Box with Corian onlay

Gary mounted a small cylinder of timber approximately 3”-4” long between centres and marked where to cut for the lid. He turned away some of the timber for the lid, then mounted it in the jaws and continued with the shaping of the lid. (See photo GR_21).  Next he took a small block of corian with a hole drilled through it and pushed this onto the lid to mark where it would fit, then turned a flat base and side to fit the corian into. He glued the corian in place then cut off the surplus with a thin parting tool. He continued turning the lid, blending the corian in, turned a finial and parted the lid off, leaving a small ‘witness mark’ on the base so he would know where the lid would fit into it. (See photos GR_22, 23 & 24).

Gary turned the bottom of the box to a ‘potty’ shape, using a spindle gouge to hollow it out and he turned a lip for the lid to sit on. Once he had sanded and finished it he used a jam chuck to finish the underneath. (See photos GR_25, 26 & 27).