The alternative life of a 6 x 6

[BBF]

Very very nice craftmanship.Love the wood contrast and very impressive design We give you a A+

 

[sapwood]

Dang DaveO, you did it again. :icon_thum

You need to bring several projects to TWA's show and tell :mrgreen:

Sapwood

 

[DaveO]

Roger, your cedar and maple box was my inspiration for the wood combination. Maybe you should bring something in to the TWA's show and tell:icon_thum Thanks for the kind words!

Dave

 

[JRD]

Dave,

At first I thought the turning bug had struck.

Even though it did not, your chest is nothing short of outstanding. I am in awe!

 

[D L Ames]

Great looking box Dave. That turned out very nicely. I hope you bring it Tuesday evening along with the jewelry box. It looks like I might be able to make it up there Tuesday night after all.......pending any last minute changes again that is.

D L

 

[Jay]

Dave

Beautiful job on the box. Have you got an endless supply of curly maple?! Seems like a lot of your projects contain curly maple. Definitely like the way you use it though! I have to say I love what you do with that scrap wood. Keep up the great work. I love to check it out and try to learn something. Slow learner you know!

Jay

 

[DaveO]

Dave

Have you got an endless supply of curly maple?! Seems like a lot of your projects contain curly maple.

Jay

I just completed a project with curly maple that resulted in many mis-cut pieces and off cuts which has left me with a bunch of littler pieces to work with. Plus curly maple isn't all that rare to find in standard soft maple stock. I got a 8' by 12" wide 4/4 board a month or so ago out of a normal, non-figured stack of soft maple. Plus I just think it is cool

Dave

 

[SteveColes]

As everyone knows, I know nuttin'. But frankly, I love the smell and the look of raw cedar. I wouldn't finish it.

BTW, I have a whole bag of sawdust, shavings, etc plus small metal parts that got caught in my DC. What can you make with that,:rolf:

 

[D L Ames]

BTW, I have a whole bag of sawdust, shavings, etc plus small metal parts that got caught in my DC. What can you make with that,:rolf:

Steve, just add a few gallons of glue, pour the mix in to a suitable mold, add lots pressure and let it dry for a few days. Before you know it you will have a nice piece of particle board that you can then turn into more sawdust and shavings to refill your DC bag with again.:lol:

D L

 

[Splinter]

Dave, beautiful box, as are all the ones I have seen you make. You said you cut the base out with a bandsaw. Did you fine tune it with a router and template after the bandaw cut? Or did you just bandsaw it and sand it smooth or what? Again nice work.

 

[DaveO]

I just band sawed a hair proud of the line (I worked out my design on some cardboard, and traced it onto the piece) and then sanded to the line with a sanding drum in the drill press. Making a template to make only two pieces, seemed more work than it was worth. But that method would have worked very well also. Thanks for the kind words, I really appreciate the compliments!!!!

Dave

 

[NCPete]

the ultimate recylcing. making sawdust from sawdust!