The story behind this little "What is it", is that I had this 1/2 log piece that came with the lumber stash,pic1. I didn't know what kind of wood it was so I cut a about 6" off the end to clean up and see what I had. It turned out to be Maple. I didn't want to just throw away the piece so thought I would make a band saw box out of it.
So I cut the bottom off, cut out the center, glued up the sides and reattached the bottom. The cut on the bottom looked ugly so I made a molding and then made some feet for it and called it a desktop pencil holder.
The finish is 2 coats of spray shellac, and 6 coats of water based poly thinned 50/50 with water. I did stained the base/feet ,because it looked better next to the bark.

 

Herb

Very Nice. Sure beats that Ready Whip plastic tub of mine!!

Nicely done and very imaginative.

You did that 'ole chunk of wood quite proud.

Thanks Herb.

A band saw box less the drawer.  I like it.  Where's the pencils.

Quite creative. 

 

Two questions..

 

1.How many pencils does it hold?

2.Who is going to sharpen them all?

outstanding Herb...

1 hour ago, Woodbutcherbynight said:

Quite creative. 

 

Two questions..

 

1.How many pencils does it hold?

2.Who is going to sharpen them all?

There are items that are bigger, like scissors , combs, protractors, compasses eyeglasses,pen lights,tootsie pops, etc.

Herb

Great project Herb.  Don't want to second guess you, but are you sure it is maple?

13 hours ago, Dadio said:

scissors , combs, protractors, compasses eyeglasses,pen lights,tootsie pops, etc.

So it's a wooden casserole dish?

5 hours ago, Cal said:

Great project Herb.  Don't want to second guess you, but are you sure it is maple?

Well , I am not an expert,Cal, But it does have a maplish appearance. I did think it was oak before I cleaned it up from the weight. I was surprised when I saw it wasn't because it seemed heavier than maple. I know there are different species of maple, I am most familiar with western broad leaf maple. I know that eastern hard maple is harder and heavier than our local maple, but it has a pinkish tint to the hard wood.

Do you have any ideas what it might be? It came from architectural landscaping, not the wilds.

Herb

2 hours ago, Dadio said:

I did think it was oak before I cleaned it up from the weight. I was surprised when I saw it wasn't because it seemed heavier than maple.

 

Locust, Osage Orange and Bradford Pear are possibilities unless the yellow color is from the camera.

3 hours ago, HandyDan said:

 

Locust, Osage Orange and Bradford Pear are possibilities unless the yellow color is from the camera.

The picture is pretty close to the way it really looks, kind of plain grained.

Herb

4 hours ago, HandyDan said:

Bradford Pear are possibilities

Bark doesn't match up to Bradford Pear...does resemble Sugar Maple (aka soft maple) somewhat.

Since there has been some concern about the Pencils /Pens falling over I put some partitions in it.

will you be putting in a lint trap and pencil sharpener???

Even more classy than before Herb. Better give those little elves an extra cup of cocoa working OT.

Edited December 24, 20187 yr by Grandpadave52

I'd gift you some pencils for it if I could find mine...not behind my ears either?

after careful consideration...

can you make another in a downsized version...

that one won't fit in the shirt pocket...

17 minutes ago, Stick486 said:

that one won't fit in the shirt pocket...

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