Acorn Box Top

by

Kevin Bassett

The acorn box top is small hollow acorn shaped lidded box that can be spun like a top.

This quick and easy project is fun to do and can have some surprising uses.

• Mount appropriate stock into chuck – a 1” by 6” turning square is adequate
• Face off the end & turn round – 7/8” to begin
• Drill 11/16” hole with forstner bit approximately 3/8” deep
• Turn basic shape, size and wall thickness at the mortise
• Refine outer shape
• Hollow
• Final shaping, sanding, finishing as desired
• Part off to create acorn tip
• This completes the seed portion of the acorn - Repeat process for additional acorns

Once the run of acorn seeds is complete acorn caps can be done by:

• Mount slightly larger stock into chuck turn to largest needed diameter and face off end.
• Turn tenon to fit mortise in seed – sizing may be expedited by using a sharpened wrench
• Turn acorn cap shape and size to fit
• Turn acorn stalk – a smaller diameter here makes for a top which will be easy to spin
• Part off
• Join cap to seed and give it a spin