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Kitchen Canisters

bill tindall, E. TN

>I made these for Christmas for daughters- one for sugar and the other for flour. They are designed such that the bag of sugar or flour can be simply placed in the canister and its top cut off (that's the bag or course). They solve the most annoying cooking problem that most canisters don't hold a full bag of these materials. Exasperated I made myself a set and of course daughters wanted some. They are tedious to make as they involve 20 fitted parts (including splines).

The wood is ash. Bodies are painted with Country Colors, a wonderful alternative to the diffcult to deal with milk paint. Sand to 180, paint first coat, sand smooth with 360, paint second coat, then spray everything with water white conversion varnish.


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Good thinking, Bill. I like them.

Don Henthorn

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Nice work, Bill

Ken Garlock Collin County Texas

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Re: Kitchen Canister's Ebonized Finish

joey

>Bill; Care to share your black paint can... secret with us? I tried to ebonize walnut, but it never came out dark enough for me. What wood did you use? While I'm at it, how did you joint those angles together? Thanks, Joe PS I'm down with those cans.

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bill tindall, E. TN

>Country Colors Dover blue, ash, splines

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Ellis Walentine

Great gift idea, Bill...

Ellis Walentine

>...and very nicely done, as usual.

Good work.

Ellis

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Great idea...

James Dillon in MD

>... Bill. And you sure are right about ordinary flour, sugar etc. containers not being sized right for regular sized bags. Thanks for posting such a great gift idea and sharing your recipe for finishing.

Jim

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