Cedar lighthouse box

[Rick Smith]

A rather plain lighthouse for the FIL, who spent a lot of time looking at them from the sea-side while in the Merchant Marines. He's 74, now...
3 1/2" at the base x 11". Sanded to 220 and friction polish. BAD CRACKING, even after 72 hrs in DNA and 10 rounds of MW "Defrost". Got MOST of them out, though...

[Keith Burns]

You may call it plain, I call it really nice. Just the right amount of detail. A wonderful piece that he is sure to enjoy !!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Rick I am not sure I would call it plain. Unless you mean just plain beautiful. I really like the detail. He is really going to like it. Nice job.

[Jonathon Spafford]

Great piece... beautiful wood and great work! Your father-in-law's gonna love it!

[Glenn Hodges]

This is an inovative and creative piece, Rick. Don't worry about cedar cracking, it just cracks. I have had it crack while I held it in my hand. It is worth putting up with the hairline cracks because one gets beauty like this.

[Mark Cothren]

That is really a neat turning, Rick. There is a church around here named "Gospel Light" that has a lighthouse on their sign. I'd bet they'd love one of these...

[Jim Ketron]

Nice looking piece Rick!
My MIL would love to have one of those!
The thing with Cedar it can be tough to get a finished piece done without cracks. Even after it is dry if you create too much heat sanding it will crack. You win some ya loose some working with it.

[Brodie Brickey]

Rick,

A beautiful piece. When I first saw it, I thought you'd turned a pepper mill lighthouse. Very nice detail on the brick work.

Brodie