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Responding to a request from my wife, I turned a lidded box for her. She gave me general dimensions and left the rest to me. It gave me the chance to focus on working with the skew chisel and scrapers. I made a "rookie" mistake in making the lid. I think I covered it up fairly well but the grain made the cover-up pretty easy. Can anyone spot it?

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That's nice looking.
 

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Very nice. Can you tell us what kind of wood this is and how you finished it?
 

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I have destroyed more projects with the skew than I care to mention. I hate that tool but you seem to has mastered it preety well & your mistake is well hidden. Well done.
 

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Cool turning
 

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nice box ,

the top came off of the bottom ?
 

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Jason, thanks

Rich - The only stock I had yesterday that was big enough to fit the project was a pine 4×4. So, yes, I cut off about 10", knocked off the corners on the tablesaw, chucked it and went to work. The finish is just a simple Minwax Sedona Red. I did the same thing trying out a bandsaw box and my wife loved it, so I made a piece to make it look like a set. Who would've guessed….. pine….?

Lou - thanks. The skew is a challenging tool, especially on pine. I use the pine to really focus on technique. If I make a mistake, pine amplifies it and really drives the lesson home. The beauty of making a mistake on pine is that I'm really not out much since pine is inexpensive. The bonus is that my wife seems to like the look of it finished this way.
 

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Jim, thanks

David, If I follow your line of thinking correctly, I think you're on the right track; but that isn't it.
 

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if you follow my line of thinking correctly ,

you are better at it than i am (LOL) !
 

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just a guess, the tenon should be on the lid ?
 

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Woodtick, nope, I wanted the tenon/shoulder on the box, but you're the closest yet.
 

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Great box. I don't see any flaws. As long as the wife loves it, it will be perfect.

Keep it up.

Scrappy
 

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Nice job looks great.
 
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