Tres cajas de madera

[Curt Fuller]

Corto, gourdos, flacos.

Pino Ponderosa

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[Marty Eargle]

Good looking boxes. I like how you made the handles.

Personally, I think Pine is a very underrated wood for turning. I understand that it rare to find chunks that are turnable, but the grain and color sure can makes some great looking pieces...like these.

[Rick Markham]

Wow, those are spectacular Curt!

[John Keeton]

Curt, you turned some beautiful mates for the tall one! Great work on the variety of forms, and I like the variance in the length of the knobs - very well proportioned to the form. Very nice collage pic, too.

Just some excellent work!

[Bill Hensley]

I'm liking those, especially the recessed lids.

[Doug W Swanson]

Those turned out nice. I really like the grain in them....

[Pete Jordan]

Great to see pine. I have a ton of it I was going to burn but am not having second thoughts.

Love the shapes!

[Ron Natalie]

Bueno, Muy Bueno

[Jim Burr]

Mucho gusto! Hard to look at lowly pine with a jaded eye anymore!

[Jim Underwood]

I'm afraid your fancy labels suffer from translation:

Short, Fat, Weak?
:confused:

The picture of the boxes speaks for itself. Very nice!

[George Van]

The strong grain along with the excellent form makes these a stunning set.

[Faust M. Ruggiero]

Curt,
I like them all but sometimes la grasa es hermosa.
faust

[David E Keller]

Nicely done, Curt! Thanks to you and Jim Underwood, I now know how to describe myself in Spanish... Gracias!

[Harvey Ghesser]

Excellente!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Really nice Curt. I like the recessed lid and grain of the wood.

[Curt Fuller]

I'm afraid your fancy labels suffer from translation:

Short, Fat, Weak?
:confused:

The picture of the boxes speaks for itself. Very nice!

:D:D Just goofing around with the online English to Spanish translator. I don't know much Spanish but the translator said flacos translates to skinny. So Corto, Gourdos, Flacos is short, fat, skinny, much like me depending on which parts you're looking at.

Thanks for the comments. These are just sanded to 220, the pitch gums the sandpaper instantly so after a few seconds you're just burnishing. The turpentine in the pitch creates a high that's even better than spraying lacquer. :p After these 'dry out' and loose their tackiness, I'll probably resand them by hand and give them a couple coats of lacquer. For now they just have a sprayed on wiped off shot of deft lacquer to pop the color and get rid of the sticky on the surface.

Faust, sometimes la grasa es hermosa, so is corto and flacos....usually nothing to do with the shape;).

[Steve Schlumpf]

Curt - great looking work! Love the grain and the natural coloring of the wood!

I am afraid that my Spanish is limited to dos cerveza por favor, cinco de mayo and se habla Taco Bell.... so it is good to know some additional words! Also, I thought David Keller already went by the name of El Hefe.... which reminds me Juan, do you know what Plethora means???

[Bill Bolen]

Great set of boxes Curt. Those recessed lids sure add a distinct look.

[David DeCristoforo]

Muy bueno! Not a plethora but a great looking trio...

[charlie knighton]

very nice, do not see much pine

[Baxter Smith]

Great form and wood Curt! Makes a very nice set!

[Nathan Hawkes]

Really nice work, Curt! I have to ask about the turning--I think you'd mentioned having some Ponderosa a while back; how was it to turn? I've turned old Virginia Pine before, nice tight grain, and it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. Yours is some really nice looking stuff!

[Faust M. Ruggiero]

usually nothing to do with the shape
Curt,
How right you are!!
faust