rdnktrkr
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I've always called those finger joints and I think they look good stained with the differences in wood grain
Military Ammo Crates
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GunnyUSMC
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You are correct. They are called Finger joints.
WestKentucky
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My grandpa did a bit of woodwork as a hobby. He called those joints finger joints or box joints. He made some really pretty ones for decorative purposes. It’s the only thing I remember from his wood work as I was small when his arthritis drove him out of the shop. He would clamp the two pieces together and using a handsaw he would cut a series of straight cuts to the same depth and then bust out the alternating “teeth” on the two pieces. What made it so pretty was that he would use a shiny new penny driven in to fill up the gap from the saw kerf. When he would finish a joint he would drill the whole board thickness with a tiny bit and drive in a thin steel rod to lock the joint and make the rod just a bit short so that it could be driven just under flush and would still not protrude on the bottom.
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GunnyUSMC
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That’s not an ammo crate, its a can.
LiveLife
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Gunny, thanks for showcasing all these ammo crates/boxes.
Now I wish I had kept some of them from my 20s when I was shooting milsurp 7.62x39 and 7.62x54R like crazy.
Good times and happy memories with my wife, family and friends ...
Archie
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I enjoy old ammo crates for the history and the ability to re-use them for other purposes.
However, my house is full of 'stuff' as it is. I have no place to put ammo crates. I've painted one or two crates and was planning on used them for range gear (ammo, chronograph, shooting rests, note pads) but they get far to heavy too quickly and at the same time are too small for my needs.
But they are interesting. Good luck
However, my house is full of 'stuff' as it is. I have no place to put ammo crates. I've painted one or two crates and was planning on used them for range gear (ammo, chronograph, shooting rests, note pads) but they get far to heavy too quickly and at the same time are too small for my needs.
But they are interesting. Good luck
Nicolai
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Gun show yesterday. Got bored with all the black plastic and found myself looking at ammo crates. I blame you.
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GunnyUSMC
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I went out to my shed today to see if I still had a crate I built almost 30 years ago.
I found it, but it was pretty dirty. Here it is after I brushed it off.
I had made it to store reloading equipment. There were a few things still in it..
Now this could be a very hazardous crate because the wood I used was from a Chinese wood shipping crate. No telling what type of poison they treated the wood with.
But I threw caution to the wind and finished cleaning it up and put some BLO on it.
And what better way to make a Chi-com wood crate look good and a little more dangerous, I used it to hold my Chinese 195? Type 53 for a photo op.
East of Pueblo, where I live, there is a facility originally named the Pueblo Ordnance Depot. In the 50s and 60s, they would sell crates and other wood for $5 a pickup load. Many sheds, shops, garages and even a few homes here are built out of ammo crates, filled with dirt and laid like bricks. I built my rabbit hutches in the 60s out of a pickup load of crates.
The depot is now the Pueblo Depot Activity. Bechtel Corp now has a multi million $ contract out there to destroy mustard gas and the bunkers are being converted to storage facilities.
The depot is now the Pueblo Depot Activity. Bechtel Corp now has a multi million $ contract out there to destroy mustard gas and the bunkers are being converted to storage facilities.
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