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Posted: 5/30/2011 12:27:37 AM
Very nice OP. My wife has cleared me to do this if I can ever find a crate (preferably still full) that suits my budget. Of course, knowing me, it'll sit in the back of the garage for at least ten years before I get around to it, and then will never pass half finished.
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flyfishnepa
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Posted: 5/30/2011 12:29:54 AM
[Last Edit: 5/30/2011 12:30:10 AM by flyfishnepa]
yup, that's awesome |
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flyfishnepa
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Posted: 5/30/2011 12:30:55 AM
[Last Edit: 5/30/2011 12:31:15 AM by flyfishnepa]
Originally Posted By L_JE:
Originally Posted By cedjunior:
Very nice, though judging by the thread title I thought you bought a coffee table made of beef jerky. I'm a vegetarian nope, that's not awesome |
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hotbiggun42
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Posted: 5/30/2011 12:32:54 AM
Great job!
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basicAR
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Posted: 5/30/2011 12:37:25 AM
Originally Posted By Blackfire: I fapped. Twice. I did. |
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Posted: 5/30/2011 12:38:18 AM
Beautifully done. Great job!
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Jarhead_22
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Posted: 5/30/2011 12:38:28 AM
That's the balls.
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ttushooter
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Posted: 5/30/2011 12:41:43 AM
Pretty nifty OP
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jrzy
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Posted: 5/30/2011 12:42:23 AM
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muddawggin
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Posted: 5/30/2011 12:45:22 AM
simply badass!!
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Posted: 5/30/2011 12:49:39 AM
Now get a couple of Ammo crates for the side/end tables.
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Posted: 5/30/2011 12:52:42 AM
Very nice!
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Posted: 5/30/2011 1:06:24 AM
Nice table . Amazing the things women make you do .
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cptx123
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Posted: 5/30/2011 1:21:57 AM
likey
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Atomic_Ferret
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Posted: 5/30/2011 3:27:37 AM
Originally Posted By L_JE: I've had the urge to build a new coffee table for my home office, and thought a Mosin Nagant coffee table would strike a nice balance between "get off my lawn" and "Antiques Roadshow". A vendor at a recent gunshow had a crate with 7 Mosins in it. After some back and forth, they agreed to sell me the crate if I bought 4 of the Mosins. I removed the original lid and replaced it with a newly made glass top set in a 2.5" pine frame, while relocating the original hinges. I decided to stain the pine with an olive woodstain, thinking it would wear better than paint. The lower part of the frame is 3/4" thick, and the upper part is 1/2" thick with a 1/4" rabbit to hold the glass top in place. I then used some 1-1/4" brass bolts to hold the upper and lower portions of the frame together. Pictured in the crate are the 4 91/30s that came with the crate. I also have a nice 91/30 Tula and a pair of M44s that could also go in the crate, but they're simply up on the wall right now. http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z362/0471861731/_DSC0698MosinCoffeeTable-A.jpg [the backstory here is that I needed a DIY project to take my mind off of my divorce] ETA: The beer is sitting on the top to help show that there is a glass top on there. Some of my coworkers were unsure of whether the glass was in there or not. WANT! Wonder if the G/F would go for this. Hmm, I bet she would. Just need the crate and a couple more Mosins. |
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Posted: 5/30/2011 3:32:22 AM
Very cool, I fun store here not to long ago had a crate of 91/30s when they sold em all they put the crate outside for 20 bucks........................
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Cromlech
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Posted: 5/30/2011 3:33:35 AM
I love it!
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Posted: 5/30/2011 3:34:04 AM
That table is awesome, great job on it.
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ColtXM177
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Posted: 5/30/2011 3:39:45 AM
Is that a date on the lower left? Pardon any ignorance...... |
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hungrymonkey
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Posted: 5/30/2011 3:53:59 AM
Pretty darn cool.
When I finally build a man cave, I will try to incorporate something like this. |
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Reservist
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Posted: 5/30/2011 3:58:29 AM
That table is beautiful. Seriously man that is a work of art, please leave the mosins in there. You have created something truly unique.
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Posted: 5/30/2011 8:40:14 AM
oh hell yes..........
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Posted: 5/30/2011 8:42:16 AM
Magnificent.
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Posted: 5/30/2011 8:44:53 AM
Make me one!! |
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Posted: 5/30/2011 8:53:26 AM
Very nice job!
