Love knows no bounds. When a gentlemen seeks the fancy of a woman, he will go to great lengths to profess his love and affection. The gentleman that asked me to make this box for him started out wanting to put a picture of himself and his girlfriend on top of the box. He wanted be to try and glue a photo on the top and maybe put a piece of glass over it. I told him that that was not such a great idea if wanted something she would treasure, and that something more tasteful should be done. That’s when I started looking at the pyrography done by LJ members and met Danette Smith. Danette consulted with this person and from a photo of the Lord’s hands, and a photo of the couple, and came up with this wonderful piece of artwork. Thanks Danette!! Hugs!

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/kyle1324/jasons%20box/IMG_0594.jpg

The curly maple box carcass measures 4.25” high, by 12” wide and 8.25” deep, with miter reinforcement keys of gabon ebony. The medallion is bubinga with a frame of gabon ebony and honduran rosewood surrounding it, and the frame is splined around the entire perimeter of the bubinga. The feet are made of bubinga. The compartments, ring bars and trays are lined with some of the finest velvet. The ring bars are 5/8” dowels lined with a 1/4” high density foam prior to covering with the velvet. The box has a wonderful 30 note musical movement that comes alive with the maple. The box was finished with four coats of Arm-r-seal and buffed to a mirror finish. I had some difficulty with the ebony and especially the honduran rosewood getting the finish to cure. After the first coat I realized that I had to seal in the oil in the rosewood and rubbed three coats of clear shellac on before applying the urethane.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/kyle1324/jasons%20box/IMG_0610-1.jpg

Vince

While I am racing to the finish on the project that Danette is anxiously awaiting to see, I thought I would post pics of a project I did for my neighbor’s wife three years ago for Christmas. She love to quilt, so one day my neighbor Mike comes over with some computer pics of this thing he called a quilt rack. He asked me if I thought I could make one. I made the sign of the cross and said, “Of course!” “It’s nothing but big embroidery rings”, I said.

I pulled out the old calculus book to help the memory with the formula for calculating the focal points for drawing an elipse. I then placed two screws at those points and used 20# test fishing line to draw the elipse to make the form 19” x 27”. I shaped clamping cauls and form with two layers of 3/4” ply using a flush cutting bit. I made a template to shape the caul blocks. The rings were made with three strips of white oak .090” x 1.5” x 72” laminated and clamped around the form. Each layer of the inner ring was offset 3” for strength, with the outer layer on center and sanded with a flat. A fish plate was glued across the flat and reshaped to the elipse. The blocks are laminated with a strip of walnut in the middle just to add interest.

Vince

This cabinet was a commission that I have been working on for the past two months. I purchased the birdseye maple from Barlow right here at LJ. The door panels are bookmatched pieces of crotch cherry, and the drawer pulls are bloodwood and ebony with the sides of black walnut. The cabinet was finished with four coats of Arm-r-seal and wet sanded to 1000 grit, and then buffed to a smooth finish that begs to be touched. All of the brass hardware is Brusso. I added a beveled edged mirror to the left side after I took these pics.

And finally the coffee table. The trim on the coffee table has curly maple rather than the birdseye.

Here is the second table.

A while back I posted pics of the entertainment console I built. Here is the first of the matching tables. The birdseye trim is some of the fine stock from our member Barlow. Thanks Barlow. The trim also includes thin strips of bloodwood. The black walnut was air dried for 15 years. It has some great colors compared to kiln dried walnut.

In preparation for our “economic stimulus” 50 inch plasma TV, I built this entertainment console out of walnut. Mama’s very happy which means everyone’s happy.

Vinman

Here is one of my recent boxes. I made this for the wife of my nephew this past christmas. The medallion is curly bubinga and curly maple. The box is from a crate that was used for shipping a piece of machinery from germany. A friend gave me four pieces 3” x 9” x 76”. I think it is German oak. The finger pull is brazilian rosewood.

Vince

Here are a couple of pics of my first guitar build. The center strip is paduk sandwiched between walnut.