Cherry Burl Scrap Mini-Box

[davinci27]

So I still don't have a new hand wheel for my tailstock, so there's no precision drilling which means no pen making. In the mean time, here's a little box I made out of a scrap of burl. Mark St. Leger did a demo at my turning club. he made a small box out of a burl scrap. Here's the handout: http://www.markstleger.com/Rectangular Box with a Burl Edge Handout.doc.

I decided to give it a try and here's what I ended up with. This scrap is about 1.5" wide X 1.5" tall X 5.5" long. The opening is around 0.75" in diameter. The finish is wipe on poly. It was a fun little box and I can't wait to do a few more.

This scrap had been laying on my floor for over 2 years.

 

[juteck]

Great looking box! Looks like you learned a thing or two at the demo.

Mark is a fun demonstrator -- I have one of his hand chased nut&bolt sets out of ziricote.

 

[davinci27]

Yeah, I really enjoyed the demonstration. It was interesting and there were a couple of lathe made chucks that he demo'd. Makes me want to go out and cut up some perfectly good burl caps just to make little boxes.

 

[Woodlvr]

Very nice work. The link did not work for me though, got a 404 error. Was interested in seeing it though.

 

[boxerman]

That's is very cool. I really like it.

 

[nava1uni]

Very neat box. The link did not work, I also got a 404 error message.

 

[juteck]

Try this link, then scroll down to the article.

http://www.markstleger.com/Articles/articles.htm

 

[pensbydesign]

nice job, must have been scary down at the end of the wing.

 

[terryf]

Now THAT is pretty neat!! My wife would kill for that

 

[davinci27]

I updated the link, so it should work now. And yes the pucker factor was big right at the end.

 

[PR_Princess]

Really nice Ben!! You haven't lost your touch, that's for sure!:biggrin:

 

[Russell Eaton]

Ben you must have been a good boy to get some shop time. I like this project, and keep em comin'.

 

[davinci27]

Yep stayed out of trouble all week. The bad thing about this little project is I like it so much I find myself wanting to cut perfectly good burls into scraps.

 

[davinci27]

@terryf You need to tell you wife that you'll have to buy a full burl so you can cut of a scrap piece to make her one. @pr_princess Thanks. I'm excited to be turning again. I've got a couple of your transparent custom pour's already laid out and ready to go for an upcoming pen.

 

[Woodlvr]

Thanks John. That worked for me.

 

[kludge77]

It's really cool! Well done

 

[jbswearingen]

I really like that!

Do you have a mini or full sized lathe? I can imagine it would have made a mini shake pretty badly!

 

[davinci27]

This was turned on my full size lathe, but I'm pretty sure I could have turned it on my mini. The scrap was pretty light, and by the time you rough it to size and shape, there's not much weight to make the lathe dance. Just rough it at a slow speed, then bring the speed up a little once you get some of the wood removed.

 

[jbswearingen]

Your bowl got me to try one of my own. Here's the bottom; I'll try to turn the top tonight:

 

[davinci27]

Looking good!!! I'm in the middle of another one as well. Hope to finish hollowing it and turn the bottom tonight.