Fireengines
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I made these three pens from wooden hickory ladder rungs from the San Francisco Fire Department (SFFD). The ladders these pens were made from started out 100 years ago as 50 foot extension ladders.
The SFFD reuses their ladders and in this case a 50 foot ladder, over the years, became an attic ladder and then retired.
Once I turned the wood, I used water based amber stain to give it the desired color followed by rubbing a burned piece of wood over it to give it that used look. Finally, I covered it with CA.
The SFFD reuses their ladders and in this case a 50 foot ladder, over the years, became an attic ladder and then retired.
Once I turned the wood, I used water based amber stain to give it the desired color followed by rubbing a burned piece of wood over it to give it that used look. Finally, I covered it with CA.