..6.12...W.I.P. Wednesday...

...the big project for the week was refurbishing Our Airman's old Boy Scout trunk...

...there was actually a post about it...back in 2011... ...and you can see the trunk against the center post in this photo...from when the Scouts in North Dakota did a big closet cleanout...

...and then there's a whole post just about the trunk...

...so...nothing about the trunk has changed in all those years...but it needed to be 'fixed' because it needed to go with all of Our Airman's things from the storage unit...

...the main problem...of course...being that it has no handles...so without two people it's pretty impossible to pick it up...

...and also...of course...I did some interweb searching on the Swedish American Line...a defunct Swedish cargo and passenger shipping company...

...just because thing like that fascinate me...

...I also tried to find out something about this person...who once owned the trunk...but turned up nothing...

...so...on to the handle removal...they were extremely...EXTREMELY difficult to remove...I mean...they really did not want these things coming apart...

...but we chiseled and bent and pulled until they did in fact come apart...

...then we drilled out the remaining rivets...

...seriously strong rivets...

...I picked up a goodwill belt...I think it was $1.59...and I'll post about my other thrifty finds tomorrow...

...I just cut off the end...

...measured what I thought would be an appropriate handle length...

...and then cut two of those...

...I used the old tab...which was still in place under the metal cover...as a template for where to place the hole...

...and we had the nuts and bolts from 'something'...I don't remember what...but I think they'll be pretty perfect for this refurb...

...testing the fit...I think it looks pretty good like this...

...but I wanted to re-install the little covers as well...

...and I had to screw it back on as I don't have any rivets...and the hole is probably too big for them now anyway...

...then I set it outside in the sunshine to air out a bit...and it's already on it's way to Alaska now...I'm sure Our Airman will be happy to have it back...

...I think the only other crafty thing I did was to knit another little dishcloth for my niece for her birthday...

...what's in your workbasket this week?...

~Have a lovely day!