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Another great box Joey! I’ve heard that the zebra wood has a bad smell to it also, any truth to that? I have some but haven’t worked with it yet. Are you using the bits you ordered from over seas on these? Mine finaly came, they seem to work pretty good. What do you think of yours?
Mark~

-- Don't waste today, it is yesterdays tomorrow!~SisQMark

Hi Mark, Zebrawood isn’t too bad. It’s a little funky but nothing like the Bocote. My kids where running around outside holding their noses when I what working on this one. LOL

The bits are great. I used them to clean up deepen the grooves in the lid. I think they are well worth the money. I got mine about 2 weeks earlier than they predicted. I am very happy. Thanks for letting me know about them.

-- JoeyG ~~~ http://www.facebook.com/JHGWoodWorks

No problem at all. On the flip side, working with padauk is wonderful, workability, smell, color & finish. One of my favorites. Used with walnut you can’t go wrong. I don’t know what it is when I order stuff from China or japan, the stuff just takes forever to get here. I was still waiting on my bits when you said your came, & I ordered mine before you. It must be a different shipping route. Good luck with today’s projects.
Mark~

-- Don't waste today, it is yesterdays tomorrow!~SisQMark

Man ,you did a great job on this project !! love the colors of the different types of wood . where do you buy these types of wood & where does it come from??

-- Willie, Stapleton, Al

Thanks Willie, I get most of my wood from http://www.walllumber.com/default.asp

I live about an hour away so every so often my wife and I take a morning trip. I let her pick out the wood. On this box the woods are from Mexico and Africa I think.

-- JoeyG ~~~ http://www.facebook.com/JHGWoodWorks

Joey,
What kind of attachment on your angle grinder do you use, or what type of disc.

These turned out really well!

Thanks for sharing.
Mike

-- Mike, Florida, http://www.woodsimplymade.com

Beautiful work. Really like the top of this. Great flow to it. Sweet box.

-- Use it up, Wear it out --------------- Make it do, Or do without!

Gorgeous!

I cannot imagine the amount of sanding one of these must take.

-- Lew- Time traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!

Cool!!!!!!!!!!..................Jim

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!!

Thanks everyone. If you are interested in how I did the sculpting I did a blog about it.
http://lumberjocks.com/JoeyG/blog/series/4605

I used the rt angle grinder on the sides and front and back. I started using it on the top but was not happy with how the flap sanding disc worked on the Bocote so I switched to my Dremel and several differents bits.

-- JoeyG ~~~ http://www.facebook.com/JHGWoodWorks

Has anyone noticed the eye I found half-way through carving the lid? One side of the eye is gone because I didn’t see it until I carve out that area. Then I went in and tried to define it a little more.

-- JoeyG ~~~ http://www.facebook.com/JHGWoodWorks

Wow Joey! You have really been having fun lately. Each box just gets cooler looking. I have never had any of that ‘stinkwood’ but it is absolutely striking. I think I could tolerate the smell if I knew it would look this nice. I’ve always thought sculpting was an outdoor sport anyway.

-- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm

these all look awesome!
Do you not get burn using the sanding wheel you show in the grinding tutorial? I gave up on those. I want a Merlin!

-- christine

Nice….looks like fold in fabric. No easy feat

I could see that on a front door looking awesome, or a larger cabinet.

-- Thom, Westport, www.thomscottstudio.com

great looking box