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A few of the new wooden boxes fresh from the shop. These are still one ups, but I'm planning a 'lot' run.
For the most part, same ol' same ol'.. but to the top right is a set of two white oak shot 'glasses'. I tested them each... twice from a twenty five year old bottle of Gentleman Jack. No leaks... course they didn't sit around long... but in theory if a bit of liquid did escape into the joinery it should swell the wood and close itself. It is made by cutting the joints tight enough so they have to be pounded together. Cyano acrylate wicks in and seal and bonds the wood. A snugly cut rabbeted bottom with stylish little feet molded in keeps your little dose a poison up above the din. I have a feeling that these are 'my' new shot glasses as they have not garnered much interest in the web store.. but fine they are in an odd way.. They harken back to a time when liquid in wooden vessels was a common thing and to tip the glass and sip from the corner seemed elegant enough or something.. that my little finger kept wanting to pop up as if I was drinking tea!
Also note worthy.. and new for me, is the notion of Three boxes in one. If it takes six 'boards' to make one box.. but only ten to make what amounts to three... Let's see>counting on fingers< well I'm not good at math but it seems like almost half the parts go away. If I only cut the price by a quarter.. that is like getting paid twenty five percent for wood parts you didn't even use! Hhmm. Grist for the mill. That can't be right!>turning pockets inside out<
Being in a chatty mood I might also mention that some of this here wood is from a building made in 1790. Top left center is a three tray box made from white oak studs and the chestnut cover is wall sheathing. The white oak sides of the three compartment box is from a purlin perhaps? I got the wood in a pile so I guess based on the original cut size. The school building was, as I understand it, built on or about 1790.. then moved after the Civil War down the road to become the addition to a house. At the end of the twentieth century it was demolished to make way for new but many pieces of the building were saved and a few made it to my shop. It is interesting to note that the chestnut and white oak in that building looks old being darkened so much through time. Cut into it and it is still rich and dark. Also in this old building was ash and red oak. These woods when cut and planed and except for seeming to be extra dry and light are only modestly richer in look than wood I sawed just last year. It seems these builders were not wood snobs but they did choose wood with purpose. The frame was oak, white mostly, Red was used more in the roof it seems. The sheathing was chestnut, and throughout, various other woods made it in for different uses. Perhaps some of the wood is not original to 1790 but was added in the addition phase of it's lifespan.
I wasted a few 10' saw blades and ruined a set of planer knives to get an incredibly small pile of really neat wood that will be showing up in various items, a small chestnut figure carving is almost done too, coming soon. I have not dealt with a stack of extra 'nail-ly' boards yet so they sit waiting.
Wooden boxes pay my way to some degree so I can carve odd unsaleable things!

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A few of the new wooden boxes fresh from the shop. These are still one ups, but I'm planning a 'lot' run.
For the most part, same ol' same ol'.. but to the top right is a set of two white oak shot 'glasses'. I tested them each... twice from a twenty five year old bottle of Gentleman Jack. No leaks... course they didn't sit around long... but in theory if a bit of liquid did escape into the joinery it should swell the wood and close itself. It is made by cutting the joints tight enough so they have to be pounded together. Cyano acrylate wicks in and seal and bonds the wood. A snugly cut rabbeted bottom with stylish little feet molded in keeps your little dose a poison up above the din. I have a feeling that these are 'my' new shot glasses as they have not garnered much interest in the web store.. but fine they are in an odd way.. They harken back to a time when liquid in wooden vessels was a common thing and to tip the glass and sip from the corner seemed elegant enough or something.. that my little finger kept wanting to pop up as if I was drinking tea!
Also note worthy.. and new for me, is the notion of Three boxes in one. If it takes six 'boards' to make one box.. but only ten to make what amounts to three... Let's see>counting on fingers< well I'm not good at math but it seems like almost half the parts go away. If I only cut the price by a quarter.. that is like getting paid twenty five percent for wood parts you didn't even use! Hhmm. Grist for the mill. That can't be right!>turning pockets inside out<
Being in a chatty mood I might also mention that some of this here wood is from a building made in 1790. Top left center is a three tray box made from white oak studs and the chestnut cover is wall sheathing. The white oak sides of the three compartment box is from a purlin perhaps? I got the wood in a pile so I guess based on the original cut size. The school building was, as I understand it, built on or about 1790.. then moved after the Civil War down the road to become the addition to a house. At the end of the twentieth century it was demolished to make way for new but many pieces of the building were saved and a few made it to my shop. It is interesting to note that the chestnut and white oak in that building looks old being darkened so much through time. Cut into it and it is still rich and dark. Also in this old building was ash and red oak. These woods when cut and planed and except for seeming to be extra dry and light are only modestly richer in look than wood I sawed just last year. It seems these builders were not wood snobs but they did choose wood with purpose. The frame was oak, white mostly, Red was used more in the roof it seems. The sheathing was chestnut, and throughout, various other woods made it in for different uses. Perhaps some of the wood is not original to 1790 but was added in the addition phase of it's lifespan.
I wasted a few 10' saw blades and ruined a set of planer knives to get an incredibly small pile of really neat wood that will be showing up in various items, a small chestnut figure carving is almost done too, coming soon. I have not dealt with a stack of extra 'nail-ly' boards yet so they sit waiting.
Wooden boxes pay my way to some degree so I can carve odd unsaleable things!