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Although the project is almost finished at this point I thought that you might like to see what's been in the making since about January. As scoutmaster of our resident scout troop I've always made sure that the boys get the flag raised each morning then lead the Pledge Of Allegiance. Unfortunately when it is taken down each evening the only place to put it has been in the window sill so I made a "pledge" to fix this problem and to give "Ole Glory" the respect that she deserves!
Over the last three months I've taken a few select woodshop students to help me with this project whenever we could find the time and arrangements between an already busy and hecktic daily schedule. Since January we've finally just about completed the box and it should be up and in service before the end of the week!
We used maple for the box since the local furniture companies donate lumber to our program much faster than we can ever find a use for it. Just for an extravagant flare we did splurge and put a mahogony lip on the lid. After getting a close measurement of the flag folded up, we slightly increased these measurements for the three triangular sides of the box then connected using wood screws, glue, then plugged with a dowel. For a bottom we routed out a 1/4" rabbet and just used birch plywood.
The lid was a little more complicated. First we laminated enough maple boards and connected them with a biscuit joiner, then routed out a 3/8" rabbet for inserting the clear plexiglass. The mahogany lip was then attached with wood screws like the sides were done.
That completes the 5 picture limit for this post and I will continue on the next post in a couple of minutes...
Over the last three months I've taken a few select woodshop students to help me with this project whenever we could find the time and arrangements between an already busy and hecktic daily schedule. Since January we've finally just about completed the box and it should be up and in service before the end of the week!
We used maple for the box since the local furniture companies donate lumber to our program much faster than we can ever find a use for it. Just for an extravagant flare we did splurge and put a mahogony lip on the lid. After getting a close measurement of the flag folded up, we slightly increased these measurements for the three triangular sides of the box then connected using wood screws, glue, then plugged with a dowel. For a bottom we routed out a 1/4" rabbet and just used birch plywood.
The lid was a little more complicated. First we laminated enough maple boards and connected them with a biscuit joiner, then routed out a 3/8" rabbet for inserting the clear plexiglass. The mahogany lip was then attached with wood screws like the sides were done.
That completes the 5 picture limit for this post and I will continue on the next post in a couple of minutes...
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