A Shipwright in Training

Over the past month I’ve been slowly working on the tool box, so here’s how it’s shaping up. The large outer box is mahogany and the 2 smaller inner boxes are pine. The drawer fronts on the smaller boxes are an interesting wood that right now escapes me.

Here you can see the top has been finished with tung oil.  It’s a raised panel surrounded by a 3/4″ edge of curly maple and then mahogany.

The main box hasn’t yet been oiled up.  That’s a job for the next few days.  It’ll have a tung oil sealer and a poly / oil topcoat.

Here are the inner boxes. They haven’t been finished yet either and the little drawer pulls aren’t installed yet. I’m going to scratch a thin bead around the edge of each drawer.  I love the front wood, and it looks amazing once you oil it.  Always more to do…