More Wood For Jewelry Boxes
Well, I went and got some more wood for making jewelry boxes and other items. Four boards were $100.00. Right at 20 board feet. So, that’s about $5.00 a bf. Not too bad really, unless I look back in time and start to remember what prices were way back then. But I can do that with the price of most anything and it doesn’t change a thing.
Anyway I got Cherry, African Mahogany, Padauk and some Canary Wood. It looks nice with some good grain. The African Mahogany looks a lot like Walnut with a swirly grain. The Padauk is a little different than what I’ve used before. The grain is still straight, but the wood is wildly streaked, with the colors ranging from a very light reddish hue to almost black. The African Mahogany is a light chocolate color with the grain anything but straight. The Canary Wood is yellowish with streaks of red running through it. It’s beautiful and I think it will look very nice when finished.
It pretty much drives me crazy trying to figure out how to cut all of the wood up to turn it into jewelry boxes. It all looks so nice, and only some of it can be on the outside of the jewelry boxes. What I mean is, it’s all on the outside, but only part of it is on the front and back of the box. The rest of it is an end or edge showing. Even though it shows, it’s almost like a filler, and I have to decide what goes where. I feel badly about relegating a nice piece to show only its side.
I took all the boards and cut them pretty much in half. One half I re-sawed and planed and the other half I just planed. Then I cut it all up into 6-8 inch pieces. I like some symmetry to my bandsawn jewelry boxes, and the thickness I try to keep to a little less than 4 inches, so it takes me a while to group it all together. But, I did it. I got 7 large and 2 small soon to be boxes. I’ve glued 3 together so far. The rest I’ll do as my clamps are freed up. By tomorrow I should have a few blanks to use my band saw on. Then I need to decide which design for which blank. Oh well, I really do enjoy this, but it’s tough sometimes.