The wood used was 5” square by 3” deep.
This was mounted between the chuck and a live ring centre, and then turned round to your required diameter, the wood was held by pushing it up against the chuck and this with the ring centre holds the blank very square. The chuck also gives you a good idea if the blank is mounted squarely on the lathe.
The blank is cut so that it can be mounted into a large gripper jaws, so that it can be parted off, again the 1/3 by 2/3 is used. The lid and base are again produced to form a box in the same manner as the pagoda box using the same tools (scraper, skew and bedan).
Now using the off-centre chuck, Jason mounted a jam chuck for the lid to fit, this was secured by using tape around both parts to stop it coming apart.
We now look at the tool rest which has a depth collar mounted so that you work at the same level for all the decorating cuts, at the end of the tool post there are an additional two collars with a gap between to take the width of the parting tool.
The off-centre chuck is going to be moved every two points, this will produce a lid with six circles touching each other all the way around the lid. Jason at this point showed various patterns with the relevant information on for the various patterns that can be produced with it. He also showed how to get additional patterns by marking and drilling an additional hole to give additional patterns and shapes.
By starting at the first point a circle is produced then moved around every two points so that six circles are produced which are touching. The next thing to think about is how these are going to be shown off, for this epoxy resin was used to infill the rings. Putting the epoxy into warm water will help it run and mix better. Ebony wood dust was used to add to the mix which produced a black mixture, this was then inserted into the rings, this then needs a number of days to cure completely, so Jason already had one done.
Again a jam chuck was used to mount the lid on and then start to remove the epoxy that is not required until you are left with the rings showing. The lid is now sanded and finished with a sealer and wax, to finish by buffing again.