Another reason it took so long on my Father's Shadow box, was that I was also working on one for my FIL. He was a WWII Navy Accoustic Engineer who's job it was to fool the Jap accoustic mines. These mines could differentiate between the sounds of different vessles. They would lay them by submarine, and they'd stay anchored to the bottom until they picked up the sound of a pre-programed high value target like a Battle ship or a carrier.
The trick was to make a Carrier sound like a garbage scow and a mine sweeper sound like a carrier. This allows the Carrier to slip past without triggering the mine release, and the sweeper to release the mine when the crew is set to find it and destroy it.
This is all walnut and I had a few firsts for me. The first time I'd turned mulitple identical pieces on the lathe and the first time I made an arch like this. A great project and a lot of fun. I'm shipping it out to my Sister in law's this afternoon, and I'm flying out next week for the final assembly and presentation.
Thanks for looking and comments are always welcome.
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