No cutting and buffing or anything today. I did finish my Christmas present to my wife, a cool looking "antique" serving cart. She makes her own wine and can't lift the bucket full of fermenting stuff, so this will help her move it around the kitchen when she goes to racking.
I made it out of new southern yellow pine 2x4s from Lowes. In order to make it look like barn lumber, I ran the face of each board through my bandsaw with the resawing blade just skimming the face of the boards. Did the same thing with my table saw to put kerf marks on the edges. The wheels are antique derby cart wheels, and the cast iron casters and handles (actually furniture feet) are antiques,too. The handle bar came from a piece of iron pipe that had been laying in a pile outside. I trimmed down some cut nails, wobbled out ovals in the top, and hammered them in to give it an old-timey look. I antiqued all the new, shiney screws by hitting them with a wire wheel, soaking them in acid, heating with a propane torch, then soaking in hydrogen peroxide. I used lacquer based spray stain (a mix of leftovers), sealed with conversion varnish sealer, glazed with mocha, then reapplied a coat of sealer. It's under--er, beside--the Christmas tree. Knocked it out in two days.
Two more little projects to make for my mom and mother-in-law (gardening storage centers made from a pallet), then I'll be home free to work on the truck again.
I know this is not a woodworking forum, but I just wanted to share. Wish I could spray clear coat as well as I do this kind of stuff.
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