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Hello Everyone,

 Well I got up early this morning and went down to the shop and finished off the calico box. Here is a photo of it at present:


I also created a small foot for the box and I evened up the sides and smoothed them with my roughing gouge. This will require more sanding than the interior as there is a little bit of tear out:


I put the box back on the lathe and gave it a rolled edge to soften the appearance somewhat:


I placed it on the lathe and roughed out the surface of the blank and then I turned a very rough tenon on the surface. This give me an attachment point for the lathe and it will also become the knob on top of the lid shortly:



Now Ive flipped the lid over and Im going to gently true up and sand the underside of the lid. Its much easier to do that now than it would be to do it later as I can just spin it on the lathe and sand it smooth:


Ive finished the underside and flipped it back over and Im going to cut it to fit the box. It took about 20 minutes of gently shaving away at the edge to get a snug fit:


The lid needed to sit into the box so I deepened the lip on the inside of the box some and now it sits down more securely than before:



The first photograph shows the end of the cutting process. Next Ill sand it smooth and put a finish on it.

I really love oiling hard woods and the ash lid would look really lovely with this as oil will accentuate the grain pattern so thats probably what Ill do with it.

Ill post finish photos of this later this week.

VW

Hi Everyone,

Well, the glue has dried and its time to finish the tea box so here we go:

Here is a photo of the assembled pieces and the whole thing is ready for turning. Im going to copy the box lid next to it-you may remember that this is the box lid for the tea box I made my husband.


The first thing I do is mount the blank on the lathe by clamping the knob portion of the blank in the 4 jaw chuck. then I flatten the sides and bottom and last cut a lip for the box and the tenon for the chuck so when I flip it over in a bit, the jaws of the 4 jaw chuck will fit into that recess:


Here it the lid with the underside completed:



These next several photos show the lid having been flipped over and the knob rounded off.


Here is a more intermediate step and you can see how the lid is taking shape:



And about an hour of shaping and sanding later, the lid is completed. Here is a photograph of the sanding box with lid:


And here are two photos of the box and lid with preliminary coats of oil:




The box will take several more coats of oil and then it will be put back on the lathe and polished and then sent out to my friend.  I dont know about you but I think its time we stick a fork in and call it done!

Well that wraps up the weekend. Later this week Im going to glue some more laminated blocks if the weather stays warm enough and Ill also begin turning the big red laminated bowl blank I made several weeks ago.

Thanks for spending the weekend with me in the wood shop and as always, theres always another wood working adventure just over the horizon....


See you soon,
VW