Padauk and Rosewood Box
When I made this box I only had a starter set of small lathe tools. But there small size were well suited to this box. It was turned on a small Grizzly 12 inch by 18 inch mini-lathe. That is about as big a lathe as I can accommodate in my small shop. If you look at Kennard’s boxes he adds texturing and other features which I was not quite ready to take on. The box I made was challenge enough. I did get a number of compliments about the nice fit of the lid and overall design from some of my fellow woodworkers. The wood came from a box of exotic wood that my wife very thoughtfully got for me some years before I got around to making this box. As soon as I acquired the lathe I knew I wanted to make use of some of this wood. I have since made use of the other varieties such as purple heart along with the remaining rosewood to make a bud vase.
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Box with the lid on. The darker wood is padauk and the lighter is rosewood.
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The lid is made of three pieces; the rosewood body with padauk knob and ring.
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The box body is also made of three pieces; the main rosewood body and padauk ring near the top and the bottom.
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The flecked grain of the padauk contrasts nicely with the lines of the rosewood grain.
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This underside of the lid is formed to provide just a slightly looser than a piston type fit.
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