Pencil box

[Ron Altier]

My daughter's birthday is coming up and she requested a pencil box for her desk. It must be large enough to accomodate pencils, pens and markers.( Plus who knows what else.) She wanted it colorful, so I made it of cedar and maple that I already had. I put felt on the bottom of the inside and outside base. Cutting those angles is always a challenge, followed by glue up and turning it round. I don't use aromatic Cedar much anymore, but when I do I use a lot of caution, a good mask and plenty of vacuum.

[Steve Krumanaker]

That combination of woods looks really good together, nice! Nice glue joints too!

 

[AndrewB]

that turned out pretty nice.  I've been shopping around for white and red oak lumber myself. the color contrast is good on that.

[lew]

That should surely fill the bill!

 

Nicely done!

[HandyDan]

I like it Ron.  Excellent work keeping the soft Cedar from dishing between the harder Maple pieces.  Not an easy task.

[Ron Altier]

29 minutes ago, HandyDan said:

I like it Ron.  Excellent work keeping the soft Cedar from dishing between the harder Maple pieces.  Not an easy task.

I did not have any problem at all, I wonder if it is due to turning with carbide tools

[FlGatorwood]

Really nice job on gluing and turning.  What angles and how many pieces of alternating wood?  

[Gunny]

Beautiful work!!

 

[RustyFN]

Very nice Ron. The cedar and maple go very well together.

[HandyDan]

2 hours ago, Ron Altier said:

I did not have any problem at all, I wonder if it is due to turning with carbide tools

 

The problems usually come in at the sanding stage.

[Cal]

That's a beauty Ron, your daughter ought to be very happy with it.

[Ron Altier]

 

14 hours ago, FlGatorwood said:

 

 

Edited April 7, 2021 by Ron Altier

[Artie]

A pencil holder, that could do double duty as a piece of art. I think it’s stunning. I love functional beauty.

[FlGatorwood]

Ron, thank you for showing the geometry.  I don't know why I didn't figure it out myself.  But, I could only count 15 pieces so it seemed unusual.  I learn so much from you.  Thanks for sharing.  Now, if I can remember this until I get to the other end of the garage.......

[Gerald]

That should hold lots of pencils and stuff. I would not be brave enough to use cedar.

[Ron Altier]

 I had pieces left over from the first box. Not all were long enough to make another box. Then I thought "what if".  What if I glued the smaller left over pieces together end to end. That would make enough to make another box. The joints wouldn't show if I turned a groove and burnt in a line on top of the joints. It took planning, but it worked. 

Edited April 9, 2021 by Ron Altier
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[Cal]

Quite beautiful Ron.

Just curious, have you ever thrown out a single piece of scrap?

[Ron Altier]

Yes and I've regretted it ever since.

[Al B]

I'm sure you've made your daughter very happy. Beautifully done.