john lucas
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My friend Jake came over to the shop and taped me doing my box making demo for thieir club. I just got the video downloaded.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koou0WIonio
Curious why you turn off comments on your video, John. I used to recommend Chris Stott's book but it is out of print. Amazon has a used one for $84.90. Wish my stock investments had that kind of appreciation.My friend Jake came over to the shop and taped me doing my box making demo for thieir club. I just got the video downloaded.View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koou0WIonio
up here in rural northeast U.S. Cherry trees are almost a weed, if it wasn't for their timber & firewood value.. Cherry, Maple are probably the 2 most common hardwoods. Ash used to be pretty plentiful but with Ash Borer, it has become probably one of the most common firewood trees from clearcutting ash stands, etc. Someone into box making could probably buy a face cord of Hardwood firewood, from a local firewood processor - locally about 70 bucks a face cord (most of it is manually split on a splitter, rather than commercial firewood processor, so chunks are pretty decent) - and have enough wood for a couple thousand small boxes around that size and maybe even a few small bowls...I'm guessing Cherry is plentiful and free.
Because I dont know what I'm doing. I will try to turn it on.Curious why you turn off comments on your video, John. I used to recommend Chris Stott's book but it is out of print. Amazon has a used one for $84.90. Wish my stock investments had that kind of appreciation.
90% of everything I turn is small so I virtually never wear a face shield. Just forgot about the safety police.I was wondering why there was so much waste. I'm guessing Cherry is plentiful and free. I could have made at least two boxes if that were Boxwood or Palo Santo. When I pay big money for wood, I aim for minimal waste. Excellent video, but, from the safety police standpoint, or even to be able to be considered to be a AAW recommended video; you were not wearing a face shield. I do not wear one for some parts of my box making, such as when I'm chasing at only 450 rpm.
When it's rare woid I glue to a waste block and use every millimeter. I cut and dry my own cherry maple and walnut because they are plentiful around here. I rarely buy wood unless I'm near my friend at Bigmonklumber. I never leave their booth without wood. You have seen my miniatures so you should know nothing goes to waste.Like Emilliano, I would have made 2 boxes out of that blank. Most of the time, I prefer a straight cylinder with no ornamentation. Kind of like my bowls...
robo hippy
John, Thank you so much for this video. I have wanted to try boxes for a while but this is the first video on the subject I have viewed that h given me the confidence to try it. I have attached a couple of pics of my humble effort.My friend Jake came over to the shop and taped me doing my box making demo for thieir club. I just got the video downloaded.View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koou0WIonio
thanks. It is far from perfect. I did some chatter on the top and base and the finish in those areas is poor. I think it is because I just used wax an a finish.Quite nice.
Very well done; thank you for posting!
Thanks JohnVery well done; thank you for posting!