I went to my first meeting of the mountain woodturners club last Sat., after being invited by two fellow Creekers twice over the last two months. Their demonstrator was Mark St. Leger. He did a great job with the demo. He did a box like this so I wanted to try and see if I could do one. In no way is this my design, but a copy of what I Mark did in his demo. The box is cherry with an ipe lid and box elder finial to look something like a flame. The lid is a loose fit on purpose so that it makes some clicking sound as the box rocks. It has a walnut oil finish which needs a little more work.
Jack