Finished this box today. The bottom was not two piece till I turned the bottom off . So I added a stand. Box is spalted white oak and lid is spalted pecan. The finish is lacquer buffed with Maguires buffing cpd and then polish.

Gerald, That is really pretty wood, and the 2 woods go together very well. You did a nice job on that is the base a 3 type of wood?

 

I like it, the way you made the knob on top it looks like a plug. Good Job!.

Herb

 

 

Gorgeous!  That is a wonderful example of spalting too.

Beautiful!!!

Really nice Gerald, that white oak must have been down a long time. "Turned the bottom off"? Never heard of such a thing!

 

Absolutely beautiful, I love that spalted maple.

Hey Gerald, purely semantics, but when does a vessel become a box, or a box become a vessel?

 

Box: a container with a flat base and sides, typically square or rectangular and having a lid.

"a cereal box"

 

Notice I bolded "typically" because that leaves room for other interpretations. I am not being a smarty here, I truly do want to know if in the turning world, there are flip flops on the terminology, and when to use them, I know larger round containers would be called vessels, or a bowl if there was not a cover or top.

Beautiful indeed!

And John asks a good question.  Is this a box in the turners world, or maybe a box in Mississippi?

very nice

 

Very nice piece and beautifully done. I'm not going to show my wife, if I did,.............................. "I want one too"

Late to the party, as usual. All the great descriptive adjectives have been used, too!

 

I really like the finish and how well the spalted pecan and oak match together. The smooth finish must have required the addition of, at least, a little CA.

 

Super turning, Gerald!

Edited March 6, 20197 yr by lew

 Beautiful Gerald, love what you did with the top. nice piece of spalted wood.

5 hours ago, John Morris said:

Absolutely beautiful, I love that spalted maple.

Hey Gerald, purely semantics, but when does a vessel become a box, or a box become a vessel?

 

Box: a container with a flat base and sides, typically square or rectangular and having a lid.

"a cereal box"

 

Notice I bolded "typically" because that leaves room for other interpretations. I am not being a smarty here, I truly do want to know if in the turning world, there are flip flops on the terminology, and when to use them, I know larger round containers would be called vessels, or a bowl if there was not a cover or top.

I made a box one time dovetailed all 12 edges. It didn't have a way to get inside so I was told it wasn't a box.

HErb

Mucho magnifico, Gerald. No matter what it's called, its beautiful. 

 

 

 

Beautiful Gerald.

1 hour ago, Gene Howe said:

Mucho magnifico, Gerald. No matter what it's called, its beautiful. 

 

 

 

YEAH! What he said!  +1

Thanks for the comments. No CA Lew, just satin finish lacquer and the polish.

@John Morris a box is small and can be held in one hand and has a top (my definition) . Boxes can be round , square , or any other shape or combination of within that definition. Sure this could be a lidded bowl but box sounds much cooler.

 

2 minutes ago, Gerald said:

Thanks for the comments. No CA Lew, just satin finish lacquer and the polish.

@John Morris a box is small and can be held in one hand and has a top (my definition) . Boxes can be round , square , or any other shape or combination of within that definition. Sure this could be a lidded bowl but box sounds much cooler.

 

That'll work for me.

Call it what you will, it's a beautiful thing.

Hey Gerald, no matter what it's called, it's beautiful, I just felt left out is all.

Very nice Gerald. I always like looking at what you make.