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Project for the Wife

Was wondering if anyone has a photo of a jewelry box that has be turned on the lathe. My wife has asked me for one and rather than just going to the shop and making saw dust, I figured to get a few ideas before hand. She would like an inside tray that comes out so that the box basically has 2 tiers (the bottom and the tray). In my mind, I can picture what I would build, but she'd like to see an example before she approves the design. Since she has never asked me to make her anything on the lathe, I'd like to really give it the 'wow' factor. Just looking for ideas and perhaps some photo's.

Thanks, JD (Kentucky)

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JD
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See if you can use a minds eye and a pencil to draw.

Turn a cylinder with thick walls. Think of a Ice Tea glass. Maybe larger in diameter naturally...

Then get out the saw and take off 1" to 1.5" slices. They will be rings. Turn thin bottoms that inset the rings and glue in. Now a bunch of small boxes. (bottoms might be a cylinder that is worked down a little at a time and fitted on the lathe and then cut off.

In one side of the thick wall - you want to drill a hole the length of the 'ice tea glass with bottoms'. Can be gigged up to be hand done one at time.

Then make a unique top plug top and felt line the bottoms.

Finish as wanted.

Martin H. Eastburn @ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net TSRA, Endowed; NRA LOH & Patron Member, Golden Eagle, Patriot's Medal. NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member.

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JD Was wondering if anyone has a photo of a jewelry box that has be turned

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Martin H. Eastburn

Hello, JD. I think Martin is talking about the style shown here on this page, second row down, first picture:

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You can click the pic/link and go to the website and see a large picture of the box. Looking at the other stuff on that page might give you ideas as well.

Robert

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nailshooter41

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