Failed to make the dovetailed splines long enough so I lost the top one to the saw when cutting the angled sides. Then added the wide band an the narrow one at the bottom for balance. The inner tray is a slider. The box is about ten by twelve inches and is of sepele and black walnut. Thanks for taking a look…........;-j

Jatoba is very hard but finishes nicely with just a wipe-on varnish. This box was almost done when I started the Pie Safe I posted yesterday. I just remembered it and decided to get the varnish on it today. I have another couple of bdft of the Jatoba and I think it will get used soon. Thanks for looking!......;-J

This four-tin pie safe was just completed as a practice piece before building a six-tin for the wife’s nephew and his wife in Pennsylvania. I didn’t even know what a pie safe was until Charles did his pie safe build. It is an Eastern thing, you know. They are collected new and old. It is of White Oak primarily plus some ash and pine inside and back (for flavour). The drawer pulls are original 1850-ish. Non-urathane oil finish. Ready to start on one in Walnut for them. Thanks for looking…......... PS, The tins are actually copper and were stripped of their lacquer and patina applied with Potash-Sulferated. Lacquer was removed by boiling the copper in a solution of baking soda and water…............;-J

This small freestyle table is of Sepele and wenge. The wenge in the legs is simply inlayed into dados. I used this combination on a previously listed hall table and find it hard to beat for a contemporary look. The Sepele is a thick vaneer on Baltiic Birch which I believe makes a safe situation for the mitered type joints on the top edges. Thanks for looking….;-J

This is a copper metal leaf with mixed colors on plain maple. The color is a dye ala Member ‘Trifern’’. The vessel is actually 2 pieces with the seam hidden under the ridge around the middle. Thanks for looking…......;-J

This project was completed before joining LJs, but wanted to put it out there. These are large marbles and the case is about 13” tall. It is red oak and the glass is typical picture glass. The glass slides into saw kerfts. The project was as much an experiment as anything since I didn’t know for sure if the idea of placing each marble into a dimple would actually work. As you can see, it did work. The dimples are 3/8” twist drill starts. Before placing the front glass into the stand, the marbles are placed in each level one for each dimple. When the stand is placed upright each marble finds it’s own dimple almost with no coaxing! Ths was fun stuff so thought I’d share it. Thanks for looking…...........;-J

Second Box was made for Niece. Mesquite sides and Brazillian Cherry top. Brusso stopped hinges…........;-J

Wife suggested this Walnut Tea Box. I booked the top panel and reinforced the corners with dovetailed splines.
Stopped Brusso hinges….................;-J

This vessel was turned from very plain maple. After forming it, I texture some areas with a moto tool and ball shaped cutter. After staining with a reddish brown anline dye, the green area was painted with a black under coat, metal leafed then treated with Amonium Chloride and Copper Sulfate. Thanks much for looking. I enjoy all opinions!.........;-J

This 5” by 7” box is of (Af) mahogany and birds eye maple. The handle?......................humm, I dunno.
Thanks for looking…...............................;-J

I have collected Southwest American Indian pottery for many years. This 7” piece was modeled after one of my favorite shapes based on pottery and done this past week. I just realized that I have been turning for a year now and am really digging it….......Thanks for taking a look….....................;-J

This 5” bowl was done this past week after seeing member “trifern’s posting of his project “deadwood” about 8 days ago. I’m not putting this work in His catagory by any means but wanted to try his 3 dye staining technique. It was a great learning experience and will use it in the future. Please keep in mind that this started as very white maple with practically no figure, so if nothing else this technique can really jazz up a plain hunk of wood!......Thanks for looking…...............;-J

Attempt at a simple box letting the great wood do the talking…................................;-J (It is about 7” by 10”.)

This little box holds 2(or 4) decks of playing cards. It is of Ribboned Maple and Wenge. The handle is black metal. I love this combination and wish the grain showed better in the Wenge. It really shows more than it does in the pictures. Thanks for looking!..........................;-J (The finish is sprayed laq.)

This box was decorated using techniques which were shown to me by David Marks in his guilding class about a year ago. I felt I would use these techniques mainly on turned vessels but find them to be really great on things like this. It is really fun to come up with designs using various resists. This box is only about 4 by 6 inches. Thanks for looking….....................;-J

Ivé not posted in a few weeks but have been sidelined by summer busy-ness. This little desk is cherry and is loosely based on the desk shown in the OCT,2010 Woodsmith mag. It was built specifically for our kitchen per my Wife’s request. It is built 95% with Dowelmax and it is as strong as they come, in my humble opinion. Thanks for checking it out!..........;-J (You can find this desk and plans by searching the magazine by date on the internet.) Also check out the Dowelmax, it is expensive and worth it.

I have come to really like the combination of Wenge and Sepele. I vaneered the rift grain side of the legs to give all four sides the same look. Thanks for looking…...................;-J

I posted this piece within a grouping in my first post. I didn’t have a clue what I was doing. I’m reposting it to get it to my gallery. It’s a hollowed vessel, I guess. Anyway, I like the way the shape came out. It is planish maple and about 7in. in diameter. Thanks for looking….............;-J

This, as does all my stuff, just evolved. I’m guessing it is a plant stand..The top was made by cutting a board lengthwise,(half it’s length, not width) then gluing up the pieces in reverse causing the waving look. The wood is white oak and wenge. Thanks for looking….;-J

I don’t know what kind of worms they are but you’ve got to hand it to them, huh?