Furnished content.
(from Lumberjocks.com)
After a failed attempt at making a more traditional box (cutting it into pieces, fitting them together… as I've mentioned earlier, I've never met a right angle I couldn't make wrong)... I went at the box process again the same way I did on the box I most recently posted.Besides using a Sawzall, rather than a pruning saw, for cutting out the box shape, my process was pretty much the same.However, I did try a new technique on the finish. To keep the wood from getting really dark, I first applied a dead flat varnish. Once it dried, I applied my polyurethane. Admittedly, I read about applying the dead flat varnish first on some helpful dude's blog.You can read it: hereI was amazed at how well the dead flat varnish not only didn't darken the wood when I applied it but, after it dried, it also kept my high gloss poly from darkening the wood.Here's the finished box:
By the way, my wife is out of town for work, so that should explain all the time for woodworking. Come Tuesday, I'll be cleaning the house vigorously. The kids and I have been pretty feral for the last couple days.