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266535 Kirk Eppler <eppler.kirk@g...> 2018‑09‑18 Galoot Timeline Project
Hey gang of gathered galoots.

Found an interesting galoot timeline project, definitely beating anything I
have done for drawn out timelines.

I found this nifty wooden box, kind of unfinished, at a flea market for
$2.  Its nice QS white oak, lap joints at the corners, a bit of router work
for the details.  See far right here.

https://kirkhmb.smugmug.com/Woodworking/Woodworking-Tools/i-cBh5sdq

I spoke to the woman running the booth, she we pleased someone was taking
it.  It was her husband's high school woodworking project, and he never got
around to putting the hinges on it.  Hisname is scrawled in pencil on the
bottom.  They had been using it for various things, now was time to get rid
of it.

No big deal, except the husband was 70.  It's been sitting unfinished for
~55 years.

Now, not being one to foul up someone's project, I am not going to rush
into this.  But I do have a few pairs of Sargent NOS brass hinges hiding
somewhere, and lots of NOS brass screws.  Don't think I will go so far as
to add a lock to this, but at least hinges will make it slightly more
useful.  Sometime in the next year or so seems appropriate and respectful.

-- 
Kirk Eppler in Half Moon Bay, CA, who put away a lot of that stuff last
night.

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