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Here is another Mesquite lidded box. It is about as big a diameter as I do on the mini lathe. This one has an Abe Lincoln dollar embedded in the top. It is finished with EEE and Shellawax.
-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!! Variety is the Spice of Life!!
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sedcokid
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#1 posted 03-04-2011 12:33 AM
Jim,
Man, you have another beautiful turning project. I like the shape and wood, clever how you inlaid the
Abe Lincoln dollar!
Thanks for sharing !!
-- Chuck Emery, Michigan,
dufus7441
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#2 posted 03-04-2011 12:54 AM
very nice, like the grain pattern, great jib.
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Roger
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#3 posted 03-04-2011 12:59 AM
very nice. do you run a forstner bit down through it, or hollow it out with a lathe tool
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tdv
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#4 posted 03-04-2011 01:01 AM
Mesquite looks great what’s it like to work
-- God created wood that we may create. Trevor East Yorkshire UK
rivergirl
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#5 posted 03-04-2011 01:03 AM
I didn’t even know they made an Abe Lincoln dollar?
-- 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."
Rustic
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#6 posted 03-04-2011 03:53 AM
Man that is beautiful
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BigTiny
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#7 posted 03-04-2011 04:02 AM
Honest Abe never looked better.
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#8 posted 03-04-2011 04:33 AM
think it’s worth more than a Dollar Jim, :))) nice job
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Jim Jakosh
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#9 posted 03-04-2011 04:09 PM
Hi Roger. My little lathe would never pull a forstner bit. So, I drill a 1/2” hole to where the bottom will be using a stop on the drill. Then I hollow it out with a bowl gouge.
Hi TDV…Mesquite is easy to turn- even when dry which is what I used here. You do run into cracks and tar veins( I call them) but I use epoxy and mesquite to fill them.
Hi Rivergirl. My friend Danny got me a roll of them so they will be in a lot of other things. There are a ton of new coins out but who will be using dollar coins when we have paper.
-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!! Variety is the Spice of Life!!
larryw
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#10 posted 03-05-2011 06:24 AM
cool turning, nice idea for an inlay.
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rivergirl
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#11 posted 03-05-2011 03:50 PM
Nice idea/use for the coins. I will be interested to see what else you put them in. :)
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Grumpy
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#12 posted 03-07-2011 05:55 AM
Good one Jim.
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#13 posted 03-07-2011 06:17 AM
Nice looking turning.
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Cher
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#14 posted 05-09-2011 12:12 PM
Hi Jim, another lovely turned piece. It amazes me how nicely you get the lids to fit. I am inclined to over do it and land up with a loose fitting lid.
Thanks for sharing your amazing work Jim
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Jim Jakosh
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#15 posted 05-09-2011 02:20 PM
Hi Cher. I’ll share a little secret I discovered in making these lidded round urns/boxes.
I turn the log and then put a spigot on each end. I part it where the lid and base will fit and then I turn the inside of the base for the fit area and take it out of the lathe.
I put in the lid and turn the inside of it to the finished design and to fit snugly into the base and also turn a real small internal spigot in that lid.That fitting is a show process for which I use a skew to shave off a very little Then I sand and and polish it to the final finish.
I put both pieces together with the centers they started with and turn the outside of the areas where they will join so they match perfectly.
Then I put the base in the chuck and turn and finish it inside and outside and turn off the bottom spigot with a jam chuck to fit the inside. I don’t touch the matched turned area during this final turning.
I put the lid on the chuck held by the internal spigot and turn and finish it. The joint matched perfectly inside and outside.
-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!! Variety is the Spice of Life!!
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