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Last week I posted photos of this box before applying the finish cause I ran out of cans of Lacquer and i really liked the natural beauty of the wood without a finish.

This week I applied 7 coats of lacquer and buffed out the final coats with steel wool to try to eliminate some of the shine..even though it was a satin finish. I really like Marblewood and hope to find some more soon. I have 2 shows coming up in March an May and hope to have more of this wood to use for boxes at the shows.

Grinding and sanding these creates an outrageous amount of sawdust that always seems to cover every inch of my shop and I constantly have to vaccum up everywhere. I have a central vaccum dust collector with 4" flex hoses at each end of my shop with brush attachments. I always use a Trend Air Shield Pro to keep it out of my lungs.
I am getting ready to close off a 5×7 corner of my shop to make a room to hopefully contain the dust. It will have my downdraft table in it which is hooked to my dust collector. Additionally I have 3 homemade air cleaners using squirrel cage blowers that I plan to mount to the outside wall of the dust room and install return aid vents in the inside for easy filter removal.
Hopefully this will help with the sawdust problem containment.

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wonderful box a great design and cool wood.
 

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Love your boxes and the wood is great.
 

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Holy Mackerel !! That is one great looking box : )
 

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Greg,

What I belirve is you have demonstrated an evolution and refinement in your technique, yet you have always had a inate sense of the visual motion of the piece and your carving seems to bring it out.

Finishing it right is equally important, and it appears you have a madness to your method. LOL

Don't you ever get tired of all the KUDOs? Just kidding.
 

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I already commented as to the beauty and perfection. Now 3 questions: did you use Deft rattle can satin? And when you buffed it with steel wool did you use any lubricant (wax, mineral spirits, etc)? How long did you wait between coats? Oklahoma humidity is similar to La. so our dry times should be similar.
 

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I was all set to say I was happy with it natural, but the finish really brings out some color without getting all ostentatious about it
 

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Beautiful box…......they're all looking good together….......great family…...........good company….........
 

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Love the boxes, the marblewood fits the contours, Great combination.
 

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Looks beautiful with the finish. Another masterpiece by Greg.. that's all I can say, it's lovely.
 

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I've seen one other box on here like this (both are exquisite btw), and am curious if they are hand carved or are they machined somehow?
 

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Alfa168 got to Greg's home page and pull up his complete projects page you will get a wonderful histoey, and discussion as you read the commentary,
 

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Masterpiece!
 

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yup, what jaykaypur said
 

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Thanks so very much. All the feedback and comments mean so very much.
gfavman…I just used the 0000 steel wool by itself to buff the final finish so I could remove some of the shine causing reflections when I take photos. I am looking for a larger buffing type wheel to use also. I experimented with a 4" buffing wheel that I put in my drill press..it did ok but was too small to be effective enough for reaching all areas of the box.
alfa189… I guess they are a combination of hand and machine carved if you consider an angle grinder and electric Foredom carver a machine. The biggest time consuming part is hand sanding to remove grinding and carving marks.
 

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Amazing work and outcome!
 

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Another great looking box, sounds like you have the correct idea for making a sanding room to keep the
main shop mostly dust free, please let us know how the room turns out, as I am sure a lot of us have the
same problem.
 
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