Western General Store

  A friend of mine made this coaster set and box for me. Very cute, and some may want to go this route, but it gave me an idea to make one western style. Here are the wood pieces for the box. Four sides of mahogany, or any wood you have on hand, and a plywood base. There are two pieces 5 3/4" x 2 3/8" x 1/2" and two pieces 6 3/4" x 2 3/8" x 1/2". The bottom piece is 5 3/4" x 5 3/4". The box is glued together, and brad nailed to secure. I cut a piece for a lid and glued a smaller piece to the underside to fit inside the box. The lid dimensions are 6 3/4" x 6 3/4" x 1/4" and the smaller piece is about 5 5/8" x 5 5/8". I glued hair-on cowhide around the box. I glued cowhide to the top of the lid. I painted the bottom of the lid and the bottom and inside of the box black. I spray painted a steer drawer pull oil rubbed bronze and mounted it to the top of the lid. I placed a strip of leather 1" wide around the box and nai...

Here is step by step instructions on how we built a Wood Tray with Steer Drawer Pulls . You can build it yourself or purchase from the website here . We used 1 1/2" x 3/4" mahogany and ash wood pieces. The completed tray is 17" x 10 3/4". Place wax paper on the clamps and lay your wood out as desired. We used Titebond III Ultimate Wood Glue. Squeeze a line of glue and use a small brush to spread it out on one edge between the pieces. Let dry overnight. Sand with an electric palm sander. Since the ends were uneven we cut them that way on a band saw and used a 3/8" round over bit all the way around. Make a mark where you want the Steer Pulls to go. In this case there are 7 wood pieces and we wanted to use the middle piece for the pulls. (This photo and the next 4 photos aren't the actual tray, but is to demonstrate how to mark your drawer pull holes.) With a square draw a straight line where your made your mark. La...