A lil box

**pixelfixed** · 01-12-2015, 12:23 PM

Very few ebonys are jet black,most have brown overtones,next time after sanding and before using renwax, use some canned air or a compressor to clean out the grain,Than oil the wood,Than use renwax.

**edhewitt** · 01-12-2015, 01:56 PM

A wee tutorial would be nice ed.

**Geezer** · 01-12-2015, 02:05 PM

Have you tried Mahoney's Walnut oil or the Oil Wax Finish they make? I use it on wood handles and bits for espressso machines. Walnut oil is also thinner/dryer for artists' oil paints. It works well with exotic woods like cocobolo and rosewood that are naturally oily. The finish is a combination of Walnut oil and Beeswax and is food safe.
~Richard

**Euclid440** · 01-12-2015, 02:38 PM

Yes, very cool 2 votes for a, How To…

Nice work.

**Martin103** · 01-12-2015, 03:06 PM

Very nice work! the how to would be very nice.

**MandoRob** · 01-12-2015, 07:00 PM

The box looks great, just another vote for some "how to" words.

**Chevhead** · 01-12-2015, 08:30 PM

Originally Posted by jc50

Very nice!

Thank you!

Originally Posted by mistergrit

hello. Very good looking; is it a solid block? what material and thickness for the guide in the middle? THANKS

Not a solid block. .08 inch or 2.03mm

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Very few ebonys are jet black,most have brown overtones,next time after sanding and before using renwax, use some canned air or a compressor to clean out the grain,Than oil the wood,Than use renwax.

GREAT INFO! THANKS

Originally Posted by edhewitt

A wee tutorial would be nice ed.

We will see. Might offer a limited amount for those who don't have to tools to do this.

Originally Posted by Geezer

Have you tried Mahoney's Walnut oil or the Oil Wax Finish they make? I use it on wood handles and bits for espressso machines. Walnut oil is also thinner/dryer for artists' oil paints. It works well with exotic woods like cocobolo and rosewood that are naturally oily. The finish is a combination of Walnut oil and Beeswax and is food safe.
~Richard

More AWESOME info!
THANKS!!!!!

Originally Posted by Martin103

Very nice work! the how to would be very nice.

Still trying to get a "universal" size for this

Originally Posted by MandoRob

The box looks great, just another vote for some "how to" words.

See above...LOL

**edhewitt** · 01-12-2015, 08:46 PM

I wouldn't worry about universal sizing, if you give the dimensions that you used we can scale up and down (hopefully). The razor I got from Bruno is much larger than my 5/8 I got from Andy.

**Substance** · 01-12-2015, 09:20 PM

I'm with you Ed I have jack of a clue how these are done without a mill or lots of hand work
Another great job well done Chev

**AlexanderJohn** · 01-13-2015, 11:12 PM

I work in sheet metal and I'm thinking of making a box out of stainless.
Have you thought of engraving it and filling it with white paint?

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