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I have been redesigning and building my new worktable for sculpting and just posted a project of the table…
Well, the true test is not so much the table but how it works after the changes I made from the old one.

This is my first real test of a full sculpted box and I have to say that it made my sculpting easier.
The box is made from Cocobolo (one of my very favorite woods to use) and the bottom is lined with leather.

I only have two coats of lacquer on it so far and plan to apply about five more coats.
The box size is 10×7x5"

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Looks great already Greg. Five more coats and it will blind me.
That Cocobolo is some beautiful material. You've done it real justice…... as you always do.
Nice to know the new table made things considerably easier. Nice build on it too.
 

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Howdy Greg. Don't ask me to explain but that box says high end luxury to me. It's all there. Beautiful!
 

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That's really beautiful. I am always in awe of your work.
 

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I would think with your talent you could turn out this beauty with a footstool and a leaf blower. It's a prize box and made easier with your new table. Awesome.
 

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Looks like you had a lot of fun making this!
 

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i think this wood is some of the finest i've seen, and turning you loose on it sure did make a beauty, having a deluxe carving table is like putting the cherry on top…
 

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Thank you everyone. The Cocobolo always is a pleasure to work with and always has some outstanding grain colors and patterns in it. I find it photographs best when just a couple of finish coats are applied because even with a flat finish it picks up the lighting in the photos very easily. I am adding more coats of lacquer today.
 

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Beautiful
 

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Quite a box Greg. Fantastic work.
 

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I love cocobolo. Fantastic box, and the table looks great, too.
 

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Fantastic box Greg,
do you spray the lacquer,
and do you use 2pack AC or pre-cat.
Cheers, Jinky (James).
 

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Great work! Beatuiful box and I like the table also.
 

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Fantastic box Greg,
do you spray the lacquer,
and do you use 2pack AC or pre-cat.
Cheers, Jinky (James).

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I use Deft rattle can lacquer. I get it at Home Depot.
 

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Another awesome box Greg, and a super setup for grinding/shaping. I like the adjustable vice system. You are on the cutting edge… I mean the sculpting edge.
 

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Excellent work Greg and a nice practical bench !

I was examining it earlier and wondered how you did it, in particular where the start and finish points were?

Its obviously not all done with an angle grinder and sanding disk.
 

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Another awesome box Greg, and a super setup for grinding/shaping. I like the adjustable vice system. You are on the cutting edge… I mean the sculpting edge.

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Jerry…I'm enjoying this new table…it is like having a new toy.
 

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Excellent work Greg and a nice practical bench !

I was examining it earlier and wondered how you did it, in particular where the start and finish points were?

Its obviously not all done with an angle grinder and sanding disk.

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Rob…thanks… after I draw out the design on the box in pencil I always start my sculpting on the top first and then work my way around the four sides. I don't really know that this is any better of a starting point than anywhere else on the box but it is just the way I do it out of habit.
The major roughing out and shaping is done with the grinder but I also use a Foredom electric carver…sort of like a Dremel…and the rest is just hours of fine tuning sanding by hand. Practice, practice and practice.
 

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beautiful box. the carving complements the grain (and vice-versa) very well done.
 

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Nice job Gerg.
I thought you said you were stepping g away from the boxes when you asked about a process in table making?
This box looks nice.
 
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