the box

[sugarcube5419]

no problem, its as far from ammunition as it gets--also interesting on the typewriter box, but this is quite crude.  the wood is dry also-=-what would anyone put on it for a wax or polish?

[fancypants]

Now that we know the size of the box , I'd also add the possibility that it was used for bottles of booze/wine-related items during prohibition years .

I'd suggest that you use food-grade mineral oil on your cool little box , sugarcube5419 .
It's easy to apply & will give it the drink o' oil (or two) that it needs !

[sugarcube5419]

another intriguing thought--in fact that one really could be feasible because this is crude, too large to tote around--and certainly large enough for a myriad of things 'for the barn" which i assume it was kept.

thanks for the info - mineral oil food grade can be bought at walmart?

[fancypants]

I'd guess so , sc ... in the pharmacy dept. ... good stuff to have around for dry woods , pretty much non-toxic , cheap & a little goes a long ways !

[bigwull]

I like this form of joinery, and "butter box" is a good name for it!

I've got a portable desk and a commodity box from the 1890s, both with this type of joinery.

Kindling,s an even better name.....

[bigwull]

when I got it off craigs list from a lady who used it in an antique store for holding items it had a musty smell--I read somewhere to leave it outside for a few days and it seemed to do the trick, now it is lined all pretty with tissue paper, and i use it for storage and blankets--set things on top--its really not cookie cutter

wouldn't it be funny if it was used for ammunition at one time because it's got a killer girl look to it now

you actually bought this.....and here was me thinking you,d rescued it from a skip.....i,ve burnt better....

[sugarcube5419]

you finally woke up big wull?

[mart]

We call it finger jointed here !! Used for shipping a myriad of things !!  Kind of a neat old box !!  I like it !!

[bigwull]

you finally woke up big wull?

Oh,i,ve been awake all day....its this damned pc...thats been playing funny buggers...i think its on its last legs....keeps telling me, "Battery  critical."... switch to mains power, ..i,ve never been off mains power....i see it landing in the bin shortly.....

[ghopper1924]

you finally woke up big wull?

Oh,i,ve been awake all day....its this damned pc...thats been playing funny buggers...i think its on its last legs....keeps telling me, "Battery  critical."... switch to mains power, ..i,ve never been off mains power....i see it landing in the bin shortly.....

Hmmm, sounds like meltable slag to me

[bigwull]

Yes that just might happen yet,..perhaps i might try and do a Salvador Dali with it...

[sugarcube5419]

Big Wull- just use your plug in, that's what i do...

[mart]

you finally woke up big wull?

Oh,i,ve been awake all day....its this damned pc...thats been playing funny buggers...i think its on its last legs....keeps telling me, "Battery  critical."... switch to mains power, ..i,ve never been off mains power....i see it landing in the bin shortly.....

Mmmm,,, dial up doesn't have that problem !!!

[ghopper1924]

She who laughs last???