My 13 inch Llyn Idwal is to gorgeous of a stone to be homeless. For the special edge it delivers, it needs to have a home worthy of it. I have made some furniture quality boxes before, but I wanted to try a vintage style box with a scrolled bottom. Trying to find wood large enough took some time until remembering I was giving a large slab of mystery wood a few years ago, so let’s give it a go. Ripped out a blank on the table saw. I used a bandsaw on the bottom and to split into two pieces. Used a router table to hollow out for the stone. I wanted to router a edge on the top, but the wood was now to thin, so a had to pass. After all the work and sanding, the wood was to Blonde and look new. Used a sealer stain to give it a nice aged look. I know where the few boo-boo’s are, but it came out nice and it is a worthy home for my stone
That looks really awesome! I use some wooden boxes from my empty grappa bottles Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Nice job. I had heard, somewhere in the past, that American Indians, I think it was the Navajo, always left a break in their design, whether it be silver work or blankets or whatnot. This was done because they believed that a perfect object would create a window that evil spirits could use to enter this world. I don't know if it's true or not, but I've used that excuse on many of my projects.
Thank you all for the kind words Thanks for the vote of confidence It is a nice piece of real estate and it delivers up a smooth edge Very seldom did I use “perfect” and “project” in the same sentence
With the success of my last box, time to try again. Always wanted to make a box for my vosgienne, but being 8x3, did not wood large enough that I liked. Used the drop pieces and glued up bookmatched to get a interesting grain pattern. This box is a simple rectangular shape, nothing fancy. Glued up over height, cut in half, trimmed for depth and stained. A beautiful box for a beautiful stone
Been wanting to make some boxes for my 8” and 9” coticules, but did not have any wood large enough that impressed me. Until I found a rough cut walnut 4x4 at a yard sale. With that problem solved, I ripped up a 12” slug to work with. Cherry picked the best for the tops, cut up the remaining for sides and end. To break up them all looking the same, I did a inlay on one. Some glue, some sanding, and some hardware and I have three coti condos