something different

[Jack Mincey]

I went to my first meeting of the mountain woodturners club last Sat., after being invited by two fellow Creekers twice over the last two months. Their demonstrator was Mark St. Leger. He did a great job with the demo. He did a box like this so I wanted to try and see if I could do one. In no way is this my design, but a copy of what I Mark did in his demo. The box is cherry with an ipe lid and box elder finial to look something like a flame. The lid is a loose fit on purpose so that it makes some clicking sound as the box rocks. It has a walnut oil finish which needs a little more work.
Jack
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[Bernie Weishapl]

That is different Jack. I really like it. Well done on the finial.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Jack - haven't seen anything like that before! Really nice work!

[Scott Conners]

Very cool! I love the finial, I'm going to have to see if I can do something like that.

[Paul Douglass]

Very unique, I really like it. Nice job.

[alex carey]

no idea how you did that but it looks nice. Great job.

[David Christopher]

I like it.....very nice work

[Dave Halter]

Very nice design. Since it's a box is it hollowed out much or just a small area below the lid? How big is it overall?

Dave

[curtis rosche]

is the finial an off center/multi axis turning?

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Unique and very pretty! Nicely done Jack!

[Jack Mincey]

Thanks everyone. It is around 3" from point to point. It is hollowed to 1/8" of the bottom and 1/4" of the flats. I just don't have a tool that would go through the small hole and hollow any closer to the flats than that. You start with a perfectly square cube turned with one corner stuck in the head stock hole and the opposite corner stuck in the live center hole minus the point. You have to adjust the block so that 3 corners line up perfect when you turn the block. You then turn some of the bottom and make a tendon to hold it for hollowing. It is hard to turn the top and keep the wood from chipping on the flats that are left. The finial is turned multi axis using a simple wood block in the chuck with to tendons turned one on center and the other just off center. You then turn one end of the peice to be turned to fit in a hole in the block of wood. If you go to Mark St. Leger's site he his tips on how to make it and many other things. I am putting his site below.
Thanks again,
Jack
http://www.markstleger.com/