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Thank You John and RJ, glad you enjoyed the Journey!

Thank You Dave, Barb, and Denny!

Oops! I forgot to post an image of the hinges!

The Box got the treatment and that Tiger Wood never fails to impress! After the Poly is applied, I go over the Box with a Scotch-brite Pad and then apply clear Furniture Polish... It gives it a "slippery" feel, and helps to mellow that strong Poly Smell... A Tray was added inside... It is a good-sized Box, 10 1/2" x 6 1/2" x 5"... Woods used were: Tiger Wood for the sides, Ash for the top and bottom panels, Mahogany 'hardware', Chestnut for the Tray brackets, Red Oak for the Tray sides and Pine for the Tray Bottom... The doweling used to hold the Box together was store-bought Poplar... Over the Years, I've found that some Projects seem to WANT to be made and come together easily, while others do not, and fight tooth and nail to get accomplished! This Box 'wanted' to be and made a very enjoyable time of it! As always, Thank You for your Time! Any questions, comments (or even criticism!) are Welcome... 19 December 2025

All of my early supplies of wood was found wood, old furniture, dumpster diving... At one point, my Friend's Brother worked at a Glass company and brought us over the glass shipping crates, an endless supply! (The company was just throwing mountains of nice lumber into a compacting dumpster, Sinful!)

Thank You Dave!

I grew up in Manchester, N.H. and in 2001, the city had just completed building a brand-new Arena... The Arena, had been built as the Home for the Manchester Monarchs semi-professional Hockey Team, a "farm team" for the L.A. Kings... The Team took out a full-page ad in the Union Leader to announce their inaugural season and to invite Manchester to come and see them! The minute I saw the Advertisement, I said, "Wow! Now THERE'S a Pattern!!" It was, and a big one! All I had was my 18"er at that time, so it required some pretty creative cutting... Also, it has large areas of negative space and some of the cut-outs had to be taped back in place to maintain some integrity... Three were stack cut, all in plywood, a 3/16" layer and two 1/2" layers... This was the thin one... The Team Color was Royal Purple and I had some purple suede, so that was used to cover a backer board for the piece (the 3/16" plywood wanted to warp something awful!) Another case of keeping your eyes open! You never know where or when a Pattern could be waiting for you! 6 December 2025

Great Job Archer! I like the edging around it too, nice detailing

Spirithorse: This Calendar is used to mark months and will work forever... I probably added to your confusion by reversing the pictures demonstrating the month change (it was a couple years ago that the pictures were taken!) The switch was actually from Feb. 2023 to Mar. 2023, not a January to February switch... I apologize for that and corrected it... The Calendar is admittedly 'bare bones' and assumes that the owner knows the actual year, month, and day of the week... In the U.S., the months of calendars always start on Sundays and end on Saturdays, but that is not the case world-wide... but anyhow, this would work regardless of which day of the week a Calendar starts on! Don't know if I cleared that up for you or complicated it even more?

That's beautiful Jerry, so thoughtful!

Thank you Dave!

3 or 4 hours work, Poplar (I think) lettering and Yellow Birch for the Backerboard... The design was very quickly found On-line, traced onto the Wood with Carbon Paper, and cut... Went from here to here... I might do more of these... G. Washington, John Hancock had beautiful penmanship and would be some fun challenges... Funny thing, the further back you go in history, the better people's writing gets! Thanks for reading 24 November 2025

Thank You Dave and Denny! Denny: In this day and age of electronic devices, a pencil and paper still work and work quite well!

Thanks Fab4, RJ, and Jim!

Thank You all very much for your kind greetings and thoughts... I have boxes full of things that I scrolled many years ago... This doesn't account for all that I gave away over the years and what is hanging around our house! I'll probably show some of that work but mostly just to demonstrate different techniques... I'd rather do new things and try to show not only the how-to, but also the why-for as I work along... Next up, I would like to work on a small sign to share the experiences I've had making them... My hope is, is that it can help some of you with at least a new perspective... Again, Many Thanks for the Warm Welcome I've been shown here! It is very much appreciated! Michael C.