12-21-2014, 01:44 PM
I started on this year's Christmas gifts in September. The reason was that I wanted to make the campaign stool for my grand daughter and I have never worked with leather and rivets. I also wanted to make some keepsake boxes from Woodsmith but I have never veneered or done strip inlay before. Here is the booty:
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The stool came out better than I anticipated thanks to the help from Mike Brady and other Woodnetters. Dyeing the leather was a bit messy but all is well that ends well.
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I made some brushes for three daughters and the Warden. Pretty normal turning. The only problem was reverse chucking and hollowing the handle to get the disk to fit on the end.
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Finally the six boxes. Each is from a different wood. Each veneer is different as well. I veneered 1/4" MDF on both sides, the outside has decorative inlay, and the inside holly. The inlay strips outside each decorative veneer are all different as well:
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I used holly veneer on the inside and then transfer printed pictures of each daughter when they were young. For the Warden, I used a picture of her before she grew horns and a
pointed tail
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Other than a few pens that I turned and have already wrapped, I am relatively happy with the way things turned out. Hopefully the daughter's wont use the boxes to store used socks.
" /> The stool came out better than I anticipated thanks to the help from Mike Brady and other Woodnetters. Dyeing the leather was a bit messy but all is well that ends well.
" /> I made some brushes for three daughters and the Warden. Pretty normal turning. The only problem was reverse chucking and hollowing the handle to get the disk to fit on the end.
" /> Finally the six boxes. Each is from a different wood. Each veneer is different as well. I veneered 1/4" MDF on both sides, the outside has decorative inlay, and the inside holly. The inlay strips outside each decorative veneer are all different as well:
" /> I used holly veneer on the inside and then transfer printed pictures of each daughter when they were young. For the Warden, I used a picture of her before she grew horns and a
pointed tail
" /> Other than a few pens that I turned and have already wrapped, I am relatively happy with the way things turned out. Hopefully the daughter's wont use the boxes to store used socks.
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