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This is the box that did not want to get made. I started out with this slab of Jatoba that I split on the band saw.
This is how it looked before gluing up, at this point I had finished the inside.
After the glue up and parting the lid from the box I had 4 corner grain match and book matched top and bottom.
Then when I went to do the finish for the outside and the inserts, I simply could not get the quality of finish I’d previously done for the inside of the box. It took two weeks of experimentation to replicate that finish. I was using marine spar varnish and there were bubbles everywhere. I finally developed a system that involved wiping the first coat on full strength, then wet sanding it with 2000 grit, then reducing the varnish 30% with mineral spirits, chilling it for 30 minutes, wiping the subsequent coats on with a t-shirt pad, then wiping it back off immediately, leaving only the thinnest bubble free residue, wet sanding between each coat, finishing after 8 coats with a final sanding with 4000 grit, and finally applying a beeswax and walnut oil finish and then hand buffing to a mirror finish.
Took me a month to make this thing.
-- There are good ships and there are wood ships, the ships that sail the sea, but the best ships are friendships and may they always be. http://www.geraldlhunsucker.com/
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tinnman65
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#1 posted 07-16-2017 09:30 PM
It looks great! I see your perseverance paid off.
-- Paul--- Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. — Scott Adams
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#2 posted 07-16-2017 09:45 PM
Thanks Paul, I almost gave up on the finish several times…
-- There are good ships and there are wood ships, the ships that sail the sea, but the best ships are friendships and may they always be. http://www.geraldlhunsucker.com/
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#3 posted 07-16-2017 10:14 PM
I like the choice of wood, the proportions ,the box joint size ,the way you fitted the lid ,over all I’ll give it AAA with 5 stars.
-- Ken from Ontario, Canada
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#4 posted 07-16-2017 11:07 PM
That’s high praise Ken, thank you very much.
-- There are good ships and there are wood ships, the ships that sail the sea, but the best ships are friendships and may they always be. http://www.geraldlhunsucker.com/
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#5 posted 07-16-2017 11:20 PM
Looks greatJerry. At least it didn’t take long.
-- Bill M. "People change, walnut doesn't" by Gene.
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#6 posted 07-17-2017 12:06 AM
Jerry, at first glance at the pictures I thought you added a stripe in the back not realizing that was the hinge. You have become the master at these. Well done. As far as taking a month, we know you work slow. LOl.
Nice job following the grain pattern too. Glad to see you got the finish to match up. Any idea what happened to begin with?
-- Dave, Downers Grove, Il. -------- When you run out of ideas, start building your dreams.
Dan P
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#7 posted 07-17-2017 12:16 AM
Very nicely done Jerry!
-- Daniel P
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#8 posted 07-17-2017 12:52 AM
Ahh ha ha, you very funny. Thanks Bill.
-- There are good ships and there are wood ships, the ships that sail the sea, but the best ships are friendships and may they always be. http://www.geraldlhunsucker.com/
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#9 posted 07-17-2017 12:56 AM
Thanks so much for all your nice comments Dave! As far as the finish goes, I was using a year old can of varnish to start, I thinned it and applied it with a foam brush and it came out great. Once I had to buy a new can to continue my troubles began. No earthly idea why
-- There are good ships and there are wood ships, the ships that sail the sea, but the best ships are friendships and may they always be. http://www.geraldlhunsucker.com/
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#10 posted 07-17-2017 12:56 AM
Thank you Daniel.
-- There are good ships and there are wood ships, the ships that sail the sea, but the best ships are friendships and may they always be. http://www.geraldlhunsucker.com/
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#11 posted 07-17-2017 03:49 AM
Yep, old and new varnish will do that.
-- Dave, Downers Grove, Il. -------- When you run out of ideas, start building your dreams.
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#12 posted 07-17-2017 03:56 AM
Another really nice jewelry box!
As was stated before, your perseverance paid off for sure.
-- "Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." -- Aldous Huxley
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#13 posted 07-17-2017 04:20 AM
Thanks friend!
-- There are good ships and there are wood ships, the ships that sail the sea, but the best ships are friendships and may they always be. http://www.geraldlhunsucker.com/
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#14 posted 07-17-2017 05:43 AM
Very well executed! I admire effort you put into finishing that box.
-- Ivan, Croatia, Wooddicted
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#15 posted 07-17-2017 05:55 AM
Thanks so much Ivan, it was a trial…
-- There are good ships and there are wood ships, the ships that sail the sea, but the best ships are friendships and may they always be. http://www.geraldlhunsucker.com/
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