After 8 coats of Danish oil over the past three weeks, the tool chest has really slowed down drinking the finish and I have decided to reassemble it and load it up with my collection of antique wooden planes. I still have to make the rope handles and a leather strap for the lid stay before I can call it done. #ToolChest #HandToolsOnly #WhitePine #Pine #CanaryWood #Woodworking
The 18th-century carpenter tool chest needed a lid stay, but I felt the Brass chain type did not fit the strap hinges, so I started thinking of using rope or leather. Linda generously offered the first leather belt she ever made, complete with nice decorative stamps and after the initial fear of destroying that first piece of artwork, I fell in love with the idea of integrating it into my chest; I’ll think of her every time I open it. #ToolChest #HandToolsOnly #WhitePine #Pine #CanaryWood #Woodworking
