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Boxwood demo box

colinsp

colinsp

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This latest box of mine is one I made at a recent demonstration for the West Suffolk Woodturning Club. It is made from Boxwood and is 65mm tall and 48mm in diameter. The basket weave pattern is 3mm wide and made using an 18 bump rosette. The top is decorated with an Arch 7 rosette and has a red CZ stone in the centre. The underside of the lid was decorated using a flower rosette. It is finished with gloss lacquer. It will be prize in the club raffle.

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Nice work!

I can't find boxwood here. Some friends made a deal and had some shipped to the US and gave me a couple of pieces but they were small. Wonderfully hard and fine grained.
 
John K Jordan said:
Nice work!

I can't find boxwood here. Some friends made a deal and had some shipped to the US and gave me a couple of pieces but they were small. Wonderfully hard and fine grained.
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John

Boxwood is very slow growing so as a result available pieces are often much smaller than as turners we are used to getting. I am lucky in that I inherited some from a friends estate and have managed to buy some larger pieces too. It is not that easy to come by even in the UK.
 
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