Several months ago my dad asked me to build a box to store his gun cleaning supplies. I put it off for a bit and he never mentioned it again. That really left the ball in my court. In between a couple paid jobs I decided to start on the project. I rarely work on pieces this small, most of my stuff is furniture and cabinetry, but the change of pace was fun.
I tried something a little different - I raised the panels on the table saw, all the other past panels I have made I have used a router table. The pieces, both mitered and straight, are joined using about a bajillion of the smallest (4 mm?) dominos.
The wood is sapele, which I found twists the second it goes through the saw, but is otherwise very pleasant to work with. Luckily, I don't have to do the finish work. My dad is a real artist when it comes to finishing, he spent years refinishing high-end gun stocks as a side business, so I'm positive he will do a great job.
Maybe I could call it his Father's Day gift, since I'm 43 and he's 73, it's a little trickier to buy him a gift.
I tried something a little different - I raised the panels on the table saw, all the other past panels I have made I have used a router table. The pieces, both mitered and straight, are joined using about a bajillion of the smallest (4 mm?) dominos.
The wood is sapele, which I found twists the second it goes through the saw, but is otherwise very pleasant to work with. Luckily, I don't have to do the finish work. My dad is a real artist when it comes to finishing, he spent years refinishing high-end gun stocks as a side business, so I'm positive he will do a great job.
Maybe I could call it his Father's Day gift, since I'm 43 and he's 73, it's a little trickier to buy him a gift.
