Keith Starosta
03-05-2011, 4:03 PM
Through a mutual acquaintance, I was contacted by a local gentleman who was looking for someone to reproduce an antique ammunition box. The original was somewhere in the area of 55 years old, and made of aromatic red cedar. He is a local gun collector/dealer, and thinks that reproductions of this box would sell like crazy at the gun shows he attends. Here are a couple of photos I took of his original...
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He gave me the original, whick I broke down, measured, and recreated out of walnut. He loved my prototype, and put in an initial order of 10 boxes; 5 of black walnut, 5 of cherry...
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An individual box measures 7.25" x 3" x 1.5". It will hold up to fifty .22 caliber rounds, with space to store another small box of rounds...
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I used two different jigs at the drill press to make the holes for the tops and bottoms, and then a third jig for my plunge rounter, to hog out the center cavity. The original didn't have any lining in the cavity, but I got fancy and used some black flocking. He loved it!
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Upon delivery of these 10 boxes, he immediately ordered 10 more! :D I'm going to mix in some red cedar boxes with this batch, I think. They're fun to make, and could very well be that "niche market" that I've been reading so much about. ;)
Thanks for looking!
- Keith
185299 185300
He gave me the original, whick I broke down, measured, and recreated out of walnut. He loved my prototype, and put in an initial order of 10 boxes; 5 of black walnut, 5 of cherry...
185291
An individual box measures 7.25" x 3" x 1.5". It will hold up to fifty .22 caliber rounds, with space to store another small box of rounds...
185293
I used two different jigs at the drill press to make the holes for the tops and bottoms, and then a third jig for my plunge rounter, to hog out the center cavity. The original didn't have any lining in the cavity, but I got fancy and used some black flocking. He loved it!
185294
Upon delivery of these 10 boxes, he immediately ordered 10 more! :D I'm going to mix in some red cedar boxes with this batch, I think. They're fun to make, and could very well be that "niche market" that I've been reading so much about. ;)
Thanks for looking!
- Keith