A couple small turnings

[Curt Fuller]

My daughter sent a pic of a "Tea Box" that was similar to this and wanted to know if I could make one. This first picture is my shot at it. It's a piece of eucalyptus wood, 2 x 7 inches, and it has two lids. One lid fits tight on the inside and one fits a little looser over the outside. Most of the inside is just drilled with forstner bits.

Then this second pic is a wedding goblet with two interlocking captive rings for a friend of my daughters that's getting married. They picked out the wood, gambel oak, which isn't the prettiest wood, but it's what they wanted. It's 6.25" x 2".

[Jarrett Sadowsky]

I really like the form of the goblet. The two rings are a nice addition.

Am I correct that the tea box is used for loose leaf tea?

Jarrett

[Steve Vaughan]

Nicely done there! I like those captive rings too. Is there a link to get instructions on making those two rings interlocking? That's got me stumped there.

[Curt Fuller]

Nicely done there! I like those captive rings too. Is there a link to get instructions on making those two rings interlocking? That's got me stumped there.

Steve, the interlocking rings are just two separate captive rings. One is then carefully broken to interlock them and then glued back together.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Really nice turnings Curt. I really like that goblet.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Beautiful work on both turnings Curt!

The little tea box is cool! Simple style but the first I've seen with 2 lids! Really nice looking wood!

Excellent goblet! I am sure the happy couple will cherish it! Really like the detail work on the stem!

Really nice Curt! Thanks for sharing!

[Frank Van Atta]

Very nice work on both pieces. I especially like the idea of the tight fitting lid on the inside of the tea box. Great work.

[John Keeton]

Curt, beautiful work on both - and, particularly the goblet. On the tea box, are the inside, and the shoulders of the cuts blackened? It appears that way, and I think this adds a very nice design feature.

Personally, I think the Gambel oak was a nice choice. I have commented before on that wood, and you indicated it was a scrub oak, but it has some very nice character, and suits this goblet very well. Neat idea with the interlocking rings for a wedding goblet - that may be a "standard feature" but it is a first for me.

[Steve Vaughan]

Curt, thanks for the info on that interlocking ring. My brain was terribly confused :confused: about how that got done. Very cool.

[Randy Hoch]

Curt,
I would love to do a goblet like this as my youngest daughter is getting married in September. Should be plenty of time right?! Any tips on doing captive rings or in "carefully" breaking one of them in order to interlock them? I've never done captive rings...do you need the special tool or is the tool something that some make themselves? Yours looks great!

Randy

[Alan Tolchinsky]

Very nice Curt! I like the stem detail on the goblet. It's a nice touch.

[Michael E. Thompson]

Curt,

I enjoy the goblet very much. My mind has been on stems and finials, some good inspiration.

Very nice.

Mike

[Mark Hubl]

A couple more excellent pieces! The little tea box is really cute. Love the hidden lid. The goblet is wonderful, a real beauty. The intertwined rings are great, this will be a cherished gift for sure. As always, great work.

[steven carter]

Top notch job done on both pieces. I like the double lidded box idea, and the goblet is supurb, I'm sure the bride and groom will cherish it for years to come.

[Gary Chester]

Nice job on both! The box is simple but classy and I really like the stem on the goblet.

On an "oak gloat" I posted a while back Steve mentioned you do a lot of work with oak so I looked thru a bunch of your postings. Lots of good info and inspiration there... Thanks.

[Baxter Smith]

Both of them are very pretty. When I clicked the pictures before I read the dimensions I thought it was a fancy needle box. Have never heard of a tea box before. Well done.

[David E Keller]

Nice work on both counts. I like the look of the oak, and the tea box is wonderful.

[John Tomasello jr]

Curt good job on both, really like the goblet. I enjoy turning goblets usually have some captive rings on mine, haven't tried the interlocking rings yet. Will have to give it a try.

[Curt Fuller]

Thanks all of you for all the comments!


Curt,
I would love to do a goblet like this as my youngest daughter is getting married in September. Should be plenty of time right?! Any tips on doing captive rings or in "carefully" breaking one of them in order to interlock them? I've never done captive rings...do you need the special tool or is the tool something that some make themselves? Yours looks great!

Randy
Randy, here's a link to a tutorial I posted several years ago. It gives you the general idea of how I do this.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?p=419272#post419272

The Tea Box is something new for me. The idea came from a picture of something similar that my daughter had torn out of a magazine or catalog. Although I drink a lot of iced tea, I've never made tea from loose tea leaves. So I'm still wondering if the interior should be finished and if so what the best finish would be. This just has danish oil on it now and the outside is buffed.

John, the dark inside is just the result of my poor lighting and equally poor photography skills. But it's really just like the outside.

Thanks again everyone.