Had a new stove fitted for the winter and thought a nice item to store firewood would be a fun project. The design is heavily influenced by a Shaker designs I've seen, simply search "shaker firewood box" for ideas. It's Poplar, not something I use often and therefore the green heartwood seems kinda funky and a contrast to most the species I normally use. it remains to be seen if I think that way when it's done. Works well with hand tools which is a bonus.
What I tried here was not using a wagon vice, batten, holdfast etc for the stock prep. Seemed to work ok and seed consistent with
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and working on a bench with no hold fast holes in the top
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I also worked with the grain during the prep as there were no bad high spots and the wood seemed good "off the saw". I'm thinking that working across the grain or diagonal would normally limited to really poor stock that needs lots of input rather than good stock that needs a quick clean up? That is in contrast to what I've been doing for quite a while. I found I was able to prep boards of 12" just fine. I could of done with the planing stop being further over by and inch but not more.
Finished item should be up in a couple of weeks. Thoughts welcome.