Firewood box

[bobtskutter]

We had our living room re-decorated and I wanted to smarten up and old wooden box I'd nailed together made a long time ago (pre Festool).
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I'd been given some old broken teak patio furniture for firewood and I thought it might be nice to combine the two.
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I broke up the patio chairs and used the seat and back strips to make edging for the wooden box.  I glued some of the strips together to make a large board about 25mm thick and 400mm long.  I leveled the homemade board with a router sled then cut it in half and dominoed / glued it to the pine box.  I used a router template to trim the ends and cut the handles.
The ends of the box are glued and through dominoed to the sides, there are no screws or nails in the build.  I wanted to practice with glue / dominoes and clamps.  I'm not sure how strong the handles will be but it's going to spend most of its time next to the stove.
The box is finished with two coats of PolyX and polished with a cloth on the Rotex.
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I enjoyed making the box, it gives me something to put all my precision cut firewood into (before it goes in the stove)  [big grin]

Regards
Bob
(edited to correct stupid typing mistakes)

 

[Crazyraceguy]

Precision-cut firewood... [eek]
That's a fun way to describe mis-cuts.

Good looking project though. Making the holes in the hand-holds would probably make them stronger, but as long as there isn't a side impact, it should be fine.

 

[bobtskutter]

Thanks very much!
Regards
Bob

 

[woodbutcherbower]

That looks super, Bob !!! What a transformation, and a whole new lease of life for something which many others would have just smashed up and burned. Props to your environmentally-conscious credentials.

I’ve never had a glued butt joint fail in over 3 decades. I’ve always used biscuits rather than Dominoes just to align stuff like this - but I’m quite sure sure that Dominoes would produce an even stronger joint. A DF700 as a treat to myself one day maybe, once I eventually get tired of doing everything using traditional mortise & tenons.

It’s all about using the right adhesive in the right quantity at the right temperature, then getting everything aligned and clamped up as tightly as possible as I’m sure you’ll know. Well done again on making such a lovely little thing.

Kevin

 

[bobtskutter]

Thanks for the kind words, very much appreciated.
I'd not considered glue temperature, I must be careful of that in my cold UK garage...maybe I need to get some heating in there.
Regards
Bob

 

[Vtshopdog]

Nice project - repurposing old wood can be wonderful.

 

[Peter Kelly]

Precision-cut firewood... [eek]

Defenitely a thing in some places.

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[rst]

Not on wood topic but regarding precision.  When I was 13-15, in early to mid 60's, my father was stationed at Hahn Air Base, Germany, a fighter/tactical nuke base.  We lived in a small village off base.  On the road to the base we would pass a small farm.  Often the house was on the second floor above the stable.  The old German that lived there kept his manure pile next to the house.  With atypical precision, even for Germans, he had a pair of wooden boxes that he attached to his boots and he would tamp down [eek] the pile and it was perfectly flat and square.

 

[woodbutcherbower]

Thanks for the kind words, very much appreciated.
I'd not considered glue temperature, I must be careful of that in my cold UK garage...maybe I need to get some heating in there.
Regards
Bob

You're very welcome mate. Yep - you have to be careful. Many glues either won't set, or turn to chalk below 10 degrees C. Since I do this for a living and can't take the risk of a failed joint, I have a woodburning stove in my workshop plus a thermometer. First job every winter's morning is to get the stove on for an hour to warm up the air, the glue and the material. Titebond III is the worst affected - it just crumbles. But to be fair to all of the manufacturers - this is all stated clearly on their spec sheets and on the side of the bottle. If you have no choice but to glue up in the cold - PU glue is really the only way. But it's horrible to use.

All the best
Kevin

 

[rvieceli]

My shop is small about 400 square feet. I insulated it. I stuck a 5000 btu electric heater in there and keep it on just enough in the winter to be bit above freezing all the time. I don’t have to bring the glue in n the house that way.

Ron