| Project by Joe Watson | posted 36 days ago | 364 views | 0 times favorited | 9 comments |  |
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I made this box to put our bread to keep it off the counter. Its made of pallet wood. I think the species to the box part is poplar. I recently read a book on shaker furniture so it gave me the idea for the box. My wife wanted it stained so i sealed it with shellac seal coat then stained it so its not as dark but more even in color since poplar is a blotchy wood. then used a cherry water based stain and shellac final coat for three coats. I added some finishing wax to even out the finish. it was an easy project to work on while i wait on getting a part for my jointer.
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Beginningwoodworker
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posted 36 days ago
Nice looking bread box.
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huff
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posted 36 days ago
very nice. well done.
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a1Jim
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posted 36 days ago
cool idea. IS it bigger than a bread box?
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
Joe Watson
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posted 36 days ago
the inside fits a loaf of bread but we have only a half loaf and i had some bagels however when we had a whole loaf i measured it just right
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Loucarb
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posted 36 days ago
Very nice.
NBeener
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posted 36 days ago
Nicely done!
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Vincent Nocito
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posted 36 days ago
Nice take on a Shaker classic. When I first saw the photo, I thought it was full size. Nice work.
Darell
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posted 35 days ago
Nice work Joe. You’re a wizard at finding good wood for nothing.
-- Darell, Norman, Ok.
jwarner75
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posted 35 days ago
Very nice.
As one of the other comments, they thought it was Fullsize, I to did think it looked fullsize, but i think that is because of the Camera Angle or something.
And I was thinking, Breadbox? But now that you explained it and all and I noticed the Table, It is Smaller then it Appears…
Great work, I like the Stain Job on the Poplar, as it’s difficult to get a nice even coat and all!
Congrats,
Handi
-- Jimmy "Handi" Warner, http://jwarner75.etsy.com, http://handisworkshop.blogspot.com