I just finished three new boxes made on my lathe.  They are a little larger then normal.  I made them from a neighbors fallen tree.  I had to put new tops on them because the trees natural wood cracked and they were unacceptable to make good lids.  Linda selected the colors and design features of the tops.  Gary Bingahm

I made these two boxes for our next door neighbor.  She had a tree cut down in June and offered it to me.  I immediatley roughed out five boxes.  None of the blanks turned out well because of significant cracking in the lids.  I went ahead and made two boxes from the wooden blanks and there are inperfections in the lids which I do not like.  I filled the cracks with wood dust and coffee.  I gave her these two and threw away the remaining three blanks.  A lot of work for imperfections.