Project Information
Last Friday I have a complete stranger come to my door and says he a friend of one of my neighbors and found out I like to build things out of wood. He asked me if I would be interested in building a briefcase for him for work. He saw many different ones on etsy and wanted to know if I could make one for him cheaper than the ones he saw. He said it didn't have to be perfect but wanted it to look nice. At first I didn't want to bother with it but he kept insisting on how my neighbor said I can build nice things. I finally agreed and with a good price. He gave me the exact inside dimensions he wanted it to be. 14 1/2'' x 9 1/2'' x 3 1/4'' high and said he needs it by June 30th. Oh boy, rush job I said. I received $50.00 up front to start the work and $60 more after completion. I knew I had everything to make one as long as he agreed with the materials I had.
Anyway long story short, made it in 2 days, started finishing it with Danish oil and it started to look good. He gives me a call last night and asked how it was going. I said it was almost finished and wanted to give it one more coat of Danish before I lined it with some brown suede I had.
Being anxious he wanted to stop over and see it. OK I said. As he got his first look at it his eyes got big with being happy with it. Then a few seconds later he says I made it the wrong way. What? So what he actually wanted was a case with dimensions of 9 1/2×14 1/2'' not 14 1/2×9 1/2'' Who make a attache case long instead of wide?
That was the end of that job, gave him his money back and said it's too late to make another one. So I have this case to use for something. LOL.
Made the case and the handle out of walnut and maple. I think it will make one of my tools happy as a storage case.
Thanks for letting me bend your ear a bit.
I forgot to mention that I started to make a handle out of oak as you see in picture 5 then decided to make it match some and used the maple and walnut.
Anyway long story short, made it in 2 days, started finishing it with Danish oil and it started to look good. He gives me a call last night and asked how it was going. I said it was almost finished and wanted to give it one more coat of Danish before I lined it with some brown suede I had.
Being anxious he wanted to stop over and see it. OK I said. As he got his first look at it his eyes got big with being happy with it. Then a few seconds later he says I made it the wrong way. What? So what he actually wanted was a case with dimensions of 9 1/2×14 1/2'' not 14 1/2×9 1/2'' Who make a attache case long instead of wide?
That was the end of that job, gave him his money back and said it's too late to make another one. So I have this case to use for something. LOL.
Made the case and the handle out of walnut and maple. I think it will make one of my tools happy as a storage case.
Thanks for letting me bend your ear a bit.
I forgot to mention that I started to make a handle out of oak as you see in picture 5 then decided to make it match some and used the maple and walnut.