Oak from a tree in my parents' yard -- grown from an acorn I brought
hoome if first grade. The accents are purpleheart.



Yes, that is insect damage in the oak.

Steve wrote:

Oak from a tree in my parents' yard -- grown from an acorn I brought
hoome if first grade. The accents are purpleheart.

Very cool, the origin of the wood makes it even better. Didn't know that
you could get that size of lumber from a 25 year old tree. ;-)


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"Steve" wrote in message
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Oak from a tree in my parents' yard -- grown from an acorn I brought
hoome if first grade. The accents are purpleheart.






Yes, that is insect damage in the oak.


You killed mom's favorite tree ! ! !

Neat box. Nice to have some special significance to the wood.

On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:52:11 -0500, the infamous Steve
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Oak from a tree in my parents' yard -- grown from an acorn I brought
hoome if first grade. The accents are purpleheart.

Outstanding design, Steve. I really like that, and I don't say that
about too awfully many boxes.

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exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong
remedy." -- Ernest Benn

Oak from a tree in my parents' yard -- grown from an acorn I brought
hoome if first grade. The accents are purpleheart. Steve

Very nice box indeed. I'm not overly fond of oak but love the style
you've chosen and the accents really give it flair. All the better the
wood is homegrown with a sense of history. May it last forever.
`Casper

Steve wrote:
Oak from a tree in my parents' yard -- grown from an acorn I brought
hoome if first grade. The accents are purpleheart.

Yes, that is insect damage in the oak.

Very nice.
Did you make the sides thick and trim/angle them on the tablesaw or did
you calculate the compound corners?

....Kevin
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"Steve" wrote in message
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Oak from a tree in my parents' yard -- grown from an acorn I
brought
hoome if first grade. The accents are purpleheart.

It's beautiful and its provenance makes it something to pass along
for generations. I'd be sure to type it out in small font on good
paper, then glue the paper to the underside and "decoupage" it
with finish so that it becomes a signed piece your did that later
generations won't forget.

--
Nonny


Luxury cars now offer a great seating option for politicians.
These seats blow heated air onto their backside in the winter and
cooled air in the summer. If sold to voters, though, the car
seats
are modified to just blow smoke up the voter's rump year-round

On 2010-02-26 13:40:06 -0500, Kevin Miller said:

Very nice.
Did you make the sides thick and trim/angle them on the tablesaw or did
you calculate the compound corners?

Thanks, all.

This is pretty simple -- the joints are essentially half-laps. As you
guessed, the box was assembled and then the sides beveled. I did use a
table saw, but a band saw is more commonly used since that allows more
depth to the box.

The design alteration here was the inserts midway up the corners -- the
success of the box depends on tight, square joins. Since I'm pretty new
at this stuff (at least, at "precise" stuff), things didn't meet. They
gapped.* So I opened the gap with a bit more precision and plugged in
the purpleheart. Since I'd already used purleheart in the lid, it looks
like it was designed that way. grin

Dad had rough-split the oak some years before his death, and the
purpleheart was something he'd picked up someplace. Got some
interesting pieces of cocobolo and rosewood for accents on some future
project or three.

*Too much speed on my part, though I am looking for a reliable table saw!

On 2010-02-26 17:46:21 -0500, "Nonny" said:

Luxury cars now offer a great seating option for politicians.
These seats blow heated air onto their backside in the winter and
cooled air in the summer. If sold to voters, though, the car seats
are modified to just blow smoke up the voter's rump year-round

"Blowing smoke up someone's ass" was an occupation -- this was one of
the methods once touted to determine if the deceased was really, truly
dead.

"Steve" wrote in message
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On 2010-02-26 17:46:21 -0500, "Nonny" said:

Luxury cars now offer a great seating option for politicians.
These seats blow heated air onto their backside in the winter and
cooled air in the summer. If sold to voters, though, the car seats
are modified to just blow smoke up the voter's rump year-round

"Blowing smoke up someone's ass" was an occupation -- this was one of the
methods once touted to determine if the deceased was really, truly dead.

Ewwwww, I can think of two responses to that.

1) Is it really that hard to determine if somebody is dead?

2) I would not want to do THAT for a living!

