A different box illusion

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These will be my last pens for a while since I am moving into a larger shop trailer and have to remodel it arrives later today. On the bright side I will move into an 8x35 trailer from my present 8x14.

So I made a "tumbling box bowl a while ago and kept thinking that I should attempt to make some of those boxes in a pen. This is the result.

The boxes ae from bloodwood, a mystery yellow wood and cherry. The boxes are embedded in maple and walnut.

What do you think?

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I thought I liked your box design you shared a couple days ago, but now I have a new design to also like... a lot!

I like the darker boxes encapsulated in the Maple. Looks amazing.

Thanks.
 
SteveJ said:
These will be my last pens for a while since I am moving into a larger shop trailer and have to remodel it arrives later today. On the bright side I will move into an 8x35 trailer from my present 8x14.

So I made a "tumbling box bowl a while ago and kept thinking that I should attempt to make some of those boxes in a pen. This is the result.

The boxes ae from bloodwood, a mystery yellow wood and cherry. The boxes are embedded in maple and walnut.

What do you think?

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Wonderful work
 
sorcerertd said:
Wow, that's really cool! And impressive. Are the pieces laser cut? I'd love to see the process.
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Some of it is laser cut. Each blank is made up of three 1/4 inch pieces (either walnut or maple) with laser cut hexagons into which I inserted the "boxes"

I hand cut the pieces of the boxes using a thin kerf pull saw.

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SteveJ said:
Some of it is laser cut. Each blank is made up of three 1/4 inch pieces (either walnut or maple) with laser cut hexagons into which I inserted the "boxes"

I hand cut the pieces of the boxes using a thin kerf pull saw.
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Thanks Steve. That makes sense of it for me. Did you drill it after you inserted the "boxes" into the square blank then?

Also, I love those pull saws. They have to be my favorite hand saw to use.
 
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