Help me decide which wood to use for violin box - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

Cutting Cathy · 04-28-2012, 01:59 AM

I'm getting ready for the fair!! Have several items in various stages of preparation as usual. One of the things I want to make is the the violin box from the Fall 2011 issue of SSWC. I've made it before but I want this one to be better than the first one!!

I have 3 different pieces of wood that are thick enough (1 7/8) but I can't decide which one. I've shown 2 different views.

Top to bottom, cherry, walnut, butternut
April 27, 2012 025.jpg

Other view:
April 27, 2012 041.jpg

I'm not totally sure that it's cherry or walnut. Actually I don't even know where the big piece of what I think is cherry came from!! The other was given to me and I was told at the time it was cherry, but I sanded it and there is no way it's cherry. I think it's either walnut or peruvian walnut.

So what do you think would make the best looking violin???

wood-n-things · 04-28-2012, 05:33 AM

Walnut base and butternut lid...JMHO

04-28-2012, 01:59 AM	#1
Cutting Cathy Proud Grandma Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Central Nebraska Posts: 1,236 Thanks: 2 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Help me decide which wood to use for violin box I'm getting ready for the fair!! Have several items in various stages of preparation as usual. One of the things I want to make is the the violin box from the Fall 2011 issue of SSWC. I've made it before but I want this one to be better than the first one!! I have 3 different pieces of wood that are thick enough (1 7/8) but I can't decide which one. I've shown 2 different views. Top to bottom, cherry, walnut, butternut April 27, 2012 025.jpg Other view: April 27, 2012 041.jpg I'm not totally sure that it's cherry or walnut. Actually I don't even know where the big piece of what I think is cherry came from!! The other was given to me and I was told at the time it was cherry, but I sanded it and there is no way it's cherry. I think it's either walnut or peruvian walnut. So what do you think would make the best looking violin??? __________________ Cathy in NE "While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about." - Anonymous

04-28-2012, 05:33 AM	#2
wood-n-things Staying Positive Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Hamilton, Montana Posts: 18,556 Thanks: 49 Thanked 379 Times in 280 Posts	Walnut base and butternut lid...JMHO __________________ "Montana MIKE" There is a very fine line between “hobby” and “mental illness.” As You Slide Down the Banister of Life, Pray That All The Splinters Are Pointed The Other Way... "Don't worry about old age--it doesn't last that long." Mike's Wood-n-Things

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