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You know how you have to let glue dry before you can continue on a project, so you start another project, and another? Well, I finished up ALL of the things I was waiting on -- my workbench is clear and I can actually start fresh on something new! Here are some of the things I finished - just little things. I've been making the small boxes (about 4" x 2 x 2) for the sole purpose of practicing the box joints, but they turn out to be great paper-clip holders.
The box with the "M" is for some friends for holding silverware to carry out to the patio.
And after doing the dolphin inlay, I got to wondering if I might inlay the palm tree that I've been cutting out on the sides of some larger boxes - I'd say it worked pretty well, except that I learned you can't really do spot turns on an inlay project (unless there's a trick I don't know about?). I got away with it by filling in with wood filler, and it's not too awfully noticeable. The tree itself is 3" high, and I just cut out a one-piece edging so it looks like a frame. It was fun anyhow!
Three of the boxes are of red balau, one is black walnut, and the palm tree is black walnut and poplar.
The box with the "M" is for some friends for holding silverware to carry out to the patio.
And after doing the dolphin inlay, I got to wondering if I might inlay the palm tree that I've been cutting out on the sides of some larger boxes - I'd say it worked pretty well, except that I learned you can't really do spot turns on an inlay project (unless there's a trick I don't know about?). I got away with it by filling in with wood filler, and it's not too awfully noticeable. The tree itself is 3" high, and I just cut out a one-piece edging so it looks like a frame. It was fun anyhow!
Three of the boxes are of red balau, one is black walnut, and the palm tree is black walnut and poplar.
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