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Wooden Mail Box, with Carved Letters, & Rose-malling

Project by Dick, & Barb Cain posted 837 days ago 1856 views 1 time favorited 15 comments Add to Favorites Watch

One of our members asked if anyone has ever built a wall hanging mail box.

I made this one a few years ago for my Son’s house.

I used the dimensions of a manufactured metal hopper type, that I have on my house

It’s made from some Swedish Pine, I’d bought at Home Depot.

I used a Norwegian Style Rose-malling for the carved flowers.

The carvings are starting to show up better now with the aging process

A couple of coats of Lacquer, & Spar wax.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1


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Diane

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posted 837 days ago

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Roger Strautman

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posted 837 days ago

Looks good Dick! Some pines are rather hard to carve, was this one of the hard ones?

-- " All Things At First Appear Difficult"

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PanamaJack

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posted 837 days ago

Really nice work Dick. Home Depot call it Swedish Pine so they could charge more? I haven’t seen it at ours here in Southern Indiana.

Columbus Indiana home of Tony Stewart!

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

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Mark A. DeCou

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posted 837 days ago

another masterpiece Dick.

-- Mark DeCou - American Contemporary Craft Artisan - www.decoustudio.com

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scottb

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posted 837 days ago

Cool. What makes the pine, Swedish? (being part Swede myself It be cool to get my hands on some)

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

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john

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posted 837 days ago

Very nice work Dick. It looks great

-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.spaces.live.com/ (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com

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TomFran

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posted 837 days ago

Great personalized mailbox, Dick!

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

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Dick, & Barb Cain

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posted 837 days ago

Thanks to all of you.
I’m not sure if it’s Pine, it could be Spruce but each board had a imported from Sweden tag stuck on the ends. HD didn’t have any special advertisement for it. It reminded me of lodgepole Pine from out West. I bought a bunch of 1×6’s fairly reasonable.
I carved real nice though.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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Buckskin

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posted 837 days ago

You and Carver Rog are part of my inspiration.

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Bob Babcock

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posted 837 days ago

Great stuff as usual Dick.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

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Lee A. Jesberger

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posted 837 days ago

Dick;

Fine work. sometimes small projects are fun, as they don’t take forever to finish.
One of the things I like about turning.

In no time at all, you can have something beautiful.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

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MsDebbieP

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posted 836 days ago

gorgeous. We don’t get mail delivered to the door.. but I want one of these at my back door! :)

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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Dick, & Barb Cain

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posted 836 days ago

Maybe it could be converted into a two family birdhouse! ;)

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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Lar

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posted 836 days ago

Very nice job, Dick. So we know where the Cain goes, but where do you put the mail?

Lar

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Dick, & Barb Cain

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posted 836 days ago

The junk mail goes in the waste basket, & I let my Son take care of the bills. LOL

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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