Pill boxes with Fordite lid insets

[duncsuss]

Penn State Industries used to sell these little round pill boxes to which folk could attach an attractive disk - figured wood, burl, or (as I do) Fordite. I can't find them on the website any more, I got these in a batch of stuff somebody was clearing out of their shop.

As always with Fordite - you never know what you're going to get.

 

[Nature Man]

Penn State Industries used to sell these little round pill boxes to which folk could attach an attractive disk - figured wood, burl, or (as I do) Fordite. I can't find them on the website any more, I got these in a batch of stuff somebody was clearing out of their shop.

As always with Fordite - you never know what you're going to get.

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Those are sweet! Never seen those kits anywhere. Now I’ll have to keep my eyes peeled. Chuck

 

[duncsuss]

Those are sweet! Never seen those kits anywhere. Now I’ll have to keep my eyes peeled. Chuck

The PSI code for them is PKMBXG - might help you search.

 

[trc65]

Very cool!

 

[daniscool]

Very cool.

 

[barry richardson]

Those are awesome Duncan! how did you secure the fordite disc for turning? some sort of jig?

 

[duncsuss]

Those are awesome Duncan! how did you secure the fordite disc for turning? some sort of jig?

Thanks! Nothing fancy - I already had a waste block screwed onto a face plate, I just faced it off and turned a half inch or so down to the diameter of the recess as a target size. I used double-sided tape to hold the first couple of pieces, then switched to hot glue for the last couple, which seemed to work better. When things were getting wet the tape didn't hold so well.

 

[DLJeffs]

Very cool and unusual! If they didn't have the three part divider they'd look like old time snuff boxes.