Rifle Display Box

[RichJD13]

I was contacted by a member of the forum here to make him a custom display shadow box for his "retired" rifle and shot gun. Well I FINALLY got started on the displays, and I figure I'll post some pictures on here so he can see the progress as it's made.

Heres the basic concept of what I'm making. These boxes are a little different, and one a bit more intricate, but the concept is basically the same to give y'all an idea:

Cut dados for splines to joint the curly maple and walnut for the rifle background:

Cut splines:

Joining maple and walnut:

Glued, clamped and drying:

A little mineral spirit to preview what it'll look like:

Backboard glued and rough sanded:

Shotgun backboard planed and rough sanded:

Finish sanded with some mineral spirits:

 

[FEENIX]

Sweet! Thanks for sharing.

 

[dig]

The contrast is awesome. Great work.

 

[CB11WYO]

Purdy! Great work!

 

[RichJD13]

Hey y'all, thanks for the compliments.

Got some more work done today, doesn't look like much, but a day's worth of sanding is a lot in my book lol. I know I'll be feeling it tomorrow. I applied it's first coat of boiled linseed oil, and it's really starting to look like something. The wood is coming alive. I tried to shoot a video to capture how the light plays off of the curly maple's chatoyance, but it really doesn't do it justice.

Backboard #1:

Video Clicky

Backboard #2:

 

[Joel Russo]

Very nice work, I always appreciate fine woodworking. It is very difficult to capture the beauty of Maple in a photo, unless you have professional lightning capabilities.

 

[RichJD13]

So you're saying I'm out of luck with my shop lights and an iPhone?

 

[Joel Russo]

So you're saying I'm out of luck with my shop lights and an iPhone?

Fluorescent lights are tough... The oil will make it easier to capture the figure.
Good pictures nevertheless...