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    'Grumpy old bastid' kb2vxa's Avatar
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    Nice work, really great job. When I was a plant electrician in a custom kitchen shop with all the woodworking tools at my disposal I made this little box for my important papers, but you did it 100 times over. Just one question, I've never seen a canvas covered chest before so why did you do it? Was it so brittle a nice cedar veneer with sprayed on clear lacquer wouldn't do? BTW the box is luan plywood sprayed with medium pine stain and sprayed again with clear lacquer that was shiny about 30 years ago.
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    The wood was very brittle, almost at the point of "powdering" with any forceful contact. I bought some sheer muslin cloth for the inside, but that wouldn't do, so very thin cedar was the next choice. As far as the canvas on the outside, it was used for reinforcement. I shellacked it for more firmness/support. The cedar on the inside has not finish on it, so that a sanding will bring the cedar smell back out.
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    'Grumpy old bastid' kb2vxa's Avatar
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    Oh, I kinda figured there was a reason for a large, rigid canvas sack that smells like cedar. (;->)
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