The Woodshop Shed

Honey Locust Shadowbox

Furnished content.
(from Lumberjocks.com)


An Airman, of whom I was his first supervisor, contacted me about building him a shadowbox for his retirement. I told him I would be honored to build it for him and we started discussing about what kind of wood he wanted. After showing him the other shadowboxes I had built he was still undecided so I sent him a picture of the box I built for my father and upon seeing it, knew that he wanted his built from honey locust. We both agreed that it was something that neither of us had seen at a retirement ceremony as everyone typically sticks with the standard maple, cherry, or walnut; not that there is anything wrong with any of those but when it's something no one has ever seen then it seems a little more special. This was the first time I chalked out the “useable” sections from the rough cut lumber and I can honestly say, I'll be doing a lot more of that! The edges were waterfalled and the whole thing was sealed with boiled linseed oil to bring out the warmth of the honey locust and four coats of poly to seal it. To say this Air Force jump team member was on cloud nine when he saw it would be an understatement. I do have to admit that I feel old as former first troops are nearing their retirements but it's still an honor to build their shadowboxes for them.

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