That goblet would be great with a nightlight in it!
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Love the thin walled goblet.
firelighter?
Box is finished, really pleased how it turned out as it’s my first box. Cherry sides, oak top, jarrah (I think) sides, walnut splines, finished with Osmo clear.
Definitely a few errors/learnings, see below, but nothing major. Favourite bits for me are using wood cut in my own garden, the cherry, and the ‘jarrah’ lining surprise when you open it.
Fitz
Errors, I overcut one of the rebates for the top, so the slot is visible on the end halflap joint.
The spline cuts were cut with a TCT blade and were too narrow to flatten the bottoms, need a flat top saw blade really.
Chip out on a top edge of the half lap when I was trying to plane flush.
Just to show it’s not the whole half lap that is gappy!
Definitely a few errors/learnings, see below, but nothing major. Favourite bits for me are using wood cut in my own garden, the cherry, and the ‘jarrah’ lining surprise when you open it.
Fitz
Errors, I overcut one of the rebates for the top, so the slot is visible on the end halflap joint.
The spline cuts were cut with a TCT blade and were too narrow to flatten the bottoms, need a flat top saw blade really.
Chip out on a top edge of the half lap when I was trying to plane flush.
Just to show it’s not the whole half lap that is gappy!
Stigmorgan
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@Rodpr @paulrbarnard I like it too, it's cute 
not too confident it will stay together as it dries, the wood was so wet I literally got a shower the whole time I was turning it 
my shirt front looked like I had tipped a glass of water down myself
not too confident it will stay together as it dries, the wood was so wet I literally got a shower the whole time I was turning it my shirt front looked like I had tipped a glass of water down myselfI enjoyed seeing the box from Fitzroy, It's prompted me to show a couple that I've made over the past couple of years. I think I will move away from dovetails for any I make in the future, I like the look of the half lap.
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We're all our own worst critics, we see all our mistakes, everyone else just sees a lovely box
Hornbeam
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Nice box
I have struggled to find a good 250mm flat top blate but a triple chip design works well
The effect from the ATB blade isnt as noticeable as you think
I have struggled to find a good 250mm flat top blate but a triple chip design works well
Yours is the box I aspire to, dovetails, bookmatched top, inlay banding, mortised hinges. Halflaps were what I saw as the easy way out, learning to do dovetails is on my to do list.
Stigmorgan
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Made a couple more bud vases with the last 2 pieces of old silver birch and then gave them all a coat of oil, then an Oak podlet, knocked off a bit of bark so decided to remove half and keep half 
Sometimes you turn green wood, and other times you turn old, seasoned wood. What difference does it make? Which is the better choice?
Bristol_Rob
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Did you use a template jig to route those box hinges.
I've been looking for a box hinge jig to buy, but can't find one.
Hi Rob,Did you use a template jig to route those box hinges.
I've been looking for a box hinge jig to buy, but can't find one.
No I didn't use a jig.
What I did do was to follow the excellent Ian Hawthorne (the maker of the hinges) on Youtube.
He has a series on box making, and part 7 is dedicated to routing the hinges.
I hope this helps.
Geoff
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Bristol_Rob
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Stigmorgan
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Green wood is generally much easier to cut, especially with hard woods like oak, the trade off is the greener the wood the more it's likely to move/warp/crack so it depends on what your turning really, podlets that you actually want to warp are best made from green wood so the tops warp and the stems bend as they dry, boxes and bowls you generally don't want them to move at all so dry seasoned wood is best.
Been a very busy day today, my mate came over with his trailer and chainsaw to pick up a load of old cracked silver birch that's no use to me and to cut up some fresh silver birch into halves for me, not sure if it's normal but all the trees around me here seem to have the same dark brown colouration running through the heart, oak ash and birch all have it
A few more things turned today. Kept me out the 
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All from some green laurel that the local nursery had cut down last week. When I told them what I wanted it for they were interested in what could be turned so told them I only turn the simple stuff (simple for sum but not me
) so a few bud vases, tea light holder and as it's a nursery a dibber (no it's not a bedroom toy as my kids first thought whilst rolling on the floor laughing).
Going to let them have a look and see if there's any interest.
.All from some green laurel that the local nursery had cut down last week. When I told them what I wanted it for they were interested in what could be turned so told them I only turn the simple stuff (simple for sum but not me
) so a few bud vases, tea light holder and as it's a nursery a dibber (no it's not a bedroom toy as my kids first thought whilst rolling on the floor laughing).Going to let them have a look and see if there's any interest.
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Decided to upgrade my moxon vice with some nice hardware and make it into a little workbench based roughly on the Katz Moses design.
I messed up and cut the front jaw too short so the threaded bars are dangerously close to the edge, ran out of wood so we'll see how it holds up over time, fully expect to have to replace it at some point.
Was a fun build, and tested out using Odies Oil as finish for the first time.
I messed up and cut the front jaw too short so the threaded bars are dangerously close to the edge, ran out of wood so we'll see how it holds up over time, fully expect to have to replace it at some point.
Was a fun build, and tested out using Odies Oil as finish for the first time.
