Posted by bill from scotland on June 19, 2016 at 16:52:03 from (62.7.184.132):
Well this is an off topic story but I will mention is relates to a tractor shed. My youngest son gets married in a few weeks time so we needed to think up a suitable wedding gift, we decided on some money as well as something nice to present it in. The photos show interesting history behind a small family chest I made for the groom and bride to be. My sons great great grandfather purchased the farm in the photo around 80 years ago and worked it until his death (the farm buildings were erected about 1870 I think). The black pitched room building toward the right of the picture was the cart/tractor shed but about 15 years ago it became unsafe and was burned down buy my father (sons grandfather) however the chain saw was brought out and a short piece of timber saved and given to me, its been in my shed until a couple of weeks ago.That timber was used to create the main part of the chest which I dovetailed together, it was also used for the lid. One of the pictures shows the raw materials I started with a couple of weeks ago.As you will see there are a range of different species of timber used in the chest construction, dark sections were added to creat a little interest and some of this was given to me many years ago by my sons great grandfather. One of those pictures shows my sons great great grandfather (the person standing, his great grandfather, his grandfather, his father (me) and a couple of his uncles. The moulded section joining the body of the chest to the feet was created from a Cherry tree that a now old but very good friend gifted to me. The tray was made from Elm purchased by me about 25 years ago from a large estate near to where my son now lives and regularly walks his dog. The base of the tray was created from timber I saved from one of my sons beds when he was growing up. I thought it was something nice to make and present to them and hopefully can be passed down the future generations. The fact that some of the timber has already been in our family for around 80 years and that I had the privilage of putting it all together makes even more valuable to me. Hope you guys like the thoughts behind it all. Bill
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