On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:11:14 -0500, the infamous Steve
scrawled the following:

On 2010-02-26 17:46:21 -0500, "Nonny" said:

Luxury cars now offer a great seating option for politicians.
These seats blow heated air onto their backside in the winter and
cooled air in the summer. If sold to voters, though, the car seats
are modified to just blow smoke up the voter's rump year-round

"Blowing smoke up someone's ass" was an occupation -- this was one of
the methods once touted to determine if the deceased was really, truly
dead.

According to the picture of the actual smoke blowing apparatus I
received in an email last month, it was used to revive drowning
victims.

Duh, this is ABPW so I can upload the pic. Here ya go.

--
Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
--Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:14:38 -0500, the infamous "Lee Michaels"
scrawled the following:


"Steve" wrote in message
ng.com...
On 2010-02-26 17:46:21 -0500, "Nonny" said:

Luxury cars now offer a great seating option for politicians.
These seats blow heated air onto their backside in the winter and
cooled air in the summer. If sold to voters, though, the car seats
are modified to just blow smoke up the voter's rump year-round

"Blowing smoke up someone's ass" was an occupation -- this was one of the
methods once touted to determine if the deceased was really, truly dead.

Ewwwww, I can think of two responses to that.

1) Is it really that hard to determine if somebody is dead?

Think about it. How many live people would allow you to _do_ that to
them? It'd sure weed out the fakers in a hurry. I'll bet that big,
large-diameter, white ceramic fitting was -cold-, too. (see pic)
vbg


2) I would not want to do THAT for a living!

Me, either.

--
Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
--Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
"Blowing smoke up someone's ass" was an occupation -- this was one of
the methods once touted to determine if the deceased was really, truly
dead.

According to the picture of the actual smoke blowing apparatus I
received in an email last month, it was used to revive drowning
victims.

Duh, this is ABPW so I can upload the pic. Here ya go.

Well that certainly was educational.

On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:05:28 -0500, "Ed Pawlowski"
wrote:



"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
"Blowing smoke up someone's ass" was an occupation -- this was one of
the methods once touted to determine if the deceased was really, truly
dead.

According to the picture of the actual smoke blowing apparatus I
received in an email last month, it was used to revive drowning
victims.

Duh, this is ABPW so I can upload the pic. Here ya go.

Well that certainly was educational.

lmao!

On 2/27/2010 11:15 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:14:38 -0500, the infamous "Lee Michaels"
scrawled the following:


wrote in message
g.com...
On 2010-02-26 17:46:21 -0500, said:

Luxury cars now offer a great seating option for politicians.
These seats blow heated air onto their backside in the winter and
cooled air in the summer. If sold to voters, though, the car seats
are modified to just blow smoke up the voter's rump year-round

"Blowing smoke up someone's ass" was an occupation -- this was one of the
methods once touted to determine if the deceased was really, truly dead.

Ewwwww, I can think of two responses to that.

1) Is it really that hard to determine if somebody is dead?

Think about it. How many live people would allow you to _do_ that to
them? It'd sure weed out the fakers in a hurry. I'll bet that big,
large-diameter, white ceramic fitting was -cold-, too. (see pic)
vbg


2) I would not want to do THAT for a living!

Me, either.

Ponder how many of today's modern medical practices will look as
ridiculous in 100 years.

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Buddy wrote in
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On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:05:28 -0500, "Ed Pawlowski"
wrote:



"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
"Blowing smoke up someone's ass" was an occupation -- this was one
of the methods once touted to determine if the deceased was really,
truly dead.

According to the picture of the actual smoke blowing apparatus I
received in an email last month, it was used to revive drowning
victims.

Duh, this is ABPW so I can upload the pic. Here ya go.

Well that certainly was educational.

lmao!

Or LMS(moky)AO


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On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:05:28 -0500, the infamous "Ed Pawlowski"
scrawled the following:



"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
"Blowing smoke up someone's ass" was an occupation -- this was one of
the methods once touted to determine if the deceased was really, truly
dead.

According to the picture of the actual smoke blowing apparatus I
received in an email last month, it was used to revive drowning
victims.

Duh, this is ABPW so I can upload the pic. Here ya go.

Well that certainly was educational.

Made of wood, too! Isn't synergy wonderful? guffaw

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Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
--Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)