woodwork projects

[ausjack]

Just sussin feebay and seen these and wonder if anyone would be interested in anything like it or if you have any other woodwork idea please let me know and I'll have a think about it, cheers.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/10-Lighthouse-Wood-Coin-Display-Storage-Boxes-for-NGC-PCGS-Anacs-Wholesale-Lot-/151230571269?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item23360b6305#ht_1360wt_810

[purplepennyhunter]

I don't think you can go wrong with wooden boxes, I have lots of them around the place. I have some cool stackable bamboo storage boxes from Howards Storage. When Mark has a coin mess I pop them in there and stack another on top and it's all hidden away. They are the exact width for a Saflip.
I think wooden boxes that are made to hold tea bags are pretty cool too, they are a little big for 2x2 size so I have jewellery in those.

AJ I bet you can make any sort of wooden box beautiful mate.

[robbiegal]

AJ
my (old) coin dealer does advise against certain woods for raw coins as it can tone the coins or something
but I guess that the PCGS is a bit different being in the case

[Fulvio]

I have some cool stackable bamboo storage boxes from Howards Storage.

Y'know, I'm sure I will never ever work out why we get ripped off so much in this country. These things ship out of asia, and retail for half the price in the US. Which is further away than we are. :dodgy:

[purplepennyhunter]

Bamboo seems to be the fashionable thing of the minute in the shops. I have a couple of bamboo boxes in front of me now with pens and desk junk in them, I think they came from Ikea.

looking for link......


ok, Ikea link bathroom dish pffffffftt, I call it a pen and crap holder.

[Fulvio]

Bamboo seems to be the fashionable thing of the minute in the shops.

Because bamboo is dirt cheap, incredibly fast-growing, versatile, and the greenie wannabees will overpay heaps for it. Those $10 boxes probably leave the factory for well under a dollar.... probably under 50¢.
Here, have a look on Alibaba to see what a dollar or two will buy:
http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/bamboo-box.html

[purplepennyhunter]

I probably have that one. I really don't need 200 of them though, that's the catch.

[ausjack]

Thanks team, gives me a few idea..i'll make a few things up later on to see what ya's think :good:

[Fulvio]

I probably have that one. I really don't need 200 of them though, that's the catch.

Oh, I thought you had the trays.

Yeah, quantities are always the problem. I once got *this* close to buying a 40' container of something. The price was awesome, 95% discount, the product was non-perishable, but I had nowhere to store it, so I passed.

[robbiegal]

you got a new home yet Fulvio?

[Robster]

I also have a bunch of small wooden boxes full of "treasure".!! Something very cool about old timber.!!

[robbiegal]

I like the (smaller) old boxes too Robs and have picked up a couple at the local auction
I converted a vintage cutlery box into a jewellery box but did use it for coins for a while as I had lined it with velvet

[Fulvio]

you got a new home yet Fulvio?

Funny you should ask...

After what, six months of being run around?... I got an email from the agent yesterday. No planning permission to build on it.

So back to square one I guess. Sigh.

[robbiegal]

well, it's a woodwork thread
... back to the drawing board I suppose

[Fulvio]

well, it's a woodwork thread
... back to the drawing board I suppose

... a wooden drawing board, so as not to attract the :off_topic: :police_car: