A box for a very special day - wedding wine box

[Milo]

So the phone rings last Monday night and it’s our friends Dave and Kerrine. Dave is a massive wine lover and collector, so he wants me to make a box to hold a fine bottle of red wine, he wants to seal the box and open it on their ten year anniversary. With very little time I could only get cracking on Thursday night for a few hours in between my baby daughter sleeping.


So an hour before the wedding I have stripped the heads of the brass screws out three times!!! This is even after I have pre drilled and used a steal screw to tap...what a nightmare! I slapped a liberal coat of Danish oil on the box minutes before leaving and my missus drove whilst I was rubbing the box down in the car!


I got the shock of my life when I was told that they were actually going to use the box in the ceremony!!!! It all worked out well and it was a wonderful day with many people coming up to me to compliment me on the box and could they order one......damn I should have done a batch of 5!! Lol! I made some custom holders that held the bottle in the box, applied a few more coats of Danish Oil and some U-Buet wax to finish!


I was really touched that my humble box was part of Dave and Kerine’s special day......it really meant a lot to me
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[A Duke]

Nice one, pleased every one was impressed.
Regards

[AlexS]

Nice work!

[Enfield Guy]

Well done, and under pressure as well.

Cheers

[TTIT]

Bewdy If it had been me they wouldn't have got it until their 1st or 2nd anniversary!

[labr@]

A great story Milo - and the box is pretty good too!

It's probably a good thing that you didn't know they were going to use in the ceremony - the pressure would have been unbearable.