Yesterday, I finished these:
They are little boxes my dad designed, about 2.5″ wide, with the lids I learned the very basics of wood-turning on. The knobs are cast and then trimmed on the lathe, and then I put a little maple leaf on some. Basically, if the knob looked really good after I trimmed it, I left it plain. If it looked less than perfect, I soldered a little maple leaf on the top.
I cut the post to the right length.
Then I very gently hammered the edges of post flat, so that the knob will never come out of that hole again.
Becoming a Pewtersmith 