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new wood day (the tree and Lucky Strike) accessories project
Folks might recall that I had an intense interest in the history and mystique of the Tree. I embarked on a project to make a guitar-themed accessory box from The Tree.
I was quite happy with how this turned out and made an armrest for my 12 string: Then I made matching Truss Rod Cover trc I then made scales for a nail car Victorinox Swiss Army Knife: Then I came across a large number of odd shaped drops and took up pen turning: Well, I became an AGF sponsor - sort of a hobby-turned micro business (just enough to cover costs and break even, not a real business at all). I made a couple dozen pens and then four more boxes. I had a disastrous error with the boxes and lost a lot of valuable wood. I shelved this effort for six months . Well, today a new supply of wood arrived and, as a nice surprise I got The Tree *and* Lucky Strike. All wood is authentic and traceable. A few pieces are very chunky too, so that will make for some interesting things. So, it's back to the bench! This winter season will be a fun one for some very special wood projects!
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Looks like it might be nice but the photos are about 10x too large to fit on my monitor. Maybe resize?
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I like your arm rest.
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Like everyone else I used to use photobucket for forum pictures but stopped. I've been using the direct insert function but that only allows three at a time and you cant inject text between the pics. I had an old imgur I made for our daughter to post a pic of her halloween costume several years ago. So I was sort of experimenting when I wanted to post this. I think I got the size fixed. Thats easier than flickr which comes free with yahoo email but is a pain to use.
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Really nice.
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I love that scalloped braced box Really nice work.
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+1. I had to double check to see that it wasn't a guitar. Luthiers are a unique breed among woodworkers!
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Thanks for posting the photos of the guitar-themed box. They made me smile. Nice work.
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What wood is that?
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I agree! that's such a thing of beauty!
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Try to imagine for a moment that i've not read every thread on this forum, and that by pure chance, I happen to know that there is no tree species that is named "The Tree".
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So, there is a single highly figured mahogany tree that was so famous it was given a name: The Tree (emphasis on "the"). Here are some articles about it https://www.stewmac.com/How-To/Online_Resources/Reference/The_Tree_The_Most_Notorious_Tonewood_in_the_World. html http://symphontreemusic.com/the-legend-of-the-tree/ http://acousticguitar.com/welcome-to-the-jungle/ And "Lucky Strike" was a downed redwood that was so perfect and rare it was named by the legendary duo that salvaged naturally fallen redwood. Here is an article on that https://www.luthiersforacause.org/lucky-strike-redwood/
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What kind of money would it take today for a back and sides set?
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The box looks great. Would u care to post more pictures of your work.... I might steal ur idea and make me a little box. I love the idea of it. The fact that u have the cool woods just add to it. I know about “the tree” but I’d never heard of the lucky strike one before. Regardless of the wood used tho that is a sexy box that any guitar player would like
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