Military Retirement Shadowbox

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1 Up-front Work

Last July, my sister sent me a message that my BIL, a Navy Diver, was going to retire in March.  She said he wanted a custom shadowbox and didn't l...

2 Lost a Weekend 😣

Well, I didn't really have the whole weekend but I had most of the day Saturday and a couple hours Sunday.  My goal was to get all my boards milled...

3 Scope Creep

Scope Creep is a common term in my line of work.  It means someone tells you they want something.  So you do the design work and present it.  Then ...

4 Rippin', Shootin' & Boxin'

My goals for this weekend were to get the boards for my mom's flag box thicknessed and get all the boards for both projects ripped to width.  Then ...

5 Making Progress

When I left off, I had the case members cut, box joints cut and the case dry fit.  Next up was the plywood back.  I cut it the first piece to lengt...

6 Running Down to the Wire... As Usual

Seems like no matter when I start a project it never gets done before it has to...  Progress has been slow the past couple weeks.  One weekend we h...

7 Final Stages

I got the bulk of the work finished up this weekend.  I started with a dry fit of the case and then used it to cut the door members to length.  The...