly mesquite is my favorit and I did not have anything I really liked so I fired up my Timberking 1220 sawmill and milled a good log just for this project! I then dried the wood and machined the needed pieces to make the box.
The finished box will hold 12 of the biggest pens that we make and has 6 coats of lacquer, hand rubbed to a high gloss. The interior is a tan suede meterial glued to a wood substrate. The hardware was special ordered from smallboxhardware.com and is nickel.
Thanks again to Mark for stepping to the plate with such a generous offer. You are a true hero, my friend! The box will be shipped out this week along with the 12 curly mesquite blanks. I hope you enjoy!
http://www.penturners.org/photos/index.php?n=2471 http://www.penturners.org/photos/index.php?n=2472 http://www.penturners.org/photos/index.php?n=2473
http://www.penturners.org/photos/index.php?n=2474
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