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Thread: First Box
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27th August 2009, 10:25 PM #1
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First Box
My wife and mines 5th anniverary is comin up Sept 5 th which traditionally is wood. A friend recently cut down a cherry tree(no not george washington) and he brought me a few rounds to work with. This is the end result. Check out the heart shaped knot in the bottom.
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28th August 2009, 12:19 AM #2
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Welcome Tommy. Nice work, what finish did you use?
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28th August 2009, 01:46 AM #3
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2 Coats and rubbings of BLO and after 2 weeks of air drying a coat of Johnson Paste Wax.. Thanks for the comment, I thought it turned out O.K. for my 1st box. The fun part was drying it in the microwave and the glue-up. This was hand planed as I have no jointer or planer and cut with an okd style hand miterbox. The corners were rounded with a hand rasp before finishing sanding it by hand with 220 grit and finally some 400 grit. Truly from Log to box in about 3 days excluding the drying time
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1st September 2009, 03:27 AM #4
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Very nice box and congratulations on your anniversary.
When all is said and done, there is usually a whole lot more said than done.
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1st September 2009, 07:25 AM #5
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Thank you, Appreciated
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1st September 2009, 04:23 PM #6
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Nice work. and congratulations too.
Reality is no background music.
Cheers John
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2nd September 2009, 11:27 AM #7
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Well I really screwed the pooch , Our anniversary was today not the 5th, but she still got the box and was happy with a nice dinner out, Must be alzheimers setting in.
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2nd September 2009, 11:54 AM #8
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2nd September 2009, 04:26 PM #9
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Lucky you had it finished ahead of time
Originally Posted by tommyt654
Nice work. Must have been fun seeing it go from log to box...
Cheers,
Dave...but together with the coffee civility flowed back into him
Patrick O'Brian, Treason's Harbour
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3rd September 2009, 10:04 AM #10
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Nice grain in that box and well done with the making of it.
It's a good feeling to go from totally raw product to finished article.
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