Pirate's treasure chest

Step 6 Plane smooth

After leaving the tie-downs on for 20 minutes, remove and clean the glue off (or if you're smarter than me, you would have put some newspaper down first to stop the straps getting gluey in the first place). Scrape the glue off. At this stage, it might not look too promising, but a few passes with the plane makes it come up really nice. I have a little Stanley block plane; it worked beautifully for this job. I didn't take too much off because I wanted to preserve some texture, but you could make the whole lid really smooth if you liked. Sanding optional. You'll also need to plane off the edges, because they'll have a bevel on them that you don't need.

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Wax paper works better than newspaper as the glue won't stick to it