Brooks803
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Especially George Watkins' article on turning a box. Thanks George! The instructions were easy to follow and I'm super happy with my outcome! The blank is of my own design. However, it's Alumilite! I wasn't confident enough to try it with PR. I haven't really done any turning other than pens and the occassional bottle stopper so my skills aren't very good with larger turnings. One thing I learned, and you can really see it in the pix, is that I needed to use more pressure and probably needed to leave it in the pot longer. I used 40lbs for about 3hrs and I still ended up with tiny pin holes all throughout the blanks. That's those little white specs that look like dust. Even with that I'm still super happy with my results. I made this one for my wife (She loves Purple!). On a special note, besides my parting tool, I only used 1 tool to turn the entire box. That was my grandfathers round nose scraper that I inherited when he passed when I was 10. I've never really used it before, but I was thinking of him while turning this so I found it fitting . So thanks for looking everyone. Comments/Thoughts always appreciated!