Orphaned Oak
Small chest with iron fittings
This is a small oak chest with iron nails and hinges. It started life, as usual, with an old orphaned dining tabletop. After cleaning and cutting to size, I marked out some cutouts for hand grips.
This is a small oak chest with iron nails and hinges. It started life, as usual, with an old orphaned dining tabletop. After cleaning and cutting to size, I made some cutouts for hand grips.
Here the pieces are ready for fitting together to make the basic box.
Upside down, so I can mark out the corner joints, and measure up for bottom pieces.
The chest is starting to take shape, with a bottom fitted. I made a lid for the chest from a piece of oak taken from a bookcase made by Jessop's in 1919, and I thought a 100-year-old piece of oak was a nice finishing touch.
The first coat of wax is applied now.
I fixed the lid with iron nails and hand-wrought hinges.
More coats of wax and the box is ready for use.
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