Walnut boxes

[George Watkins]

hello folks

here are two English walnut boxes that I have turned recently

1st box has a little patch of sapwood and a lovely chocolate heartwood colouring



2nd box has more sapwood which has some spalting within it



both boxes are finished inside and out with Ubeaut EEE ultrashine and shellwax cream

 

[camb]

You. Did a great job on those boxes

 

[RKB]

Lovely boxes. I am amazed by your proportioning. Thanks for sharing.
Rod

 

[TellicoTurning]

Great looking little boxes... I need to try one soon... I need to work on making my lids fit better... that's still a work in progress.....
I have two truck loads of Walnut that I need to get worked up...
The wood in the truck is from North of Knoxville and grew alongside a horse lot... sometimes when I turn it, I can smell the horses...
The tree laying in the field is from a farm up in Sweetwater, northwest of me and is still stacked outside at the end of my shop... I didn't get pictures of it in the truck... This tree is about a foot in diameter... a little smaller than the one from the horse lot.

 

[stonepecker]

Beautiful looking boxes.......great finish on them both.

If you don't like the sent of hourses.......try rubbing the wood down with "Freebreeze" and letting dry. It might just help.
For me, it does when the 'smell' of the wood gets to strong.

 

[TellicoTurning]

Beautiful looking boxes.......great finish on them both.

If you don't like the sent of hourses.......try rubbing the wood down with "Freebreeze" and letting dry. It might just help.
For me, it does when the 'smell' of the wood gets to strong.

Nah... I guess the farmboy is coming back some... I don't mind the smell of horses at all.

I did have a chunk of rainbow poplar (at least that's what the store called it... it was black, wet and heavy) that smelled like puke.... made a couple of beautiful pepper mills after I got it dry enough to kill the smell... it also drew flies like you wouldn't believe... my neighbor has a cow pasture just across his driveway from my property and I guess the flies liked the smell of the wood better than that of the cow patties.

 

[Bob in SF]

Beautiful!

 

[Woodguy95]

I have to say that those look lovely. Really lake the shape it looks elegant