Hatteras Lighthouse box - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

Woodworking Plus · 09-07-2009, 10:49 PM

Here are a couple of pics of my newest intarsia commission. It is for a wedding present. The box is 6"x 8" and uses 45 pieces from 10 different woods. Still have to apply a couple more coats of finish and install the hinges and the inside linings.

Fran1942 · 09-07-2009, 11:03 PM

Mike, that is so pretty. Someone is really going to love that.
Fran

scrollpup · 09-08-2009, 12:47 AM

Awesome box Mike! I love the intarsia on top!

Jerry

Haggard3230 · 09-08-2009, 01:36 AM

That is a beautiful piece of work Mike.

Sally · 09-08-2009, 02:12 AM

Beautiful workmanship! I love the background wood - looks like a sunset.

lucky788scroller · 09-08-2009, 05:11 AM

Great looking box!

Rolf · 09-08-2009, 01:00 PM

Great design and choice of wood.

dragyn · 09-08-2009, 05:21 PM

Beautiful work as always Mike. Is the background sky wood tulip wood? Works great of a sunset sky.

Jim McDonald · 09-08-2009, 05:48 PM

Beautiful piece of real estate that you have captured very well. I'm sure this will be treasured for a long time.

Woodworking Plus · 09-08-2009, 06:05 PM

Thanks everyone for the comments. This was a fun project. Very challenging because of all the small pieces.( Thank goodness for 3 power jewelers goggles.) Here is a list of the woods used--Box and foreground-Black Walnut, Rope and white on lighthouse and seagulls-Holly, sky- Tulipwood, Black on lighthouse-ebony, Lighthouse light and boat-Pau Amerillo, Water-Blue Mahoe, Weeds-Lignum Vitae, Sand-Persimmon, Fence posts-Jatoba, Grey part of pedestal-Ambrosia Maple, Red of pedestal-Bubinga.

09-07-2009, 10:49 PM	#1
Woodworking Plus Having fun gettin it done Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Midlothian, VA Posts: 200 Blog Entries: 3	Hatteras Lighthouse box Here are a couple of pics of my newest intarsia commission. It is for a wedding present. The box is 6"x 8" and uses 45 pieces from 10 different woods. Still have to apply a couple more coats of finish and install the hinges and the inside linings. __________________ Mike "Why buy it if you can build it" www.midlothianwoodworks.com

09-08-2009, 12:47 AM	#3
scrollpup Avatar by Casey Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Hot Springs,Arkansas Posts: 1,732	Awesome box Mike! I love the intarsia on top! Jerry __________________ Two wrongs don't make a right....they just even the score...

09-08-2009, 01:36 AM	#4
Haggard3230 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Riverton, KS on Route 66 Posts: 2,714	That is a beautiful piece of work Mike. __________________ Merle SSG US Army Retired. merlehobbs@yahoo.com

09-08-2009, 05:11 AM	#6
lucky788scroller Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: wisconsin Posts: 6,260	Great looking box! __________________ Dale w/ yella saws

09-08-2009, 01:00 PM	#7
Rolf Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bellport, LI New York Posts: 2,808	Great design and choice of wood. __________________ Rolf RBI G4 Hawk, Delta SS350 Philosophy "I don't know that I can't, therefore I can"

09-07-2009, 11:03 PM	#2
Fran1942 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 392	Mike, that is so pretty. Someone is really going to love that. Fran

09-08-2009, 02:12 AM	#5
Sally Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Renton WA Posts: 1,021	Beautiful workmanship! I love the background wood - looks like a sunset.

09-08-2009, 05:21 PM	#8
dragyn Local Goofball! Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,665	Beautiful work as always Mike. Is the background sky wood tulip wood? Works great of a sunset sky. __________________ Dragyn (Oh my! Another Mike! ) It's a good thing my head is attached to my ... ... Has anyone seen my head?!?

09-08-2009, 05:48 PM	#9
Jim McDonald Workin' for the Weekend Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: On the Other Side of the Monitor Posts: 940 Blog Entries: 6	Beautiful piece of real estate that you have captured very well. I'm sure this will be treasured for a long time. __________________ Jim Exuberance can be corrected; dullness is incurable. --E. Deters "Political Correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."

09-08-2009, 06:05 PM	#10
Woodworking Plus Having fun gettin it done Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Midlothian, VA Posts: 200 Blog Entries: 3	Thanks everyone for the comments. This was a fun project. Very challenging because of all the small pieces.( Thank goodness for 3 power jewelers goggles.) Here is a list of the woods used--Box and foreground-Black Walnut, Rope and white on lighthouse and seagulls-Holly, sky- Tulipwood, Black on lighthouse-ebony, Lighthouse light and boat-Pau Amerillo, Water-Blue Mahoe, Weeds-Lignum Vitae, Sand-Persimmon, Fence posts-Jatoba, Grey part of pedestal-Ambrosia Maple, Red of pedestal-Bubinga. __________________ Mike "Why buy it if you can build it" www.midlothianwoodworks.com

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