Im making sawdust again.

[misterunix]

Its been a while since I last posted & I am back making sawdust.
Here are the last two creatations.
Note: Two days after I made the box, my $99 saw died - SO I am in the market for a new saw!

The cross is Bocote - I love this wood!

The box is a White Pine for the sides, BB ply for the base and the top is African Padouk. By far the box was harder to make than the cross.

Bill

[dale]

Those look great. I really do like the looks of the wood you used in the cross. I have never seen it before.

dale

[PuzzledMoose]

Nice work, Bill. That cross looks good made from the Bocote. It is a nice wood ..

I looked at some of that last time I was in the lumber merchants here - then I looked at the price! It's almost $30 per board foot here ..

[NC Scroller]

Beautiful work. I'm glad you are back at it. Bocote? I surely have never heard of that. Is that the only name for it or is called by another name?

Scott

[PuzzledMoose]

According to this site - http://tropicalhardwoods.com/htm/tro...ods/bocote.htm - it's also called cordia, light American cordia and freijo, but I've never seen in called anything other tha bocote in either of the two places you can buy it round here.

[misterunix]

Thanks for the comments! Now to order $1.75 worth of parts to get my saw running again! I think I will buy 4 of each!!!

Bill

[misterunix]

I looked at some of that last time I was in the lumber merchants here - then I looked at the price! It's almost $30 per board foot here ..

I bet! Most bocote comes from Mexico! Since Im in South Texas, I get it a bit cheaper.

Bill

[William Young (SE BC)]

Great work on those two projects. I love using bocote because of its beautifull grain. It is too expensive for me to make big things like you did with the cross but I get some small quantities just for lathe turned pens. Here is an example of it in one of my fountain pens shown open and closed.
W.Y.

[bearfretworks]

Great work Bill. I love that Bocote as well!

Nice FP W.Y. What kit is that? And I'm sure it is just the photograph, but the top looks "proud" of the centerband.

[unixpro]

I like your user name

I love Bacote too, but up here in Washington, it's very expensive. I can afford it for pens and the like that I turn, but for a scroll project of any size, it's out of the question.

[Dragon]

Bill
Those are beautiful pens. I was wondering how much those pens would go for? It must be a lot of work to turn one of those. I have never seen those at the craft fairs that I go to. Will have to look around for this.
Diane