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Made some 6-pack beer boxes out of oak – 1 with rabbet joints, 1 with box joints. Finished with danish oil and wax. Handles are made from 3/4” manila rope with eye splice knots tied at both ends, secured to the box with 4-1/2” plastic boat dock cleats. Also wrapped leather shoelaces around the knot splices for decoration.
-- Ron, Northern Illinois
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racerglen
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#1 posted 684 days ago
Nicely done.. How do WE keep them cold though ?
;-}
-- Glen, Vernon B.C. Canada
Bertha
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#2 posted 684 days ago
What a wonderful design. You could probably make a killing selling these to the right bar. The rope cleat is such a wonderful design element, as is the leather tie. Really nice.
-- My dad and I built a 65 chev pick up.I killed trannys in that thing for some reason-Hog
jerrells
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#3 posted 684 days ago
Any project with beer is a good one – and this is a good one.
-- Just learning the craft my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ practiced.
ChuckC
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#4 posted 684 days ago
That’s great! Nice looking boxes..
FlyingMLB
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#5 posted 684 days ago
Hey, I happen to be a home brewer myself. Great idea. I can see that I’ll be building a few of these to give as gifts filled with assortments of my brew. Thanks
-- Flying MLB, www.coloradocaretaker.blogspot.com
ratchet
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#6 posted 684 days ago
Totally sweet HB carriers! I favor the box jointed one. You might consider “whipping the ends of the 3 hemp strands with black nylon thread prior to making the splice for a cleaner finished look.
You know…if you made a top for it, and expanded the dimensions so you could put in some insulation it would be a true “cooler”. Ah…forget it…these are way cool as is. Besides, when you make good homebrew it doesn’t need to be BMC cold.
Nice job on a novel project and thanks for sharing it with us.
Bluepine38
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#7 posted 684 days ago
After a long hot day of sailing, this would be a perfect way to bring the beer from the fridge to the deck,
without worrying about dropping one or leaving someone out. They would also be perfect any other time
also, and a lot easier to carry than those cardboard ones. FlyingMLB, if you are going to be giving out these
filled with homebrew, I am sure that myself and other Lumberjocks can provide you with adequate addresses.
USPS will not accept beer for shipment, but if you forget to tell UPS what is in the package, they do not
mind, just package it securely. Do not ask how I know this,LOL.
-- As ever, Gus-the 74 yr young apprentice carpenter
DYankee
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#8 posted 684 days ago
Two of my favorites in one project…beer and wood. Now that’s a mancave project if there ever was one. Next up…a wooden refridgerator (dovetalied joinery of course).
-- Shameless - Winner of two Stumpy Nubs Awards
Wiggy
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#9 posted 684 days ago
HA! This is great! Not a man around who wouldn’t pop a grin if given this!
-- 'I sand, therefore, I am'. Richard/Wiggy.. whatever. North Texas
The Head Charles
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#10 posted 684 days ago
Great Idea, i’m sure there will be many replicas out there soon, especially around the holidays.
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KellyS
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#11 posted 684 days ago
MMMMMMMMM! Beer! And wood! Very nice!
-- He who dies with the most tools wins!.....Just wait, I'm going to win!..ERR my wife will at least.
Bricofleur
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#12 posted 684 days ago
Wow! Nice looking box and what a great idea. This is a great Xmas gift idea for my two son-in-laws. Thanks for sharing.
Best,
Serge
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FlairWoodworks
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#13 posted 684 days ago
Ron,
Good idea. I like the box joints better, myself. Do you think the dividers are necessary? I mean, the box is either full or it’s empty, right?
-- Chris Wong -- http://flairwoodworks.wordpress.com --
kenn
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#14 posted 684 days ago
What’s not to like? This might just be the best project posted on here this month.
-- Every cloud has a silver lining
SCOTSMAN
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#15 posted 684 days ago
You should tie the bottles in to the crate and sink it beside the boat,then wow nice and cool beer. Alistair
-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease
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