About a week or so before Christmas I had a customer bring me a old gray barn board and ask me to make him two boxes from it if I could. The board was from a barn on the old family farm down around Dillon, SC. He wanted the boxes for some of his father or grandfather's war medals that he was passing on to his children. The following was the result of about two hours work. My only reqret is that I didn't take a pic of the board before I started. You'll just have to imagine a gray weathered board.
The wood turned out to be some very red, tight grained heart pine. Box size was approx. 5" x 10". Top and sides milled to 3/8" and the bottom to 1/4". Box joints, beveled top, natural color with lacquer clear coat.
The piece of wood behind them is what I had left over. On projects like this you never know what you will have to work with, esp with a very limited amount of wood. I was pleased and more importantly the customer was pleased.
The wood turned out to be some very red, tight grained heart pine. Box size was approx. 5" x 10". Top and sides milled to 3/8" and the bottom to 1/4". Box joints, beveled top, natural color with lacquer clear coat.
The piece of wood behind them is what I had left over. On projects like this you never know what you will have to work with, esp with a very limited amount of wood. I was pleased and more importantly the customer was pleased.
