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I may have already mentioned that this box design is a very popular design and has done well for me, this is just one out of the three that I started on the workbench.
The wood I used in making this box is Arizona Ash, but.. only with my special touch did it come out looking the way it does, I found several of these logs laying curb side ready for land fill still green, I picked them up and tossed them in the back of my truck, this was a few years back, once I got them home, I placed several of them in my spalting pile, there they sat for right around 2 years and this was the outcome I created with the effort of my nurturing them, keeping them covered with black plastic and keeping them moist with the water hose.
Arizona Ash, back in the 80s in the area I live in became popular around the neighborhoods as it provided fast growth along with shade but little did builders know they are notorious for cracking foundations, they have a top ground root system thus they stopped planting them long ago but are deemed a trash tree with a life span of around 20 years, so these days I'm always on the prowl when large brush pick up from the city comes around.
This is a lidless box, the outer walls are Spalted Arizona Ash with Walnut used for the splines, drawer pulls and the lift out tray on top the inner part of the box is made from alder, it has three large drawers with open top trays, three lift out trays, one large tray is hidden under a false bottom door that is access by the smaller tray in the lower right drawer of the box by way of magnets, once the large hidden tray is remove it reveals yet another large hidden area, the top left drawer has a hidden drawer in the back of it.
Measurements are 12" x 7 1/2" x 7 1/2" it is finished in a single coat of tung oil, 2 coats (my mix) wipe on poly satin finish and a final coat of paste wax.
Thanks for looking and comments are always enjoyed and replied too.
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The wood I used in making this box is Arizona Ash, but.. only with my special touch did it come out looking the way it does, I found several of these logs laying curb side ready for land fill still green, I picked them up and tossed them in the back of my truck, this was a few years back, once I got them home, I placed several of them in my spalting pile, there they sat for right around 2 years and this was the outcome I created with the effort of my nurturing them, keeping them covered with black plastic and keeping them moist with the water hose.
Arizona Ash, back in the 80s in the area I live in became popular around the neighborhoods as it provided fast growth along with shade but little did builders know they are notorious for cracking foundations, they have a top ground root system thus they stopped planting them long ago but are deemed a trash tree with a life span of around 20 years, so these days I'm always on the prowl when large brush pick up from the city comes around.
This is a lidless box, the outer walls are Spalted Arizona Ash with Walnut used for the splines, drawer pulls and the lift out tray on top the inner part of the box is made from alder, it has three large drawers with open top trays, three lift out trays, one large tray is hidden under a false bottom door that is access by the smaller tray in the lower right drawer of the box by way of magnets, once the large hidden tray is remove it reveals yet another large hidden area, the top left drawer has a hidden drawer in the back of it.
Measurements are 12" x 7 1/2" x 7 1/2" it is finished in a single coat of tung oil, 2 coats (my mix) wipe on poly satin finish and a final coat of paste wax.
Thanks for looking and comments are always enjoyed and replied too.
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