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Chuckcook
09-11-2022, 04:05 PM
Good afternoon. I'm a member of a Texas based WWII Living History group. A couple of years ago I purchased 10 wood military crates. I bought them for storage for some of my WWII field kitchen gear and equipment. This crate was a spare, so I repurposed it last week. It’s now my Thompson transit/display crate. The only thing left, is stenciling the outside with the correct period markings. It's far from museum quality, but it will serve well for as a camp display.

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Bawanna
09-11-2022, 07:06 PM
That is incredibly nice in my opinion. Love everything about it. Love the use of canvas for straps. Very well done. Excellent attention to detail.
Chuckcook
09-11-2022, 08:18 PM
Thanks for the kind words Bawanna Colonel. It was a fun project.
yqtszhj
09-12-2022, 07:45 AM
Nice. I could see myself taking that crate with the Tommy gun in it and putting a glass on top to make a coffee table of some type sort of as a display. How cool would that be?
Bawanna
09-12-2022, 09:34 AM
That's a fine idea right there. That would be a great center piece to a proper man cave.
dao
09-12-2022, 01:34 PM
Great job Chuck. And Welcome!

yqtszhj's idea if a good one. If you have or can get another case....
berettabone
09-13-2022, 08:26 AM
Repurposing old boxes and crates is the way to go. Nice.............kinda got me thinking about the old Gelamite boxes I have.
Chuckcook
09-13-2022, 07:14 PM
Nice. I could see myself taking that crate with the Tommy gun in it and putting a glass on top to make a coffee table of some type sort of as a display. How cool would that be?

The crate coffee table would look awesome!
Chuckcook
09-13-2022, 07:15 PM
Great job Chuck. And Welcome!

yqtszhj's idea if a good one. If you have or can get another case....

Thank you!
Gregnew
07-08-2024, 12:33 AM
it looks quite okay to me
OnePingOnly
07-10-2024, 07:54 PM
NICE JOB, and it's ultra cool. Great presentation.
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10-08-2024, 02:45 AM
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