Lignum vitae screwthreaded box

The box is made from lignum vitae, with a screw thread

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Woodbutcher1

Mark Sutton

Registered: October 2005
Location: Scotland UK
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Date: Sat February 12, 2011
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Keywords: lignum vitae screwthreaded box

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Michelle Rich

by hand or machine? Very pretty wood, and the simple shape really shows it off.

#1 Sat February 12, 2011 12:48pm

Rev. Doug Miller

Rev. Doug Miller

Excellent! Well done. 8^)

#2 Sun February 13, 2011 2:50am

Woodbutcher1

Mark Sutton

Hi Many thanks for your comments

The threads were chased by hand, using a set of Crown 20TPI thread chasers.

#3 Sun February 13, 2011 9:48am

Michelle Rich

I understand hand chasing is hard to learn..so it makes it even more intersting you mastered that skill. I have seen a few articles recently, where a resin is chased, when the wood is not hard/dense enough. Very cool, thanks for sharing this

#4 Sun February 13, 2011 1:33pm

David Seaba

Great Job!!

#5 Sun February 13, 2011 5:09pm

David Hamann

very nice. Thumbs Up!

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#6 Sun February 13, 2011 6:17pm

Woodbutcher1

Mark Sutton

Hi Many thanks for your comments.

I only started thread chasing seriously, approximately 8mths ago, after watching a demonstration at a local woodturning centre, but i had bought the tools two years previously and didn`t have much success. Now i find it so addictive, all the boxes i turn have screwthreads.

#7 Tue February 15, 2011 8:24am

greg falone

wannabe woodsmith

Very nice box! Been looking for some lignum vitae myself, but all I've been able to find is verawood... Its pretty, and smells like perfume, but it turns green FAST and just ain't lignum Sad

#8 Thu February 17, 2011 1:42am

Buck Nemitt

Buck Nemitt

Very nice job/turning for sure.

#9 Sun February 20, 2011 12:34am