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This project has been keeping me busy, so when not at work I am in the shop. I am about to see the light at the end of the tunnel, hopefully the last 5 will be finished by Thursday night. I have made 10 of these 24X24 boxes. A friend wants them to stack in her kids toy room so she could fill baskets with toys and then slde them into the boxes. I think she wants 5 or 10 more. It is time consumming and I have sanded till I am tired of sanding.
I also trimmed them out with some of the different woods I have collected from Pallet Wood. I have used Oak, Ash, Lace Wood, I even found some Walnut and what looks like maple. Since I make all of my own trim the Pallet wood comes in handy.
Here are some pics of the 5 not completed. I am going to try a homemade prestain wood Conditioner (because this stuff is not cheap at $10 a quart), Special Walnut stain and Spar Urethane. I sanded all of the plywood with 100 then 120. I use 1 to 2 coats of thinned Spar. I thin it 70/30 and if it needs a second coat I will thin 60/40 and it goes on good. I tried using it with out thinning and I did not like the way it turned out. I will post more pics when we get these other 5 stacked together. So far I have spent about $200 on this and alot time but it has been fun. It has taken me about 5 or 6 weeks because of work and allergies. All 4 edges are lap jointed, glued and stapled.
I also threw in the pic of my new router mounted in the table.
Here are some pics of the 5 not completed. I am going to try a homemade prestain wood Conditioner (because this stuff is not cheap at $10 a quart), Special Walnut stain and Spar Urethane. I sanded all of the plywood with 100 then 120. I use 1 to 2 coats of thinned Spar. I thin it 70/30 and if it needs a second coat I will thin 60/40 and it goes on good. I tried using it with out thinning and I did not like the way it turned out. I will post more pics when we get these other 5 stacked together. So far I have spent about $200 on this and alot time but it has been fun. It has taken me about 5 or 6 weeks because of work and allergies. All 4 edges are lap jointed, glued and stapled.
I also threw in the pic of my new router mounted in the table.
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