Shoeshine Box

On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 07:50:53 -0500, Tom Watson <[email protected]>
wrote:

>I've a need (desire) to build a shoeshine box and thought I'd troll the group for design ideas first

I've never seen a Shaker one. But I've seen lots of little firewood
boxes etc. of their manufacture, and the style would swap over pretty
well.

Kids also love making Shaker pieces, especially the idea of making a
working door latch from wood.

Tom Watson wrote:
> I know this sounds like the kind of project you might use to get your
> woodworking merit badge on but I've a need (desire) to build a
> shoeshine box and thought I'd troll the group for design ideas first
> before I start to draw it up.
>
> I've seen some of these sewing boxes that have cantilevered (?) trays,
> kinda like a tackle box without the enclosure - they look like they
> would give you good access. I've never built anything like that so I
> don't know what the pitfalls might be.
>
> Anyways - I'm open to suggestions on this and figured I'd sketch it up
> this week and work on it with the six year old boy next weekend.
>
> Maybe he can get a merit badge out of the deal.
>
>
> Real Email is: tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet
> Website: http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1

Tom:

My uncle had an old shoe box, one that I remember fondly as a kid. It
was an oak box approximately 12" X 12" x12" finished with poly. It had
a handle which was outlined as the shape of a foot. It was about 1/2"
thick solid oak. The foot handle was angled at ~ 30 degrees supported by
a block. It served as a handle and a foot rest. The bottome of the shoe
box had some kind of feet. However, I cannot remember their style. The
lid was hinged and had a simple clasp used to keep it closed.

My uncle passed on last year and I wonder what happened to that box. My
uncle always told me when you put on a suit make sure your shoes are
shined. He always said he would look at an interviewee's shoes and see
if they were shined. Because so many people don't bother to take the
time and it is a good guage at judging if people pay attention to details.

Good Luck with the project.

HTH

Rich

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...
> No TOM please dont do it, don't redesign the shoeshine box, Gasp!!! leave it
> the way it is <G>
> At least for the sake of us older guys that actually used them to earn a few
> coins.
> Shoeshine boxes are a classic design Basic Simple and can really never hold
> your stuff and be small enough to carry around. ESpecially with all the crap
> to shine shoes that is on the market today.
> It would not suprise me to know they invented a Battery operated shine
> brush, They didn't did they ?<G>
>
>

How about a plug in one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2878943506&category=1262

Looks like it may fit in the old wooden box too.
>
>
> "Tom Watson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I know this sounds like the kind of project you might use to get your
> > woodworking merit badge on but I've a need (desire) to build a
> > shoeshine box and thought I'd troll the group for design ideas first
> > before I start to draw it up.
> >
> > I've seen some of these sewing boxes that have cantilevered (?) trays,
> > kinda like a tackle box without the enclosure - they look like they
> > would give you good access. I've never built anything like that so I
> > don't know what the pitfalls might be.
> >
> > Anyways - I'm open to suggestions on this and figured I'd sketch it up
> > this week and work on it with the six year old boy next weekend.
> >
> > Maybe he can get a merit badge out of the deal.
> >
> >
> > Real Email is: tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet
> > Website: http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1
>
>
>

"Tom Watson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I know this sounds like the kind of project you might use to get your
> woodworking merit badge on but I've a need (desire) to build a
> shoeshine box and thought I'd troll the group for design ideas first
> before I start to draw it up.
>
> I've seen some of these sewing boxes that have cantilevered (?) trays,
> kinda like a tackle box without the enclosure - they look like they
> would give you good access. I've never built anything like that so I
> don't know what the pitfalls might be.
>
> Anyways - I'm open to suggestions on this and figured I'd sketch it up
> this week and work on it with the six year old boy next weekend.
>
> Maybe he can get a merit badge out of the deal.
>
>
> Real Email is: tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet
> Website: http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1

Merit badge? Put the kid to work when he finishes it.. When my kid was six,
I bought him little tuxedo and white gloves. I told him everyone started
work at 6 years old and he was a household servant.

