2nd Box With Reclaimed Old Growth Pine

Nice use of some good looking old pine. It looks like all your unplanned modifications worked out okay. If you hadn’t said the top should have been deeper, the grain was better on the other side, etc., no one would have been the wiser. It’s the final product that counts and it looks great.

-- Dale Manning, Carthage, NY

Great looking box. Fine use of reclaimed wood.

No mistakes, just in process design changes.

Looks great.

Keep it up.

Scrappy

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!

Another nice box Joe, I agree with Dale, if you hadn’t said anything, no one would no the difference…......
They would just say ” Wow, what a beautiful box !”

Great job, thanks for posting and keep it up…...........

The thing about “little mistakes” or “bloopers”, if you can cover them up and make them a “design opportunity”, then you are on your way to becoming a fine craftsman !

-- Gene, Majestic Eagle Woodworks, http://majesticeagleww.etsy.com/, http://www.flickr.com/photos/majesticeagle/

Let me add my two cents. It looks great!! I like it and your niece will also.

well done Joe

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Nice job Joe! Pine never gets the credit it deserves. I have a question though. Is that the new Ridgid r4511 table saw under the box? if so how well do you like it?

Duane

-- Duane, Ohio

Very nice job. I know that feeling of “if i could just keep my wits about me” long enough to cut the right side and not glue it upside down!! :-(( What part of the country do yoiu live in? I could have sworn that was Clear Verticle Grain Fir when I first saw it.

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence Wake Up America!! Please read; http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0

Nice job Joe! Pine never gets the credit it deserves. I have a question though. Is that the new Ridgid r4511 table saw under the box? if so how well do you like it?

Duane

-- Duane, Ohio

Looking good. This piece makes me anxious to get my load of reclaimed fir. Only a few more weeks…......

-- Julian, Park Forest, IL

Handsome box Joe. I’m sure you niece will treasure it. Any mistakes you might have made have certainly not affected the quality or appearance of this fine box. It is a shame that we can’t find much pine like this.

-- Mike, American in Norway

+1 Very Nice Box. Anyone would be happy to give it as a gift.

Thanks everyone for all the comments. Duane, that is the 4511 in the photo. I got it about two months ago and I love it. Keep in mind though that it is my first table saw so I don’t have anything to judge it against. To me it’s a dream to have. Topamax, I live in the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina area.

Your wood is probably not clear verticle grain DOUGLAS FIR then:-)) I never realized pine couold look like that.

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence Wake Up America!! Please read; http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0

very nice joe, that wood sure is purdy.. sharp construction too well done

-- James, Bluffton, IN

Thanks James. I was really surprised how much nicer it looked after the satin poly went on.

Joe