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Another old project dug out of my early years album. These mahogany file drawers double as night stands for my mother who files every scrap of paper with information on it, and every receipt. I wish my accounting could get beyond the fish bowl method.
I brought a lot of mahogany skids home from the warehouse after their contents were delivered, usually photocopiers. These skids were made of mahogany veneered plywood and mahogany lumber, and had large plastic donuts to cushion the ride. Some of the skids had a layer of foam glued between two sheets of mahogany plywood. It was quite a chore to get the glue off and still have useable material.
Its hard to tell from the scanned polaroid but the finish is puritan pine and spray lacquer. I didn’t want a real red finish. My mother still has them nineteen years later.
-- Phil Brown, Ontario
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MsDebbieP
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posted 934 days ago
wow… 1) beautiful and 2) all that work!! and 3) reclaimed.. unbelievable.
excellent
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pierre
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posted 934 days ago
Hi Phil,
This is a nice piece of work.I too use a lot of pallet wood. My son works on lift truck services and the companies he service give him all the pallet wood he wants. I end up with mahogany, oak, maple, and I got a bunch of 2×4x8 of I don’t know what. The wood is orange to reddish brown, very very heavy and hard as a rock. When I tried to rip them on the bandsaw, the blade got so hot, melted the tires.
Got to watch for the nails though…
have a nice day,
pierre
PanamaJack
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posted 934 days ago
This is great use of recycled materials. Apparently very well made also.
-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,
Diane
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posted 934 days ago
Nice and they can be used for a nightstand too which is nice and space saving which I love. They look beautiful.
Diane
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Don
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posted 934 days ago
Pallets used to be a good source of wood in Australia, but now virtually all Pallets used in this country are “Chep Pallets”. They are made of low quality wood and fairly unsuitable for fine woodworking.
Nice work, Phil.
-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hilsbiblechurch.org/
Phil Brown
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posted 934 days ago
Being in the transportation industry most of my life has created a great source of lumber. I have years worth of projects in recycled wood stored out behind the barn. Sometimes I just go out there and stare at it, wondering, if I’ll ever get all those projects done.
Shipping within North America still yields good lumber, especially white pine. I’m trying to get an e-book done with many of the reproduction antiques that I sell, all from rough crate lumber.
-- Phil Brown, Ontario
cajunpen
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posted 934 days ago
Gives me a new appreciation for those simple old ugly pallets. I thought they were all made of pine or plain white oak. As usual Phil, nice piece and thanks for the info on the pallets.
-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/
jockmike2
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posted 934 days ago
Beautiful mahagony Phil. I don’t know about using it on a file cabinet, but you could’nt have made a prettier looking one. lol. Really good work. mike
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Phil Brown
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posted 933 days ago
Its amazing what you can recycle and what you can make from scrap. I’m going to post a photo of a pie safe that a local reproduction antiques boutique bought from me. Its made from rough sawn swedish pine and spruce that I got from crates when I was traffic and crating manager at a local factory.
-- Phil Brown, Ontario