Here are boxes that I made for my kids for Christmas. The "wave" is one I really had to struggle with to come up with a pattern and figure what of it to cut out. My son is a lifelong surfer and wanted something "ocean-y" so I put the wave on the two long sides and the palm tree on the short sides - made of black walnut. The other one is supposed to be a luminary, but my daughter is using it as a box to hold cotton balls which shows off the Ipe very nicely.
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Very nicely done Patte! They sure will treasure them!Frieke
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Sweeeeet boxes Patte, you've been busy. You've mastered the wave, and I like those little feet. How was that Ipe to cut all those frets? I thought Ipe was also called Iron wood and very hard????????Gloria ............... Two memorable things to say in life, "Hello" for the first time, and "Good-bye" for the last.
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Very beautiful work! I'm sure they we be a family treasure!Kip
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I WAITED patiently for the Lord; And He inclined to me and heard my cry.
He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay,
And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm.
He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God;
Many will see and fear
And will trust in the Lord.
Psalm 40:1-3
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THANKS for your comments!!! I really do like working with the Ipe -- I'm using left-over flooring that was given to me and which was resawn down to about 1/4 inch. Despite what I expected, it is actually easy to cut the Ipe -- first, it doesn't have very much difference in hardness like, say, oak and pine do, with the fast-slow bumps - it's really smooth. And while I can't even begin to push a blade into the 1/2 inch flooring piece, An FD #5 blade goes very smoothly, if a trifle slowly, through the 1/4 inch stuff. But it is SO worth it - the color is just amazing once I oil it - comes out a beautiful burgundy color. However, it tastes REALLY BAD while you're cutting it, if you don't wear a mask!!
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