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A kist made from recycled Douglas Fir garage doors. |
This is a project that I worked on a good while ago. That is before I started to get orders mainly for Plan Chests. The client had a couple of old garage doors. they suspected that they were Douglas Fir (Oregan Pine) but were not too sure. They were hoping that I would be able to salvage enough timber to be able to make a kist for them. As you can see from the image below image, they were in quite a state.
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The garage doors showing the reverse side of one and the front of the other. |
The emphasis was to try and retain as much of the character of the wood as possible. The design was to be a simple rustic affair with not to many embellishments.
First job was to strip them down and see what was usable and what was not. Unfortunately the planks were so damaged that the tongue and grooves had be re channeled.
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A panel after timber has been re machined and partially sanded. |
I am guessing that at some stage, after years of exposure and the grain had started to really open up the doors had been repainted. This made removing the paint really difficult. Rather than having me try to work it all out, the client decided that I should just sand them timber down as best I could and then leave the touches of green.
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Fortunately there was enough of the thicker timbers to build a frame. |
The idea to put trays in only came after I found out that there were enough off cuts to make them.
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The completed kist with one of the trays in situe. Kist yet to be varnished. |
The kist was finally finished a Satin finish from the Woodoc series of varnishes.
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All the boxes in place. |
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The final product. |
