Projects for all you woodworkers !GOT THE CHERRY FLOOR DONE FOR MY BOX

just got the planks and cab surround back for my rpu , a good friend of mine's dad is one hell of a woodworker and did them for me out of cherry ! cant wait to get the holes drilled in them and shoot some clear over them to bring the color to life ! big thanks to mark wagner gonna have to take him a couple more 30 packs of old style !

 

that's gonna be nice...update with pix after the holes and clear goes on 'em

 

wood..

does wood grow on trees?

lookin good...

 

You get Old Style in 30 packs!? I am jealous!

Wood looks nice too.

 

Very nice, I've got a little woodworking side business building some custom hutches & stuff, Cherry is beautiful, just remember that it darkens with age so just clear it but dont use any stain!!!!

Oldschool66

 

I love a cherry box! They're the best.

 

UV Clear would be a good idea.

Make sure you do both sides.

 

Dunno, only got to try one once

 

Just a word about putting clear over the wood.

Take a very wet rag,
Take a hot iron, like for ironing clothes.
Take your time.

First, wet the wood down one side at a time with the rag.
Second, go over the wet wood with the iron till its dry. This will raise the grain,
Third, sand the grain down smooth, 320 grit, then 400, its now ready to clear coat.

If you do this, when you apply your clear it will lay down nice and the grain wont swell, so you get a slick clear coat.

 

if you have never tried Tungoil please try some it is the best finish for any wood also can be touched up or more finish added .....

 

more tungoil try it you'll like it this photo i was trying to find ...wheels walnut...train cars oak ....letters birdseye maple...'track' shelf pine...all6 coats tungoil

 

Better be carefull using 'cherry' and 'box' in the same sentence around here!

 

Holy **** thats nice

 

Nice 200x.. or is that a 350x?

 

All wood is good. Beautiful wood is gooder.

 

thats actually my 250sx river runner ! thanks for noticing though , tore it all down to powdercoat the frame and put new plastic on it a couple years ago ! the color scheme fools alot of people !

 

The white fender threw me off. Three wheelers (and '80s honda 4-wheelers) are my "other" weakness. I've got an '85 250 sx... '82 big red..'83 atc70.. '86 trx200sx.. '85 trx125... yamaha 225dx "barn find".. still looking for a good 200x though.

Brian

 

Nice. Cherry does darken and mellow beautifully, if you like in now, wait a couple of years! I'm considering cherry for the bed floor in my Diamond T pickup, but I have a black walnut log I'm going to have sawn up, that would make a pretty wild looking bed floor too. Either one will be to pretty to put anything on...