Project Information
This quick and simple project turned out not so simple, or quick…
The limb cutoff you see there is from a tree that was blown down by hurricane Ike back in 2008. I snagged a couple of chunks of this stuff, and have been keeping them in the shop since. The tree was in front of the office building LOML worked at when we first met, so there is a little nostalgia here. She stuck her head in to the shop and nosed around while I was making it, so I sort of fibbed and told her it was for my mom… Hope she doesn't get mad at me…
The hinge pin is a 3/8" oak dowel. I believe the tree was Camphor because it smells like Vicks when I machine it. I left the chainsawn texture on the top for the rustic effect, and coated the entire thing in Minwax brush on Lacquer. I was less than brilliant and applied the lacquer in the shop, closed up… I wasn't able to go back in for 2 days!
The interior of the box is lined with the Suede Tex stuff in Wine. The instructions say that I can mask it, but I did get a little bit of bleed through the masking tape on the top. However it bled on to some heartwood, and I think I was able to disguise it enough that it won't be noticeable…
I sure hope she likes it…
The limb cutoff you see there is from a tree that was blown down by hurricane Ike back in 2008. I snagged a couple of chunks of this stuff, and have been keeping them in the shop since. The tree was in front of the office building LOML worked at when we first met, so there is a little nostalgia here. She stuck her head in to the shop and nosed around while I was making it, so I sort of fibbed and told her it was for my mom… Hope she doesn't get mad at me…
The hinge pin is a 3/8" oak dowel. I believe the tree was Camphor because it smells like Vicks when I machine it. I left the chainsawn texture on the top for the rustic effect, and coated the entire thing in Minwax brush on Lacquer. I was less than brilliant and applied the lacquer in the shop, closed up… I wasn't able to go back in for 2 days!
The interior of the box is lined with the Suede Tex stuff in Wine. The instructions say that I can mask it, but I did get a little bit of bleed through the masking tape on the top. However it bled on to some heartwood, and I think I was able to disguise it enough that it won't be noticeable…
I sure hope she likes it…