Vase from a board...

[Ryan Sparreboom]

... well several boards actually. Mahogany, Black walnut, Padauk, Ash, Purpleheart. This was a very much "experimental" project for me. Several firsts including working with Purpleheart, Ash, and Padauk, doing tapered bevel cuts on the TS, and using shellac as a finish!
The dimensions are about 13" tall, 6" wide at top and 4.5" wide at bottom. Octoganol. 3 coats of dewaxed shellac, inside is painted flat black (after the pics were taken).

It's meant for dry (silk) flowers or a glass liner can be used for live flowers.
I'm quite happy how it turned out, it's for the wife for x-mas so I hope she likes it too.

Ryan

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj158/Boomr99/P1020808.jpg

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj158/Boomr99/P1020809.jpg

[Dewey Torres]

Very nice project with many hidden challenges. I am sure your wife will love it.:)

[Jim Becker]

Ryan, very nice work. I can see that working very well for your intended purpose!

[Joe Chritz]

That is a lot of joints to get together without flaws. It looks very nice.

Joe

[Duncan Potter]

That looks like a difficult piece. Very nicely done!

[Lee Schierer]

Very nice work. Just make sure your wife (and anyone that stays in your house) knows about the dry flowers versus live flowers part of your post. DAMHIKT,

[John Thompson]

Excellent execution of what I consider to be a very complicated design. If she doesn't like that one.. I would either throw out the tools or throw out....well never mind the other option. :D

Sarge..

[Ryan Sparreboom]

Haha. Wow. Thanks guys. I sure appreciate the comments from some guys that have been around a while and are very well respected on the forum. Thanks.

I found the hardest part was getting the compound (beveled and tapered) angles cut accurately. I made myself a simple taper jig as pictured here. Actually my first time cutting tapers ever.

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj158/Boomr99/Jig.jpg

I first glued up 4 "boards" out of strips of wood, endgrain to endgrain. I used a 50% glue size soaked into the endgrain just prior to full strength glue up.
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj158/Boomr99/P1020735.jpg

Made a simple sled and ran those thru the planer.

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj158/Boomr99/P1020736.jpg

Then cut the angles. 2* taper and 22.5* bevel. Had to be careful to set the piece in the jig the right way to have the angles go in the right direction.

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj158/Boomr99/P1020742.jpg

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj158/Boomr99/P1020740.jpg

Then just had to glue it all up and then slap a bottom on it! I used Titebond III for the whole thing, and just used rubber bands to "clamp the pieces together". They all fit *almost* perfectly. Ha ha. ;) Of coarse the sides of the bottom piece had to also be cut at a compound angle. I managed to do that on the miter saw.

Thanks again for looking and commenting.

Ryan

[Dave Verstraete]

Ryan
I Like it. Looks like it took some patience on the angles. Great Job!