Its been a while since I made a box.....

Nice looking Greg. Looks like great Mahogany to me. How much wood was there?

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

Good looking box. I like the wenge ends.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Thanks Karson, with all thats been going on, I wasn’t sure if I would finish in time. On the Mahongany, not much…about 3 bf.

-- Greg - Charles Town, WV

Hi Greg, love your work. Your craftsmanship is shining through. Mineral oil and walnut oils. Wow I have a lot to learn from you guys. Bye the way, doesn’t anyone use pure boiled linseed oil anymore? That is all we were allowed to use on our wood M1 Garand rifle stocks. We had to rub it in with the palms of our hands. Many hourse were spent doing this for that glass like shine. Protected the wood mighty well also. Great work there Greg. Thanks for sharing it with us.

-- Rich, Nevada,

Very nice box.

Good looking box, Greg!

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

great looking box greg

love the ends!!! nice

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

Nice box. I like the sides and the way the top fits.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

Great looking Box Greg, Welcome to the competition.

Suggestion on photos. Maybe you were to close for the the focal length of your camera.

with some cameras, you can’t get to close for good focus. Your center picture came out fine.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Nice Box Bro, BUT I WILL BUILD ONE BETTER FOR MOM. Seriously, nice work. I like the flow. I hope that I can eventually get up to your level some day.

-- Adrian ..... The 11th Commandment...."Thou Shalt Not Buy A Wobble Dado"

Hi Greg;

How did you like working with the wenge?

That wood has a bad attitude, but is beautiful once a finish is put on it.

Nice box.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

Lee,

I found the Wenge a bit difficult to work with. It is very hard and brittle extream difficult to work without very shrape tools and it dulls tools quckly. (and that’s a problem for me since I’m not very good at sharpening.) It reminded me of the railroad ties we used as corner posts on our fences when I was a kid growing up on Oklahoma. It is also difficult to sand due to it being so hard. I could sand for hours on it and it would bearly make an inpact on the wood.

But…. I would do it all again. I love the look of the wood. It takes an oil finish very well. Perhap we need to start a forum topic on working with difficult wood and which methods work best.

-- Greg - Charles Town, WV