Manzanita Burl Box

well, who’da thought.. oh right.. Blake would!!
very cool.
Fascinating and beautiful

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Nice hunk of wood!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

That’s pretty cool!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Very pretty box! It has some real character.

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

Nice piece of burl Blake. I like the way you made the box. I am sure Grandma will treasure it.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Pretty cool, Blake!

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

Now, this is my sort of thing – really nice. Lucky grandma! How big is it Blake?

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business. http://www.folksy.com/shops/TreeGems

Burl from what ? Maple ? Ash ? The Burl Plant ? HaHaHa, NOT. Definately something worth remembering ….... and it make’z Burl-Hunting a priority, right after looking for bent/hurt “cane” tree’z …... and farm wire twistie tree’z ….. I’ll have to post a picture of that one collected by my GrandFather ….. just a tree that twisted or look’z like it did because of ? post and nail or ? Who care’z ? I love your Burl——Box-of-Love ….. imagine if it could be a Legal-Tender Box for the OLD Family Doktor ….... not anymore …... USDA 1942 WW2 movie “Hemp for Victory” is now 3,000% percent profit-ratio NYLON for Columbus …. he wisheszzz … that would PLEAZE the Queen …...

-- If RogerRichard.dum 'z BourkeEngine.dum used Hemp4Fuel.dum in a HempCar.orgy in OUR LifeAfterTheOilCrash.nutty ,we wouldn't need 1938 Popular Mechanic's at JackHerer.dum , yet ???

Really fine work and ingeneuity, Blake. You have a really good eye for the possibilties in things. don’t lose it.

-- Thos. Angle

Blake’z Burl Box …..... the Gift of Life …....

-- If RogerRichard.dum 'z BourkeEngine.dum used Hemp4Fuel.dum in a HempCar.orgy in OUR LifeAfterTheOilCrash.nutty ,we wouldn't need 1938 Popular Mechanic's at JackHerer.dum , yet ???

Huh ? How much did they charge you ? By weight or size ???

-- If RogerRichard.dum 'z BourkeEngine.dum used Hemp4Fuel.dum in a HempCar.orgy in OUR LifeAfterTheOilCrash.nutty ,we wouldn't need 1938 Popular Mechanic's at JackHerer.dum , yet ???

Another beaut. I like that each box you make you seem to approach with completely different design, joinery, etc. Always creatively. Thanks for the post.

(Hmmmm, I thought Timothy Leary passed away ;-)

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

Great Box Blake. What size is the hole (Forstner bit that you used).

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Really cool Blake… Almost looks like a wooden meteorite!

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

I like your style, rustic, natural and of coarse I cant pass up any burl.
Ron

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3 http://www.portablesawmill.biz/concrete/

That is a beutiful box.

-- Jiri

Nice! On jimmi jams like this if you drill the hole slightly off center and orient the index piece off center as well the lid will always have to be placed on correctly or else it will look weird. Keeps the grain/features aligned.

I am glad this came around again. This is a great potpourri container.

Hi Blake,

You posted this before I came on board but I am glad it came back up on my list. Before I joined this group I would have seen just a lump of firewood here. But I have come to appreciate the beauty that is present in these “less than perfect” pieces of wood. You did a nice job on this box. I am sure that your grandmother loves it. (To tell the truth though, if she is anything like mine was, you could give her a rock and she would have something positive to say about it).

Thanks for the post.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.