Wine Presentation Box

glad your client liked it…..hickory is a pretty wood…

-- GRIZZMAN ...[''''']

Beautiful job.

This client should give you half of … the raise that … he’s inevitably going to get, for giving this to his boss ;-)

So … hickory will move that quickly … right as you’re working with it ??? Never knew that.

-- -- Neil

The movement was really noticeable the thinner the boards got, every board I cut thinner warped instantly. I researched a not only working hickory, but went to several of my favorite resources on-line and in-library. Hickory has a lot of closed cell structures in the early grain that hold moisture for a very long time. and as I cut the wood, it heats up and warps a bit. I have a theory that all nut trees do this, which is why the parenchyma cells are so large and yet they prefer soils that drain well. Anyway.. I let the boards sit for a hour or so between cuts. I could watch them bend one way.. then bend the other.. then back again.. then stabilize so I could flatten it and cut it thinner again.

The final 3/16 dividers took two days, but they are stable and flat, and finished like a dream. in a nut shell had I been working with maple or cherry it would have taken me 1/3 the time to finish this piece.

-- ~ Eric P Jorgenson: Jorgenson Design

Fascinating. Thanks for that.

Last week, I was browsing an old issue of FWW. They were explaining just how difficult the wood of fruit trees is to work with. Sounded like some of the same issues.

While it surely seems like one of the earlier steps in learning woodworking SHOULD be to learn about grain, movement, species, etc., ... I seem to be putting it off for as long as I can. I’ll surely learn the hard way :-)

-- -- Neil

That is a beautiful box and I can see why your client was pleased. Good work.

-- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau

• big fan of the mulitifunction design *

-- Thomas - There is no such thing as a problem, there only are solutions.

Really cool!! Love the multifunction design too! Great all around job, very artistic, unique and beautifully done. Super!!!!!!!!!!!

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

What a wonderful box.
The pictures are great.

-- Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own. --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Stunning box! The design, attention to detail and layering of the wood is terrific. Great idea about using it as a display case also. Love seeing pieces like this. Thanks for the post!

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

The foiled glass takes this project above and beyond. Excellent and beautiful craftsmanship. :)

-- Homer : "Oh, and how is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain."

that is really awesome! I’m glad they liked it – i love the layering of wood to get that 3D effect

-- Hey you dang woodchucks, quit chucking my wood!!!!

Beautiful design and exceptional craftmanship. Be careful…They’ll be looking for a custom wine rack next.

-- No dear, I didn't buy a new tool. It was a gift. http://scrollsawart.web.officelive.com

Uh,...WOW! Really NICE!

-- If you don't work, you don't eat!.....Garland, TX

Slicker than snot on a doorknob! Schweeeeet!

always,
J.C.

-- "Imagination is more important than knowledge" -- Albert Einstein

Beautiful, and it is a chance to take a walk in the forest before a wonderful bottle of wine.
Best thoughts,
MaFe

-- Mad F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.