with great difficulty and a quite a few attempts . if i was ever to try and do another one i would use a pen kit that is a bigger diameter brass barrel . same with the corn cob ones i have made you have to make 10 to get one good one .
johno
Ok if no one is going to post metal projects you going to have to look at wood.
Building two Mahogany machinists chests. No front door, I never close them and no top compartment, in my case they just collect junk.
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Lookin good so far and I agree about the top!
Nice looking chest. Mahogany lumber possibly? Lots of jointer chips on the floor there hopefully not a smoker
Harold
Only two Greg? Why aren't you making one for yourself.
Good idea on the doors. Less wight means it will be cheaper to send to me
Well travelled mahogany Harold. I bought it back here in the 80's and hauled it all over the prairies when I lived out there. Used some and was saving the rest for a special project. Decided it sat long enough and this was going to be the project to get it out of my shop. Was a little painful ripping 20 inch wide boards to make a 10 inch deep cabinet.
Shavings and sawdust mustn't be as flammable as people think, haven't burnt a shop down yet.
Yah two, thought you only wanted one Darren.
Fine - I'll settle for one
I may or may not have mentioned that I work at our athletic club -- the South End Rowing Club in San Francisco, since 1873 -- repairing our fleet of antique wooden boats.
We jealously protect some of the lumber in these boats -- our 6-seat sweep-rigged racing barge has a "foot board" which is nearly 40 feet long, 18" wide and absolutely clear Alaska Cedar. You just can't get wood like that anymore.
Greg, I certainly understand the butt-clenching moment ripping that kind of lumber knowing you'll never have a piece like that again.
These were book matched boards 17 feet long to start with. Had to cut them into 4 foot lengths to haul them back to Alberta in the wife's Bronco.
Gosh Al, I didn't know you were SO old - working there since 1873 - that's some time in work .... :)