Stained – though not as much as my hands are.
There are some neoprene gloves under the clutter somewhere, I was in too much of a hurry to find them.
I am guessing there was a dresser casualty in the history of the house – there is at least one dresser with these exact drawer pulls, but these pulls were scattered between various boxes in the basement. The antique drawer pull as a handle made for a nice touch.
I realized at this point that my hinges weren’t actually brass, nor was the latch I had picked out. So, I went poking around and found this site, which I may or may not use. I still have some price shopping to do, and things bought locally don’t have shipping delays.
I have some decorative brass corners, which may or may not go onto the box – I think I may want something more decorative or more basic than what I have – and not the halfway ornate designs I have handy. I think I like CP-19 from this page
I also need to figure out how to make my stained finish glossy without the use of polyurethane. I am guessing there is some sort of wax I can rub and buff it with; I’ll ask Craig or dial my dad when I get to that point.
This, turned out to be more work than expected, though I am sure I could make another one in half the time.I did some major overkill on the doweling, which is the main thing I would have done differently in retrospect.
A lot of times, the problem with my projects is that I have no idea what I have in mind when I start them, they just sort of take shape as I go – and I figure things out through trial and error rather than looking them up previously.
I think I want to make it so it can be carried on leather straps, as an equipment "bag". It is big enough for an SLR camera with attached lense, but not extra lenses – I suppose I will also have to craft some equipment to carry in it :/
If you would like to see step by step progress, you can view the old pics in older posts, or go to my flickr account. It may interest some of you DYIers out there, might not.
… Just keep in mind that I am an untrained professional, and quite reckless. So I urge everyone to never do anything I do, or in the way I do it.