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Title: Easter Egg Box
Post by: WorldOfWoodcraft on March 26, 2016, 07:53:29 PM

Today I made an Easter Egg Box
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/v/t1.0-9/11108870_1249957131699161_2711982737931093937_n.jpg?oh=81c5c9b09a2eba23b7440ee745c52e0d&oe=5796E58E)
Than made a video on how I made the Egg Box
https://youtu.be/Z23Mz-rmj4E (https://youtu.be/Z23Mz-rmj4E)

Let me know what you think.

Title: Re: Easter Egg Box
Post by: Bryan Milham on April 05, 2016, 08:11:18 PM

Sorry,

Somehow I missed this posting which is a shame as the eggs are very well made and the grain matching is excellent even for the width of the cut you made to separate the two halves.

Thank you for posting the video.

Title: Re: Easter Egg Box
Post by: WorldOfWoodcraft on April 12, 2016, 09:07:56 AM

Thank you.
I think I could make the separation cut a little finer but i'm happy with it.

Its actually up for an award at the moment. So i have fingers crossed.

Title: Re: Easter Egg Box
Post by: ChrisF on April 13, 2016, 10:54:36 AM

Very nicely done with a  great looking finish.  I'll go and have a look at the video now.....

Title: Re: Easter Egg Box
Post by: The Bowler Hatted Turner on April 13, 2016, 08:17:55 PM

A very nice project but I would be extremely careful hollowing out with a skew chisel, it really is not the tool to use for that.

Title: Re: Easter Egg Box
Post by: WorldOfWoodcraft on April 13, 2016, 08:44:42 PM

I have some nice news.
The Easter egg won a nice little prize :)

http://www.instructables.com/contest/makeabox/

Re using the skew i had to re watch the video because I couldn't remember using it as a bowl gouge.
I intended to use it mainly to create the internal lip on the box and admittedly I got a little over zelouse and removed a little more material than necessary before going back to the european grind bowl gouge which did all the heavy lifting + light lifting.
An oversight on my part. I hope it didn't cause too much discomfort. (I know I find myself wincing when I see tools being used in a less than ideal manner and I feel bad for this)