Beautiful. Love the handle. I’ve always struggled to come up with a handle that I’m happy with.
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Sensational! So many outstanding components! Chuck
Thanks everyone. It was a fun project that gave me the chance to try some new things - like resawing with my bandsaw, inlay the abalone strips, making a lid that fits properly. Guess I best switch gears and get working on a Christmas ornament for which ever poor schmuck Tim's randomizer chose.
Random Christmas ornaments from a random drawing... Are you going to select the ornament style with a dart board? I mean, make it fully random...
Not me, Tim. And he's already done the random selection. See thread in Giveaways and Contests.
Beautiful box and work. I have a question. What is Sheoak? Where does it come from?
I like the accent strip. I had to do something similar as a center panel in a lid I made shrunk and pulled away from the lid's outer frame. It was the only fix I could think of at the time, and it worked out well.
I like the accent strip. I had to do something similar as a center panel in a lid I made shrunk and pulled away from the lid's outer frame. It was the only fix I could think of at the time, and it worked out well.
Gorgeous box, Doug! The flamed maple catches my eye and looks a mile deep!
Wow - that’s pretty! Looks awesome and great use of a variety of smaller pieces. Cool seeing the Bubinga and I like the use of the Ebony too.
The most sheoak I've run across came from Australia and New Zealand. I don't know much more about it than that. Some species have large sap pockets and when exposed to a wildfire the sap solidifies and makes a beautiful pattern of dark long ovals like this reel seat insert.
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I forgot to say the mother of pearl is a very nice touch.
"Sheoak" refers to species of the genus Casuarina and related genera. Just to make things confusing, some Casuarina species from Australia are called "Australian pine" or "mountain pine." But Casuarina is neither oak nor pine, although its needle-like leaves and pinecone-shaped fruits make it look superficially like a pine. (That's what we call convergent evolution in the biz.) They're flowering plants in a family of their own, somewhat distantly related to oaks, beeches, hickories, and walnuts.
Casuarina species and related species can be found from Madagascar to India and SE Asia to Australia, New Guinea, and NZ. They've been introduced elsewhere -- they're considered invasive in Florida, for example. I know there are some Australian species that are harvested for timber and sold as "sheoak," but I don't know about species from elsewhere.
Casuarinaceae (sheoak) family | The Wood Database
www.wood-database.com
Great box Doug. Wonderful details. Always a task to get that right fit with humidity working to thwart you. Jim
Glad you like it. That is beautiful wood.
Finished another one of those game boxes. Probably send this one to my grandkids for Christmas. Main body is rainbow poplar framed with canary from David ( @gvwp ). The lid if canary with a figured maple panel. Dividers are red cedar. I used standard hinges on this one and found an old brass latch I saved from something. Finished with 5 coats of wipe-on poly with a final buff of Min Wax Paste.
Notice I tried to use a dowel spline jig my neighbor had. I started with the upper frame because I could get a good clamp on the jig. It still wanted to wiggle and I got way too much tear out. Didn't like it at all. So I only did the upper frame and reverted back to regular splines everywhere else.
Notice I tried to use a dowel spline jig my neighbor had. I started with the upper frame because I could get a good clamp on the jig. It still wanted to wiggle and I got way too much tear out. Didn't like it at all. So I only did the upper frame and reverted back to regular splines everywhere else.
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Wow!!