This is my first DIY!
I recently discovered the Japanese technique of Shou sugi ban.This technique involves burning wood to a char to preserve it from insects, water and corrosion. I decided to give it a try myself so I took a pine 1x12 (reused from an old barn floor support) and made a shelf with a hidden shotgun drawer to practice the technique on. I left some of the twists and gnarls in the wood trim on purpose to give it a more "raw" and "repurposed wood" look.
I used a blowtorch for my fire source, and the entire project is only held together with glue and a single screw. The only tools I used where wood glue clamps, and a screw gun for the single screw.
Check out this wood grain after the fire got ahold of it:
Another angle:
Another angle:
Loaded:
Side view:
Starting the project with a reclaimed 1x12:(after it's been sanded)
Cutting the shelf top and frame with a table saw: the frame walls are 3" tall, just high enough to hide the shotgun, and 12 inches deep.
The frame after the first run thru the blowtorch:
Use plenty of glue:
Building the secret drawer:
Clamping the drawer with wood clamps:
More wood clamp clamping:
A few support screws are showing:(the mods made me say I use a screwdriver for this single 2" screw, apparently if you don't describe your screw gun some mod will delete your post for not being descriptive enough)
Made a strip of laminate to cover the screws with my table saw:
Glueing the laminate with wood clamps and glue:
More blowtorch fire to bring out the wood grain:
Then I lined the shelf with 2 layers of green burlap using glue and my fingers as a press.
Finally I rubbed the whole thing down with some lemon oil.
The finished product:
Top side view:
The other side:
Wood grain from the other side:
Front view:
This is the secret shotgun compartment opened and loaded:
Thanks for looking!
Submitted May 29, 2016 at 06:57PM by RasAllGhul http://ift.tt/1Z6HzXr
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