Lacewood box w/blackwood

[redfishsc]

Here's my wife's anniversary present (6th anniv).

Lacewood with resawnd and bookmatched lid and bottom. They keys are Kwila and the handle is blackwood. Unhinged. The lid fits nice and snug over the leaf cards on the ends (sorry I don't know what they are called but you can sorta see them in the pic with the lid off).

The finish is an oil finish followed with a few coats of paste wax.

Dimensions are 10" wide X 17" long by 8" tall.


And for you purists out there, yes, I did this ENTIRELY on the lathe .

 

[pete00]

veeeeerrry nice, im sure she'll love it....

 

[LEAP]

Sweet!
What a nice job, I'm sure there will be a second honeymoon after this anniversary[]

 

[JimGo]

I've spent about 10 minutes just scrolling up and down, looking at the various pictures. That is absolutely stunning! Amazing job!

 

[BigRob777]

That's awesome. I love the way you captured the fleck on the lid and your use of blackwood (especially the use of the sapwood) and kwila.
Rob

 

[TellicoTurning]

That is Nice... very pretty.

 

[redfishsc]

Lol, that whole box came from one 8' board, 1 1/8" thick. Praise the Lord I work at a shop that has an 18" Laguna bandsaw (read: resaw fun!) and a 40+ inch wide-belt sander.

I'd never made anything like that, at least in the "fine woodworking". I've built hundreds upon hundreds of cabinets, but finally found a co-worker that can show me how to do stuff like this.


Lotsa fun man, lotsa fun.

 

[redfishsc]

And by the way, thanks for all the comments.

My wife's "WOW!" was the best one, though. I'm saving that one for a long, long time!

 

[leatherjunkie]

How did you do that on a lathe???????[:0]
You need to post directions and what type of lathe you used!!!!![][]

kidding aside that is one fine looking box.
you did great

 

[whatwoodido]

Very Nice.

 

[Dario]

Love it []

 

[beathard]

Can we borrow your shop??? [] Very nice...

 

[redfishsc]

Lol, my shop consists of a small delta lathe with sundry lathe accessories, a wore out jig saw, and a cordless drill.

However, the cabinet shop I *work* in has about a cool million worth of fancy woodworking tools. If you have never used a sliding panel table saw, like an Altendorf, man are you missing some fun! They are only about $20K!

 

[Doghouse]

very cool handle. Nice use of sap/heart wood!