Cedar spectacular

nice wood… looks great

-- making sawdust....

Great project… I luv a good lumber find…

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †

Hi Cabinetmaster;

Looks like a great buy!

Nice job on the chests.

What did you do to your finger? Hard to work with it like that.

I have noticed that whenever I hurt a finger or anything else for that matter, I will bang that body part into everything.

Hope it heals fast.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

I have a tendency to get a little close to a saw blade once in a while. That was 6 years ago that picture was taken. So far I have kept away from the blades.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

Yeah ceder is a great wood. It will gray a lot over time but all ya gotta do is cut, plane or sand down into it a little and it comes right back. I live in a ceder forest and there are big old but cut logs just layin around the forest because they have rot spots in the center that the ceder mills won’t buy from the cutters. They can look like complete hell on the outside but once you cut them open they are just as beautiful as anything freshly cut.

I have a 50 inch circular saw mill I am building and once it’s up an runin I am sure I’ll have plenty of pictures to share. They will all be eastern, red, aromatic, ceder.

-- If at first you don't succeed, slam it on the ground, kick it across the shop, blast it with a shotgun, tell the kids to cut it up for firewood, turn up the music an try try again.

Beautiful looking chests. Cedar is a miracle wood. Fron the outside to the pink, red and yellow streaks.

I made puzzles from cedar for people for about 3-4 years and I never finished them. Everyone likes to pick them up and smell them.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Thanks Dave, I want to know how I can get some of that Cedar for some cedar bowls.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

Hey I like those cedar chests…........very nice job!

-- Robin Renee'

Thanks Robin. They both still enjoy them.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

Did you tell the recepient of the chest the story of the wood? LOL… Beautiful chest.

-- San Diego, CA US Navy

You would believe it, but this cedar was cut down the same year my stepsons wife was born and in the same area of the county. We wrote up a pamphlet and put it in her chest telling of the story. She read it and the tears flowed both in her eyes and in my wifes and mine. Got a lot of satisfaction from that.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps