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This project is inspired by projects and questions from the 2021 Christmas Ornament Challenge. A spiral box project includes carving and layout.

This is the culmination of many years of planning towards this project. I remember Stuart Mortimer demonstrating this sort of project many years ago at the Utah Woodturning Symposium.

First turn a hollow form. Then lay out spirals and start carving.
A couple of notes:

1. Long strips of canvas backed sandpaper are essential – starting with 80 grit.
2. Gross carving used a Proxxon right-angle tool with two different cutters: a wheel cutter and a coarse rasp.
3. Fine carving used an Icon rotary tool with a small but long rasp bit.
4. The joint was made with a bayonet style bushing. This bushing was 3D printed and designed in OpenScad by myself. I am planning to make these available on my Etsy site within a few weeks.

Enjoy!