Sunday, February 22, 2015

Portable wooden tack box

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Before leaving for the sea last time, Gustav started making a tack box for his grooming supplies for the horse. He wanted to try his hands ...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

New tool chest for the sea 10, the interior and thoughts regarding the build.

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The interior of the chest: 11 cm (4.5") above the bottom of the chest there are two small strips of wood running the entire length. ...
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

New tool chest for the sea 9, the completed chest.

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After letting the paint dry for two days, I decided to use Sunday evening to mount the hardware on the outside of the chest. At first I re...
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Friday, February 6, 2015

New tool chest for the sea 8, green paint and tills

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Yesterday one of the able bodied seamen found the missing green paint, so I immediately started humming the old song by "The Everly bro...
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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

New tool chest for the sea 7, lid stay or dust seal?

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I had installed a newly purchased lid stay on the chest. At first I thought that it was cool. then after looking a bit at it I found that it...
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Monday, February 2, 2015

New tool chest for the sea 6, the lock

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The other day I went for a walk in the city of Las Palmas on the Canary Islands. I  didn't  just wander aimlessly about, no – I was sea...
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Thursday, January 29, 2015

New tool chest for the sea 5, the lid.

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After the grooving of the frame parts in the last post about this build, I continued with the fabrication of 4 mitred bridle joints. I sawe...
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