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I've been lurking around here for a while, reading and looking at projects. I figured it's about time I should join LJ at least so I have a place to post my work
So… Here's the story, I started my first project a few weeks ago for Christmas for my step father. I wanted to get him a humidor for Christmas but everything I found out in the stores was cheap and made overseas. I figured I could do better, so I gave it a shot. I wandered through the projects on here and I loved the look of edge banding, so I drew up what I wanted to do in sketchup and here's what I came up with.
The box is made of cherry, the edge banding is black walnut. The inside is lined with Spanish cedar, and I included a humidifier and a hygrometer. The finish was done down to 600 grit sand paper, finished with 5 coats of tongue oil using 0000 steel wool in between coats. The last step was 2 coats of Minwax finishing paste.
And… Yes, that's my boy. He helped with pretty much the entire project and he loves working with dad. This is our first project so please be kind.
So… Here's the story, I started my first project a few weeks ago for Christmas for my step father. I wanted to get him a humidor for Christmas but everything I found out in the stores was cheap and made overseas. I figured I could do better, so I gave it a shot. I wandered through the projects on here and I loved the look of edge banding, so I drew up what I wanted to do in sketchup and here's what I came up with.
The box is made of cherry, the edge banding is black walnut. The inside is lined with Spanish cedar, and I included a humidifier and a hygrometer. The finish was done down to 600 grit sand paper, finished with 5 coats of tongue oil using 0000 steel wool in between coats. The last step was 2 coats of Minwax finishing paste.
And… Yes, that's my boy. He helped with pretty much the entire project and he loves working with dad. This is our first project so please be kind.