Six Board Chest

The Six Board Feast Box and Heraldic Challenge

Starting work on my six board chest that was made by Sir Callum MacLeod, this is going to be used as a feast box for my wife and I. The plan for the chest is to oil and sand down the outside to give it a silk smooth finish, add strap hinges to the lid and then corner straps ( two on each) to cover up the nails and finally fabricate the handles and locking plate to finish off the external fittings.

Internally:

 I'll be designing a layout that allows for the fitting of plates, bowls, cups and cutlery. Taking into account ease of access and security during transport. These will most likely be made of the same pine as the board and fixed into place with finishing nails and glue.

External Decorations:

As this box will be using by both my wife and I, I'll be painting both of our devices on the front of the chest (hers on the right, mine on the left) and a family badge in the center on the top.

Part One: External Finish

This is the raw pine finish as i got it from Sir Callum

 The raw pine look is nice, but I would like something with a little more character. To do with I used an finishing oil called "Penetrol" it is designed to soak into the wood and bring the grain out, as well as sealing it.

Showing the oil used to bring out the grain and finish the outside. 

There are a number of ways the oil can be used, for my personal preference I have chosen to paint on two coats allowing the oil to fully soak in and then using a 400 grit sand paper ill sand in 2 more.

First coat of two, painted on and let to soak in.

After two coats of oil painted on, the grain is slowly coming through.

Same photo as the last but with out the flash so that you can see the honey colour.

You can see the oil starting to lift out the grain of the wood as well as giving it a slight honey tint.










After the two coats have been painted on the grain is starting to look great but the finish is still to rough.

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