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Here’s my first attempt at building a bandsaw box. I used a log from one of the water oaks in my back yard; it’s about 4.5 inches in diameter. The log also has a little bit of spalting in it. I covered the whole thing with some poly. It turned out rather ugly, but it was a still a fun weekend project. I almost forgot, I used a twig for the knob.
-- "hold fast to that which is good"
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rance
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#1 posted 959 days ago
Yes, butt ugly, but it holds a secret drawer. Nice job! :)
-- Backer boards, stop blocks, build oversized, and never buy a hand plane--
Raftermonkey
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#2 posted 959 days ago
Aww, it ain’t that bad (sarcastically rolling eyes),haha. Na just kiddin, it looks pretty cool to me.
-- -Zeke- "I hate to rush off, but I gotta go see a man about a log"
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#3 posted 959 days ago
Well, you can always use it to keep the matches near the fireplace, all things considered :)
-- Thomas - There is no such thing as a problem, there only are solutions.
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#4 posted 959 days ago
I love it! Really, it’s so unspoiled, something from a wonderful farytale.
Best thoughts,
MaFe
-- Mad F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.
Pawky
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#5 posted 959 days ago
That’s one you could definitely leave outside your door with a spare key in it. No one will think to check in that haha
none-the-less, it does look like it was fun to do :) At some point I’ll make one, but I have to get the bandsaw first :P
TonyWard
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#6 posted 959 days ago
Brandon
I am not a fan of natural edged bandsawn boxes, but you’ve done good with this work, congratulations.
Tony Ward
-- Bandsawn Box Plans available at ~ http://www.tonyward.org
rozzi
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#7 posted 959 days ago
Nice job. It’s not ugly. Ugly was the first one I made. I like it.
-- Duane, Iowa
MsDebbieP
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#8 posted 958 days ago
I was just telling prez at the wood show this weekend that I “LOVE” the bandsaw boxes that are made from (and still look like) a log!!!
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and this beholder likes it!
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
gul
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#9 posted 958 days ago
It’s not ugly.I think it’s pretty cool.
SawDustnSplinters
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#10 posted 958 days ago
I will admit, she ain’t perty, but the execution was beautiful….This is your FIRST ATTEMPT, it is only gonna get better, you did an awesome job, to heck with it, you could hide your poker money in there and robbers might clean out your whole house and take your flat screen and the darn remote, and never touch that box :) I am guilty of producing some boxes I never could explain, and was so happy when I finally sold them, :) so I can relate a little.
Yeah that is my shop kitty crashed out in the background, ain’t she pitiful
Good Post and Good Job !!
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Brandon
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#11 posted 958 days ago
Thanks for all the comments, guys! I like the idea of putting something really nice in the box so the robbers won’t steal it. ;-)
-- "hold fast to that which is good"
NormG
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#12 posted 958 days ago
Would have never guessed. Great project
-- Norman
clieb91
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#13 posted 957 days ago
Brandon, You did a good job with it. The natural log look is one of my favorite type. Hiding high price stuff in them is one bonus espicially if you can sit them in plain sight.
CtL
-- Chris L. "Don't Dream it, Be it."
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#14 posted 956 days ago
I really love this. I enjoy making bandsaw boxes and look forward to trying it on small logs like that.
-- Upstate South Carolina Woodworker
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#15 posted 831 days ago
Ugly… hmmm!!! I don’t know I like it, it has an artistic feeling in it
-- I am not so rich to buy cheap tools.
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