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Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: Zuma on August 02, 2014, 04:10:15 pm

Title: I was boxing again
Post by: Zuma on August 02, 2014, 04:10:15 pm
I guess I could post the boxes with the bowls.
There are a lot of similarities in producing them.
Then again as different as boxing and bowling.
I don't do these project like a fine wood worker.
If you look close you will see tool marks and wavy surfaces.
I like that.
Zuma
PS and I'm lazy
Title: Re: I was boxing again
Post by: Adam on August 02, 2014, 04:16:57 pm
Those are cool! What kind of wood did you use?
Title: Re: I was boxing again
Post by: JW_Halverson on August 02, 2014, 04:37:30 pm
He used partially rotted, mold filled nasty wood!  Worthless stuff for bow making.  Beautiful, ain't it? 
Title: Re: I was boxing again
Post by: JackCrafty on August 02, 2014, 06:02:14 pm
Spalted Maple?  Those are beauties!
Title: Re: I was boxing again
Post by: Zuma on August 02, 2014, 10:32:08 pm
JW is totally correct. The spores can get in your lungs and kill you.
If it starts growing in mine I think I have an antidote that
the American Medical Association is ignorant of.
But I'll need a buddy to revive me after inhaling enough diluted
vinegar to drown me. Did you see the flick, Abyss?

Jack, in my other thread "Went Bowlin" I do have my first chainsaw bowl
and it is maple. The boxes are either cotton wood or sycamore.
They look identical.
Zuma
Title: Re: I was boxing again
Post by: longbow man on August 04, 2014, 06:21:40 am
   Gotta love spalted wood. If not too soft I sometimes use it for knife scales then Danish oil it to harden. Mighty purty boxes.
Title: Re: I was boxing again
Post by: neuse on August 04, 2014, 09:08:27 am
Super nice. I like those.
Any chance of you doing a tutorial?
Title: Re: I was boxing again
Post by: Zuma on August 04, 2014, 10:57:53 pm
Agreed longbow. The low spots in the work are soft spots.
I don't have wood hardener so I use some epoxy and count
on the plastic to keep things together.

neuse-- slim chance but if I do another I will try.
One thing I can advise is do as much chainsaw work as you can
while the work is still on the stump or log. Unless you have a big outdoor vice.
If you are not very, very familiar with chain saws, Don't do it.
I have chain sawed for almost half a century.
The chiseling is not as dangerous, Just keep the tools max sharp.
When you work with spalted wood, at least wear a dust mask.
Goggles especially when using a grinder.
I work with out a guard but bite in way slow. Those  inside walls can send that abrasive right at ya.
Zuma
Title: Re: I was boxing again
Post by: Pappy on August 05, 2014, 09:41:00 am
Love um,beautiful wood and work.  ;) :)
 Pappy
Title: Re: I was boxing again
Post by: Zuma on August 05, 2014, 11:06:40 pm
Thanks Pappy,
It's the wonderment of the wood that invokes the work.
Zuma
Title: Re: I was boxing again
Post by: silverfox on August 06, 2014, 09:06:47 pm
Those are beautiful