The Woodshop Shed

Flag Case

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I made this cherry flag case for the relative of a friend to honor a family veteran. The case is 26 x 17 and uses simple mitered corners and slip tenons (I think) to reinforce the corners of the removeable front. The finish was 5 wiped on coats of Waterlox OSF, and it could have used several more as that stuff is very thin, followed by rubbing the outside with brass wool to get a satin sheen. I must say, though, Waterlox looks great on cherry.



The front attaches to the case with dowel locators and magnets set into both the case and front. My CNC made that much easier than if I had had to do that by hand.

The glass shop used every bit of the overage tolerance allowed. It is a very close fit. The edges are seamed to avoid getting cut when handling the glass. As you can see, there are keyholes in the back so the case can be hung vertically or horizontally. The inner partition will be covered with whatever cloth the owner wants.

John

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Remember the 3D chessboard I made a while ago? Now the chess pieces

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I finished up the chess pieces for the board I made a month or so ago. I thought about turning them on the lathe, but since some of them would be extremely small, I went the modern route. I somewhat copied what this guy did:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW6P9rNeIYk

The wood is white cedar (from an old fence post...never throw ANYTHING out!!!) and some 8/4 cherry leftovers. I weighted each piece with a 1" pieces of steel.


The style isn't my favorite, but it was fun whipping them out.

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