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This is a project commisioned by a friend that sells antique toy parts and needed
these to hold all of his “parts and pieces” to take to shows.
He needed 8 of them and wanted something economical so I used Poplar.
All the wood is 1/2” thick to reduce the weight.
The dimensions are 23”wide x 16”high x 12” deep.
I used Arm-r-seal oil & urethane for the finish and a Minwax English Chestnut for
the stain. If I were to do this again, I would NOT use Poplar, it is way to soft.
-- Gene, Majestic Eagle Woodworks, http://majesticeagleww.etsy.com/, http://www.flickr.com/photos/majesticeagle/
9 comments so far
CharlieM1958
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posted 350 days ago
Nice chests! That’s a lot of work.
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kolwdwrkr
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posted 350 days ago
Looks like there may be an extra one in there for me huh, lol. Nice work.
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Woodhacker
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posted 350 days ago
Gene, I agree though poplar is pretty soft, but they still look very nice.
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mtnwild
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posted 349 days ago
Wow, eight of them. I’d be happy to make one good one. Great!
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Jon3
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posted 334 days ago
Very nice! How are the front drawers held in when you travel? Did you use some of those gernstner style drawer stays?
majeagle1
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posted 332 days ago
Jon, I actuallly just drilled a 1/8” hole down through the front of the chest itself and drilled corisponding holes into each drawer. They are all held in place by a brass 1/8” rod. To unlock, you just open the case, pull out the rod and voila!
-- Gene, Majestic Eagle Woodworks, http://majesticeagleww.etsy.com/, http://www.flickr.com/photos/majesticeagle/
ccpenco
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posted 273 days ago
looks like one of those gerstner tool chests
APLJaK
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I think I may have drooled a little bit on my keyboard. Wow, nice work – not to mention ambitious! A machinists chest is on my list of to-do’s. I can’t believe you made a bunch of them. very nice….
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DrRum
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posted 40 days ago
Gene,
How did you do the green felt lining? Spray in after the finish was done? Or is it sheet material glued in?
Looks great btw!
Ivan
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