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Posted: 5/30/2011 9:10:44 AM
[Last Edit: 5/30/2011 9:13:25 AM by L_JE]
The date stenciled on the side is 1940. I don't know if this was the original build date of the crate, or simply an indication that they are a group of aresnally refinished 1940 receivers. The crate sat pretty deeply in mud at one point so there are clay deposits at the bottom of the crate near the joints in the boards where the water finally receded out; I left this sediment in place since it's primarily just on the far left side of the dividers and doesn't too bad.
As you can see, the top opens and stays open as easily as the original. And, it's not a bad place to toss the spent 7.62x54r shell casings after a day at the range. 
Here's a better look at the corner detail of the glass top. It should be a nice secure joint that will hold together for years to come. I hit the bolt heads with a torch before I installed them to burn off any lacquer; in time, the bolts should develop an appropriate tarnish. 
ETA: The crate is just a bit out of square. In hindsight, I wish I had mad the top a 1/4" wider to handle the out-of-square underlap. |
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Posted: 5/30/2011 9:12:46 AM
Dude thats gorgeous and one of the nicer display setups I've seen.
APPLAUSE |
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Vicinity
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Posted: 5/30/2011 9:14:08 AM
Originally Posted By SpankD:
Dude thats gorgeous and one of the nicer display setups I've seen. APPLAUSE  |
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Masha
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Posted: 5/30/2011 9:19:35 AM
Awesome! And your basement looks great too. (The additional photos you posted provided a view of how orderly and neat your basement supplies are kept.)
I'm not even going to give you a hard time about the vegetarianism. I know other guys in NoVA who are veggie for their health reasons. |
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Hedonist
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Posted: 5/30/2011 9:35:41 AM
Classy
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Schlange
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Posted: 5/30/2011 9:37:46 AM
Originally Posted By substandard:
THIS THREAD IS FULL OF WIN Great looking table..... Very nice! |
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Posted: 5/30/2011 9:50:54 AM
alright....who is gonna build one of these full of M4's?
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giraffejeff
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Posted: 5/30/2011 9:52:57 AM
That is amazing.
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Posted: 5/30/2011 9:56:54 AM
cool. my wife wouldnt let me put that in the den, I need a man room......
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Posted: 5/30/2011 9:57:09 AM
Dude, that is just awesome.
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UKjohn
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Posted: 5/30/2011 10:00:47 AM
that is nice
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Posted: 5/30/2011 10:02:39 AM
Bad. Ass.
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53vortec
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Posted: 5/30/2011 10:04:53 AM
Groovular.
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Posted: 5/30/2011 10:16:03 AM
I just got the go ahead from the wife unit to do this......thank you for the pics...because without them it would have never happened.
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elderboy02
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Posted: 5/30/2011 10:17:21 AM
That is awesome! :)
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Posted: 5/30/2011 10:21:00 AM
Originally Posted By Masha:
Awesome! And your basement looks great too. (The additional photos you posted provided a view of how orderly and neat your basement supplies are kept.) I'm not even going to give you a hard time about the vegetarianism. I know other guys in NoVA who are veggie for their health reasons. Not many other vegetarians out here. I suppose I could count my neighbors' cows and goats, but they are rather poor conversationalists, and they wouldn't understand my coffee table. 
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BeetleBailey
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Posted: 5/30/2011 10:23:00 AM
i love everything about this post, the story, the content, the picture quality, ingenuity.
WELL DONE |
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RED_5
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Posted: 5/30/2011 10:23:21 AM
Nice
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AR-10
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Posted: 5/30/2011 10:44:04 AM
Originally Posted By BeetleBailey:
i love everything about this post, the story, the content, the picture quality, ingenuity. WELL DONE Yes!
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Posted: 5/30/2011 10:49:40 AM
I have a k98 transit case this would be great idea for a future man cave.
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Posted: 5/30/2011 10:50:17 AM
Nice looking table, hideously ugly rifles.
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Posted: 5/30/2011 10:22:36 PM
My wife said fuck the man cave, she wants one of those in the living room! She loves anything Russian!
This is the most epic thing I've seen in a while, congrats to you! |
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Posted: 5/30/2011 10:24:47 PM
That's awesome.
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Posted: 5/30/2011 10:27:25 PM
Originally Posted By TacticalMOLONLABE:
Originally Posted By L_JE:
Originally Posted By cedjunior:
Very nice, though judging by the thread title I thought you bought a coffee table made of beef jerky. I'm a vegetarian, and as much as I like irony, that's just a bit too much. Also, it probably wouldn't last long with my dogs. 
Communist Well duh why do you think he has a crate of Mosins. |
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InheritedAnArsenal
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Posted: 5/30/2011 10:29:48 PM
Very cool.
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