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Joe Pierce
03-28-2010, 9:20 PM
Kendal Yates picked us up some maple blanks, from a bat maker in Va. So I decided to try my hand at turning a box. I have a lot of blanks, so I'll be be trying to find things to make with them.
patrick michael stein
03-28-2010, 9:27 PM
very nice box you have there grass hoper,looking forward to more of your work.





patrick
Dolan Brown
03-28-2010, 9:35 PM
Very nice LB. It is hard to believe that is your first one. Looks like you got the hang of it.
Steve Schlumpf
03-28-2010, 9:50 PM
Very nice work Joe! Really like the form and finish!
Bernie Weishapl
03-28-2010, 10:04 PM
That is a beauty Joe. Really like the form of it.
Steve Vaughan
03-28-2010, 10:05 PM
You done good there!
David E Keller
03-29-2010, 1:04 AM
Nice job. Pleasing shape and nice finish.
John Keeton
03-29-2010, 5:53 AM
Raffan would be proud!! That sure is some nice, straight grained maple in those blanks. I bet all of them are like that - should be very stable.
Roland Martin
03-29-2010, 6:49 AM
Very nice job on this lidded box, your first? Like the form.
Fred Perreault
03-29-2010, 7:39 AM
That is a cutie pie. Simple but elegant. Did you drill the hollow, or turn it out?
Steve Vaughan
03-29-2010, 7:54 AM
Joe, who is and where is this batmaker in VA? I'm probably just down the road a couple of hours.
Joe Pierce
03-29-2010, 8:21 AM
I hollowed it with a bowl gouge, and a termite. I don't like the square edges that drilling would leave. As to the bat maker, Kendal has that info. Perhaps he could post a #. The man makes custom bats, and has a lot of 11" to 14" cutoffs tha he posted on craigs list. He uses them for fire wood!! Kendal picked me up 115 of them and got himself 50 for .60 a piece. He has a lot of them.
Baxter Smith
03-29-2010, 11:23 AM
Neat looking box. Thought it was quite plain at first but after coming back to look at it 3 or 4 more times it must be growing on me!:)
Frank Van Atta
03-29-2010, 11:52 AM
Nice onion top.
Joe Pierce
03-29-2010, 1:12 PM
Very nice LB. It is hard to believe that is your first one. Looks like you got the hang of it.

I have turned bowls, and pens, and wine stoppers. But, doing endgrain turning in such a tight space. And fitting a lid intimidated me. I wanted to be able to hollow the box properly, not with a drill. Thanks, everyone for the comments. And, yesthe design is Raffans.