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  1. Purple heart ornamental box

    Purple heart ornamental box

    This ornamental box was made in Purpleheart and is 80mm tall and 70mm in diameter. The basket weave pattern was cut using a 3mm wide cutter and a 18F rosette I then fluted the top and bottom rims 18 times and lined the flutes up with the gaps in the basket weave.The top of the lid was ornamented...
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  2. John Torchick

    Square end for a lathe chuck?

    My grandson and I had a project- screwdriver kit handle covered on another thread. Here is my question- I cut a piece of purple heart on the TS, 2x2x6. I didn't cut the ends on the TS with the miter. I marked the centers to turn to round. When I put the round piece flat into the SuperNova2...
  3. Pete Blair

    Purple Heart

    I was given some very nice smallish pieces of Purple Heart and then read all the threads etc I could find about attempting to maintain it's color. I am now more confused than ever. Has anyone have any conclusive results that they might share?
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