Bush Custom Woodworks

It's been a while since I posted a project. I made a dozen pens and a bunch of pepper grinders for Christmas gifts this year. With those behind me I started on this pet urn for a coworkers cat. It's made from Walnut with a Mahogany lid and corner splines. Sanded to 400 and finished with boiled linseed oil and wax. I hope Tonks the cat approves of his new home. I had fun with this project.

This was fun restoration. I found this little six inch sweep brace about a year ago and picked it up even though it was missing the grip and ruated so badly it barely turned. I took the whole thing apart and cleaned all of the rust and congealed oil/grease. I reconditioned the Cocobolo top pad using my lathe and made a new spinner handle for it out of a scrap of unknown wood that matched closely enough. Once it was finished I split it roughly in half with a chisel and glued the peices in place effectively replacing the spinner handle. It turned out great and now has a permanent spot in my collection.

My first Lee Valley tool. The Woodworker's Mechanical Pencil kit. I decided to go with Bocote because of the awesome grain patterns as well as it being a heavy tough wood. The kit's hardware includes decorative hexagonal nuts so it wont roll while on the workbench, and a huge 5.6 soft lead that wont snap while marking lumber making it perfect for rough layout. It even has a built it pencil sharpened cleverly hidden in the finial. This was a fun one to make.