Watertite Watertight Water Tite Water Tight Wooden Box

Hey John
I remember that episode but I don’t remember the additional “wire” piece of wood,just the crushing down of wood on the edge.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

after you crush the center of the board it must be planed a bit so that when the wood expands the seal is good.

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Russ is right. We both watched Frank Klausz demonstrate how he makes his water tight stone box. He used plain old eastern white pine for the box. – Plane the bottom edges smooth. Use a sliding dovetail to put the sides together. Take a piece of wire – (he used a portion of a paint can handle) and pound it into the bottom edges of your box (down the center as close as you can). Then – and this is important - replane the bottom edges until the crease you made with the wire disappears. Then set your box onto your bottom platform. He screwed the bottom onto the box with everyday screws – nothing special. Then simply add water. It will probably leak a little at first. However, the water will eventually cause the fibers that were crushed by the wire to expand. That expansion creates the “caulk” that makes the seal. I forget how old he told us his box was – but it was no spring chicken.

Then simply add a platform above the water to hold your stone in place. Works great. He also demonstrates how he does this on one of his DVDs – but not sure which one.

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THANKS RUSS and BETSY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wonder if Cedar would be OK to use, any ideas?

-- Only the Shadow knows....................

I wonder if Cedar would be OK to use, any ideas?

-- Only the Shadow knows....................