I received an order from the bartender at Hannons Irish Pub to make a liquor box but it need to have their name and the date the pub was established with the 30th anniversary also on front. The bartender wants to place a top shelf vodka inside. So I thought about this and build a box with finger joints however I built the fingers to stick out to resemble the tops of old Irish castles and their look out fingers. Then looked at the pubs Website and saved their name. Then I took a trip down to my graphics designer and told her what I needed, how I wanted it laid out, and gave her the pubs name off their Website. She sent me a proof and the she sent it to my laser guy. Meanwhile, as this was happening I was making the box.then took the parts down to my laser guy and he burned in the design. After the assembly was done I took my chisel and put some chamfers on the fingers. I also did a small chamfer around the fingers to really make them stand out. I also forgot to mention that I put a surprise on the side of the box.
well for the finish two coats of tung. Then let it sit for two days gave it a good rub out and the two coats of sprayed laquare. Then I brought out the plane and shaved some cherry for protection around the bottle.
Heres the pictures.
Jeff Vandenberg aka "Woodsconsin"
Nice work Jeff. I like the technique on the fingers.
Mike
Mike - Waukesha, WI
Beautiful Jeff, as is all you work.
Jack
Thanks guys put many hours in on the fingers and caught my index finger four times with the darn chisel. Yep wasn’t to bright.
Jeff Vandenberg aka "Woodsconsin"
Wow! That is awesome!!!!
Keith "Shin" Schindler