Eucalyptus Burl Small Jewelry Box

Did you use a bandsaw to cut out the inside of the box, or did you use your gouge.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

this is great!!
With outcomes like this you would have to be addicted—I can image that the ideas are flowing and you are “itching” to try something new

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

I used a 3” forstner bit to cut out the inside. I used a table saw to cut the top off of the main turning. I used a router with a rabbitting bit to make the lip for the lid. I should post some pictures. Hold on… I’ll find the project pictures and make a big image out of them to post. Give me 20 min.

-- Thomas Porter, Phoenix, AZ, www.thomasporter.com

very nice

-- Phil, Chattanooga,TN

Here’ you go… the whole process (6 hours total)

-- Thomas Porter, Phoenix, AZ, www.thomasporter.com

Nice. and Thanks for showing the behind the scenes.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

that’s excellent!!!

(Scott.. aren’t you busy posting YOUR next project??)

Thomas, is that a rotary tool plunge router you used for the initial?

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Thomas

Thanks for the insite. I would have thought of the forstner bit as a risky cut, because if the box came loose it could have shattered it.

Very nice.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Interesting box.

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The forstner bit was easy because it was greenwood. It was also secured in a drill press machinists vise. I used the vise to line it up exactly, and the forstner bit was very sharp and running at 300 rpm. I took my time so it didn’t shatter. I also have a great drill press. That was one of my best purchases. Powermatic 20” 1.5 hp floor model. I was also using compressed air to blow the shavings out as it went along.

-- Thomas Porter, Phoenix, AZ, www.thomasporter.com

Here’s the router base I use – click here

The “router base” I used with my dremel is from Stewart-MacDonald, a luthierie supply company. It’s a great base and I bought the package which inluded some other goodies. The air-blowing option is a must. It blows the dust away so your can see what you’re doing. It also helps keep the bits from cutting the material more than once – makes them last longer. I used some inlay bits that I purchase at a local jewelry supply. This is a great tool for inlay. I would like to try cutting inlay sometime on a scroll saw (future purchase), but for now, the dremel with the router base and needle files for finishing seem to do the trick.

-- Thomas Porter, Phoenix, AZ, www.thomasporter.com