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This Way

Charlie Knighton

Charlie Knighton

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This Way ------- a cairn box

this was turned around a piece of buckeye burl that i was fortunate to buy at north carolina symposium from a wood vendor.......thanks, i was so excitdd that i am not sure which wood vendor it was
 

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charlie knighton said:
This Way ------- a cairn box

this was turned around a piece of buckeye burl that i was fortunate to buy at north carolina symposium from a wood vendor.......thanks, i was so excitdd that i am not sure which wood vendor it was
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And what is it? Where is the turning?
 
in the second picture, you can see the turned parts, the cup that is the bottom of the box, there are 2 of the cups on different pieces, the piece that is over the cup is turn also so it fits over the cut, the bottom is turned flat with 2 circles, the 3rd piece that looks like a pot chard (i hope it looks like a pot chard), the bottom is turned to fit over cup, and the top is turned, the tendon is left on that piece and the long ends are turned, the short ends are sanded so the wood is close to the same thickness, the top piece is a cut off of a piece that was rounded, i just cut it on bandsaw and sanded, added some color

i use techniques that Jimmy Chewes and Mark Baker .platter demo in rotations, and a lot of jam chucking, finish cuts done with straight edge chisel

it is a cairn box, sort of a barbaric pagudo box

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?211409-This-Way
 
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Charlie, you bring some interesting pieces to the table that's for sure. I had no clue what I was looking at in the first pic but then when I looked at the 2nd one it was lob vinous then. So cool!
 
From the Merriam-Webster:
cairn: a pile of stones that marks a place (such as the place where someone is buried or a battle took place) or that shows the direction of a trail.
Frankly I prefer this turneings done more than 500 years ago.
 
those are nice spindles, not much on the added cushion, course John Lucas probably could turn a seat cushion to use eating his eggs and bacon turn pieces
 
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