Old Engine Bed Recycled Into Wine Opener

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Marshall Mahoney
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Old Engine Bed Recycled Into Wine Opener

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I never throw anything away because I might need it one day. Before and after pics. The 50 year old wood cleaned up beautifully with a few screw holes for character.

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Nice Job.
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Looks great!

Honorable reuse of the material.

Serious question. Is the bilge odor still at all detectable? Note: I would see that as even more character.
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Now that is cool. Nice job.
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Daughter confiscated it. Just enough material to make another one... Bilge smell? All of the light ends burned off while in the attic for 15 years -- cant believe Katrina was 15 years ago. Where does the time go?
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Marshall

Time gilts that's for sure. I still remember the picture of the boat with the hole above the waterkkine, and the piling still attached to her.
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Very cool. I've repurposed some of the old mahogany to new boat parts, but nothing that cool. Awesome.
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Nice, that's definitely a repurposed way to use the ol wood.

I used the mahogoney from my deck supports to make rails to hold pictures at the Club. Lacquered them up and another membef lettered in gold leaf. I like the wine opener better...
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Picture frames -- great idea. I'm on it...
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