displaying grandads trophy
 

Finally got around to doing this. I think it turned out good. I am not done with the finishing yet. just 1 coat so far. It is an oil finish and will get several more coats.
the box is made from cherry that he and I sawed up back in the seventies and the top is a scrap of sepele I had lounging around the shop.:) It aint a Luger but it will house one.....


http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/data/.../boxinside.JPG

http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/data/...ium/boxtop.JPG

http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/data/.../boxclosed.JPG

hope the pics show up.

Beautiful work!

Grandad would be proud!

Nice... and beautiful wood too!

Wow !!

Hell, I don't have a Luger any more but would buy a box like that. Sweeeeet.

Luger Box
 

Beautiful Box......Im hopefully in the process of building one for my 6" Barrel Luger that Luger Doc is working on right now......my question is......how did you do the Luger Cutout..??....is there a stencil available or did you just wing it..?......let me know if you will.....I appreciate it.........Thanks....Hans Fischer:)

there are many ways but I simply traced it on paper, glued the paper to wood and cut it out on a scroll saw. Then I lined it with felt [flocking would be better] and glued a piece of felt to the bottom. The cut out is just a drop in held in place by the trim I used to hold the lift off lid. there is a plywood bottom and the top is just a raised panel fit into a groove. You could cut out patterns and route the insert areas. If you go that route you could make templates for the various parts and set the router to different depths. It would be more difficult to do the felt that way though unless you have a flocking setup. Hope this helps.

fred