Mahogany Canister

This canister is 3.25 inches high and 1.75 inches in diameter, made from Mahogany wood with a finish of high speed polish and Carnuba wax. I did a treatment on the top of the lid using a home made "chatter" tool, for texturing. That didn't come out very distinctly on this piece. Also the lid doesn't fit as snug as I like. Better luck next time. Still, not a bad attempt. Up 'til now it's been too cold to work out in my shop this winter. No heat in there.

Mobile #62

This is my latest metal mobile' sculpture, #62. It is entirely unpainted welded steel. Including its base, the mobile' measures 10 inches high and 12 inches long. One of only four mobile's I made in 2017.

Small Pear Wood Bowl

This is a Pear wood bowl, 1.75 inches high by 4 inches in diameter. This wood is a dream to turn, nice and smooth, and beautiful wood that finishes nicely. I'm looking forward to working more with this wood.

Turned Toothpick Cup

Here is a small toothpick cup turned on a lathe. One inch in diameter and a little over two inches high, it's made from spalted silver maple wood. It was supposed to be a lidded canister but the wood is a little too punky (soft from the decay that produces the spalting). I couldn't drill a straight and centered hole to make the interior, and so the lid wouldn't fit right. So, I punted and called it a toothpick cup.

Box with Wooden Hinges

This box measures about 4 x 6 x 1.25 inches. It is made entirely of Mahogany with box joints, or some call them finger joints, corners. There is no closing latch. The hinges, though, are wooden (with steel pins). Tiny hinges like these are not strong. There's just not enough wood to make them strong. I just couldn't resist the challenge though. This wood is beautiful. It has a deep shimmering glow. The finish is hand rubbed linseed oil and wax.

Tiny Wooden Box

This box is about 2" x 2 1/8" x 7/8" and not quite square. The square sides are Mahogany the rest of the wood looks like rosewood but I don't think it is. The only hardware is the steel pin in the hinge. One corner of the box has finger joints. I rounded the fingers on them and drilled through them for the hinge pin. I did that before I glued the square sides on so I could hide the hinge pin. There's no closing latch or hardware, just a friction fit holding the lid closed. The finish is hand rubbed linseed oil and wood wax.

Redwood Box

This box is made from some recycled wood, that is, very old redwood (100+ yrs.). I milled it into 3/16" layers, planed and sanded to 1/8" thick. I had no large pieces of this wood so a small box was a good choice as a project. Those thin "sheets" were used to make all the parts of the box; top, bottom, sides and liner.

It is four inches square and just over one inch high. The box has a friction fit lid. There is no hardware at all on this one. The corners are 1/8" box joints.

 

The finish is boiled linseed oil followed with hand rubbed wood wax.