Well hope all had a great Holiday season! My son is in the Army and is a EOD which is a bomb tech. He's a devout shooting nut, and is working with guns all the time. I had not seen him in a year since last Christmas.
He was in for most of December, and asked if I had any scrap wood he could use to make a bench organizer for his reloading and gun tools and making circuits for his work, for his bench. He'd come up with a design. Loving the opportunity to do something with him, I decided to kick it up a notch.
So we got some cherry ply, and I pulled some cherry stock out of my pile. After gluing up the bottom edging, thought to myself that's not enough. So, decided for the top's, to use the morticer to put some squares on a 45 to form diamonds and attach with screws, and plug with walnut. Have to admit looked good
My son's design, had little trays or boxes in the top to hold this and that. I decided that was not enough, so put some boxes together that slip in and out.
finally what to do for the box lids. Plain old cherry just did not seem enough, so I dug a piece of bubinga veneer and attached to some 1/2" ply and wrapped in cherry.
Topped it off Charles Neil's cherry dye mix of general finishes dyes blended, and for top coat, general finishes high performance satin.
He did a good portion of the work and gained an appreciation on what sanding really is all about. He also learned that cherry ply if sanded too much will sand through. Had a couple oops's but not bad and he truly loved it and said it was way above what he ever imagined it would be. We made two. He wanted to give one to his team leader who has done so much for him and will love it too.
For the final touch, signed both copies with both our names and the date. Was a great time I will treasure, and he can have that for long after i'm worm bait.
Pic's of the finished project.
https://flic.kr/s/aHsk6QhC2G
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Originally Posted by Ellen Benkin
