My first turning - Rosewood Box

[Tim Thiebaut]

I had picked up a book on making lidded boxes a few weeks back has I love the ones I have seen here, so I made that my first turning with my lathe, well my first turning in over 15 years for that matter. Please feel free to give me any and all advice, as a matter of fact I would love to get any advice you all can give. Hope you enjoy the pictures, there is a quarter laying on the ways next to the box for scale. It is finished with CAm this is the first time I have ever used it for this as well, Tim

[John Keeton]

Tim, saw this sitting on the lathe in the other pics of your shop area - very well done! Would look better in front of the lathe background material, though!:rolleyes:

[charlie knighton]

very nice.....

[Roland Martin]

Nice box, Tim. Well done!

[dan carter]

Nice job on your first of many. Your new lathe made it easier to pick up where you left off.

[Michael James]

Nice Tim - I practiced those is pine but never did a "real" one. I don't know if it's the light or ?? but that looks more like tulipwood than rosewood, but they are both dalbergias. I have some RW left in board form that is very chocolate-y with purple lines. Anyway, that doesn't detract from the nice job you did!
mj

[Rich Aldrich]

Nice job. I reminds me of a miniature thermos.

[Baxter Smith]

Nice little box.

[Roger Chandler]

Now thats what I'm talkin' about! Okay Tim, you have jumped in with both feet now, and there is no turning back! Welcome to the VORTEX!!!

[Jim Burr]

Nice work Tim!!! Pic's need some work but it's a cool little box. Those are not east to make!!

[David E Keller]

Heck of a job for a first... Lidded boxes can be pesky. Looking forward to #2.

[Richard Madden]

Good job Tim. After doing a few, you may want to give threaded boxes a try. The fun and challenges are never ending.

[Tim Thiebaut]

Thank you all so much for the kind words and encouragement! I was scratching my head a little while making it, but the book I bought was very helpful, besides all of the tebits of info I have picke dup around here.

@ MIchael - The wood was from a blank I bought at Rocklers, it was marked Rose, but they could have marked it wrong.

@ Richard - I do want to try making some threaded ones once I get some more practise under my belt, I even bought the Sorby Thread Chaser Kit, it is sitting pretty in my tool chest down stairs just waiting for me to get a little more experience!

@ Jim - I know I need to work on my pic skills, but to be honest when I got done this afternoon I was so excited to have something of my own to post and share here I was in a hurry to get it posted and get some feedback! lol

[John Coloccia]

re: rosewood

There's something called Yucatan Rosewood which is lighter and browner than an East Indian or Bolivian. I'm guessing that's what he's got.

[Mark Hubl]

Nice first project. Hollowing and a lid on the first turning are definetly add to the challenge.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Nice work Tim - especially considering this is your first! Pretty wood!