A friend mailed me this piece of box elder and I wasn't sure what I could get out of it when I saw it. It had a lot of red in it but once I started turning it I found a bunch of curly floating around in there also. It is 4-1/2” high by 5” wide with a 1/8” high foot and the opening is 3”. The lip and sides are about ¼” thick but taper down to a heavy bottom to keep it from falling over. I have the weight so that if it does fall over, it straightens back up.
The first couple of pictures is what it looked like before I started and the rest are with it finished. I used the 3 wheel buffing process on it after sanding to 600 grit and then 2400 micro mesh.
The little blank turned out kind of pretty. My wife has laid clam to it and said I had better never think of giving this away to anyone. Ya know, I think she means it.
Thanks for looking.
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Looks to me like you did indeed put a lot of work into polishing it up real nice and purdy, too! Well done, my friend!
