Busy day in the shop

[steven c newman]

New batteries in the camera....
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After using the shoulder plane to fit the lip to the lid.
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Hinges installed..
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Latch installed. Tools?
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Push drill for the pilot holes, spokeshave for detail work. Shoulder plane is by Ohio Tool Co.
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I try to select plywood with decent grain....
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This is the repaired end. Repair is along the bottom edge..
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Front view, with the non-repaired end. Has the first coat of The Infamous Witch's Brew. Need to rub this out, and apply a second coat.....later.
Started out with a resawn 4 x 4 pine scrap, and some scrap plywood. Not too bad?

[steven c newman]

Letting the "Brew" cure out for a day or two.....BLO seems to take a while...

Trip to the Blue Store today, bought a couple 1 x 4 x 24" Poplar boards....next project.

Will try something...a little different....stay tuned.

[John C Cox]

I was not expecting to see pictures of a plane when the subject was "going at a box with a 45".... Let's just say I was expecting a perforated box with a lot of chip out... Not neat chamfers.

My 45 doesn't leave neat chamfers

[steven c newman]

Happens when the 45 was made by Stanley, and not by Colt....

[Stew Denton]

Hi Steven,

+1 on what Jim said. Using the 45 to separate the two halves of the box is a great idea, and I would not have thought of it! The witches brew came through, I like the way it does with the grain and makes the fir (or pine) look good. I like Danish oil for the same reason, nice what it does to the look of those types of lumber. That is a nice looking piece of ply for the top.

If I had a dungeon shop and the 45 I used was a Colt instead of a Stanley, I could get in a great deal of trouble with the better half, even if the Colt doesn't chip out as much as the Stanley.

Stew