Tom,

I don't have any plans but I do have a shoeshine box. Type with the foot
rest on top, the lid swings open for storing wax and brushes inside. I can
email you some pics later this afternoon if you like or post them to abpw.

Bob S.


"Tom Watson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I know this sounds like the kind of project you might use to get your
> woodworking merit badge on but I've a need (desire) to build a
> shoeshine box and thought I'd troll the group for design ideas first
> before I start to draw it up.
>
> I've seen some of these sewing boxes that have cantilevered (?) trays,
> kinda like a tackle box without the enclosure - they look like they
> would give you good access. I've never built anything like that so I
> don't know what the pitfalls might be.
>
> Anyways - I'm open to suggestions on this and figured I'd sketch it up
> this week and work on it with the six year old boy next weekend.
>
> Maybe he can get a merit badge out of the deal.
>
>
> Real Email is: tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet
> Website: http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1

On Sun, 4 Jan 2004 08:33:01 -0700, "juan fandango"
<[email protected]> wrote:

> When my kid was six,
>I bought him little tuxedo and white gloves. I told him everyone started
>work at 6 years old and he was a household servant.
>

Did you make him shout, "De plane, Boss! De Plane!"

(please note that vapid wooddorking double entendre satisfies OBWW
condition)




Thomas J. Watson-Cabinetmaker (ret)
Real Email is: tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet
Website: http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1

George M. Kazaka wrote:

> It would not suprise me to know they invented a Battery operated shine
> brush, They didn't did they ?<G>
>


I converted my 9.6V Dewalt cordless to Binford Super Duper Polisher. ;)

Rich

PS - I do own a battery powered shiner.

I still use the standard tanker's kit. A .50 caliber ammo can.

"George M. Kazaka" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> No TOM please dont do it, don't redesign the shoeshine box, Gasp!!! leave
it
> the way it is <G>
> At least for the sake of us older guys that actually used them to earn a
few
> coins.
> Shoeshine boxes are a classic design Basic Simple and can really never
hold
> your stuff and be small enough to carry around. ESpecially with all the
crap
> to shine shoes that is on the market today.
> It would not suprise me to know they invented a Battery operated shine
> brush, They didn't did they ?<G>
>
>
>
>
> "Tom Watson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I know this sounds like the kind of project you might use to get your
> > woodworking merit badge on but I've a need (desire) to build a
> > shoeshine box and thought I'd troll the group for design ideas first
> > before I start to draw it up.
> >
> > I've seen some of these sewing boxes that have cantilevered (?) trays,
> > kinda like a tackle box without the enclosure - they look like they
> > would give you good access. I've never built anything like that so I
> > don't know what the pitfalls might be.
> >
> > Anyways - I'm open to suggestions on this and figured I'd sketch it up
> > this week and work on it with the six year old boy next weekend.
> >
> > Maybe he can get a merit badge out of the deal.
> >
> >
> > Real Email is: tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet
> > Website: http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1
>
>

No TOM please dont do it, don't redesign the shoeshine box, Gasp!!! leave it
the way it is <G>
At least for the sake of us older guys that actually used them to earn a few
coins.
Shoeshine boxes are a classic design Basic Simple and can really never hold
your stuff and be small enough to carry around. ESpecially with all the crap
to shine shoes that is on the market today.
It would not suprise me to know they invented a Battery operated shine
brush, They didn't did they ?<G>




"Tom Watson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I know this sounds like the kind of project you might use to get your
> woodworking merit badge on but I've a need (desire) to build a
> shoeshine box and thought I'd troll the group for design ideas first
> before I start to draw it up.
>
> I've seen some of these sewing boxes that have cantilevered (?) trays,
> kinda like a tackle box without the enclosure - they look like they
> would give you good access. I've never built anything like that so I
> don't know what the pitfalls might be.
>
> Anyways - I'm open to suggestions on this and figured I'd sketch it up
> this week and work on it with the six year old boy next weekend.
>
> Maybe he can get a merit badge out of the deal.
>
>
> Real Email is: tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet
> Website: http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1