Teeth fairy box

[Toni Ciuraneta]

Just made this small box for a friend who’s daughter is going to drop her first tooth.
Except for the engraved tooth it can also be done in a lathe.
Sanded, buffered, and buffered again applying carnauba wax. Woods are Samanguila for the base and basswood for the lid.
It can hold five 1€ coins.

 

[Mike Stafford]

I made a similar box for my son but I did not have a happy tooth on the top of the lid. Back in those days a lost tooth was worth a quarter at my house.

Just a year or three ago my son's kids were here and they were going through stuff in my son's room. They found his tooth box with several dollars in quarters. You would have thought they discovered a gold mine. It was really funny.

 

[glenn bradley]

Very cool Toni. "Also be done on a lathe"? So, how did you do it? All CNC?

 

[Toni Ciuraneta]

Hi Glenn, yes, all done in CNC, actually it is a pretty simple project it took me more time to sand and buffer it than milling it.

 

[Leo Voisine]

And this is how the CNC machine begins to find it's way into a modern shop.

Next is the box that cannot be made on a lathe.

 

[Ryan Mooney]

Next is the box that cannot be made on a lathe.

Depending on your definition of lathe... that can be a tall order

OTOH I'm also interested in how Toni's box was made on the CNC... the inside finish is really fantastic.