Another one from the photo project archives, 20+ years ago. I made my son a sandbox in the shape of a boat and he felt it would not be complete unless it had a steering wheel so he could drive it. I made this rather clunky thing out of oak and finished it with polyurethane. As I recall, it didn't hold up at all well to the elements but he thought that the weathered look it took on eventually made it look even better.
Making this was more work that making the whole sandbox, but I was a sucker for whatever the kid wanted. That's the wife's rabbit hutch in the background --- another of my pretty clunky projects.
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Making this was more work that making the whole sandbox, but I was a sucker for whatever the kid wanted. That's the wife's rabbit hutch in the background --- another of my pretty clunky projects.
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