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This chest was my first commision in 1988 after I showed my fellow workers my “first project”, the little keepsake urn I’d fashioned from scrap wood from our warehouse.
It taught me about glue squeeze-out and construction techniques as I only had a few woodworking magazines in my small library. The aromatic cedar plywood worked really well and smelled great. I had a hard time finding the product. The segments are individual pieces fastened from the inside to allow for expansion.
I think that I used a pre-stain conditioner under a light stain and spray lacquer. It was my first try at veneering, covering the transition between the top edges of the cedar and panels. I’m pulling these photos out of a 20 year old album and bringing up lots of memories. I was very pleased with the symmetry of the sunburst and the general look and proportions of the piece.
-- Phil Brown, Ontario
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MsDebbieP
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#1 posted 2227 days ago
and pleased you should be!!!
This is wonderful. Bravo.
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#2 posted 2226 days ago
I really like that sunburst design! Looks good.
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#3 posted 2226 days ago
Saw that design on the back of a wooden boat.
-- Phil Brown, Ontario
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#4 posted 2226 days ago
Dennis, I just remembered something. I only had a radial saw at the time and had just bought a router to round over the segments.
I cut those segments with the radial saw, flipping them over when I ran out of travel. I cant believe looking back 19 years how they came out straight. That was freehand, lining up the pencil lines to the saw. I must have had to do some sanding to get them to fit, just cant remember all the details.
-- Phil Brown, Ontario
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