Post by Ruffnek on Dec 13, 2009 20:05:36 GMT -6
About six years ago, Karen's mother had sold her house and was preparing to move to a smaller home in a nearby neighborhood. Her husband, BJ, my FIL had died about four years previous.
As the son of a Carpenter and himself a former bricklayer, BJ had accumulated a shop full of tools and had a nut, bolt and screw supply that would have lasted him two lifetimes. When he was living, he and I always had a project going on and I thought the world of the man.
Anyway, that one afternoon, Ethel (Karen's mom) took me out to BJ's shop and told me to get anything I wanted as she had to clean it out before she moved.
Well, Karen has an older brother and I felt like all the tools and stuff rightfully should be his so I picked out an old aluminum corn scoop (big shovel) for shoveling lathe curlies and a board that I had spied years earlier.
That board was about 14" long x 8" wide x 1.25" thick. BJ had one end of it supported with a bracket and the other end laid on top of a cabinet in the shop. He was using it as a shelf. I told Ethel that I thought it was pretty wood. She thought it was probably Pine. It was dirty and dusty but I was pretty sure it wasn't Pine.
I took it home and have kept it all these years intending to do something with it some day. Well, this box-making binge I've been on offered the perfect opportunity.
I got enough to do the sides and trim the lid on a box that's 10" wide x 6 1/2" tall x 6 1/4" deep. I thought the light brown color of the wood would look good with Walnut so that's what I used for the lid and feet. The bottom is the usual Aromatic Cedar. I put the fourth and final coat of Wipe-On Poly on it yesterday morning. Hinges are Brusso.
I'm still not certain of the wood type but I'm thinking it might be Chestnut. I worked with some one other time and the color is similar IIRC.
Anyway, the box is nothing really special but the wood is priceless. Karen will likely claim this one.
As the son of a Carpenter and himself a former bricklayer, BJ had accumulated a shop full of tools and had a nut, bolt and screw supply that would have lasted him two lifetimes. When he was living, he and I always had a project going on and I thought the world of the man.
Anyway, that one afternoon, Ethel (Karen's mom) took me out to BJ's shop and told me to get anything I wanted as she had to clean it out before she moved.
Well, Karen has an older brother and I felt like all the tools and stuff rightfully should be his so I picked out an old aluminum corn scoop (big shovel) for shoveling lathe curlies and a board that I had spied years earlier.
That board was about 14" long x 8" wide x 1.25" thick. BJ had one end of it supported with a bracket and the other end laid on top of a cabinet in the shop. He was using it as a shelf. I told Ethel that I thought it was pretty wood. She thought it was probably Pine. It was dirty and dusty but I was pretty sure it wasn't Pine.
I took it home and have kept it all these years intending to do something with it some day. Well, this box-making binge I've been on offered the perfect opportunity.
I got enough to do the sides and trim the lid on a box that's 10" wide x 6 1/2" tall x 6 1/4" deep. I thought the light brown color of the wood would look good with Walnut so that's what I used for the lid and feet. The bottom is the usual Aromatic Cedar. I put the fourth and final coat of Wipe-On Poly on it yesterday morning. Hinges are Brusso.
I'm still not certain of the wood type but I'm thinking it might be Chestnut. I worked with some one other time and the color is similar IIRC.
Anyway, the box is nothing really special but the wood is priceless. Karen will likely claim this one.
