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Pine Chest

Project by Woodwrecker posted 318 days ago 963 views 0 times favorited 18 comments Add to Favorites Watch

I got a BIG pile of Pine that a place by my work was going to discard, so I decided to take it and make some chests for friends as a little “after Christmas” present.

They are 35WX14DX14H. They will have a small sliding till and brass hardware.
I’m going to make different sizes but this is one of the larger ones.

The finish is Varathane Golden Mahogany #233 and two coats of poly.

Not even close to some of the beautiful projects some of our members have posted lately, but I’m having fun.

Thanks for looking.

-- Eric


18 comments so far

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Thos. Angle

4013 posts in 858 days


posted 318 days ago

Great dovetails, dandy chest, fine project

-- Thos. Angle

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LesB

551 posts in 339 days


posted 318 days ago

These types of chests are always so useful. I used them when I still tent camped to keep my gear in. They were passed on to my kids. Now I have a warm dry truck mounted camper (-;

-- Les B, Oregon

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scottb

3402 posts in 1223 days


posted 318 days ago

nice save, and great chest!

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

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scrappy

1628 posts in 326 days


posted 318 days ago

Beutifull work! Nice save on the throw away wood.

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!

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RobH

460 posts in 945 days


posted 318 days ago

Hey, don’t put work like that down too much. Those dovetails look great, and I love the color of the finish. I wish I had the time to make me something like that.

Keep up the good work and keep posting projects.

-- -- Rob Hix, King George, VA

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mgradwohl

190 posts in 709 days


posted 318 days ago

Great job recycling that pine, and great dovetails, how’d you do them: machine or hand?

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CharlieM1958

7654 posts in 1114 days


posted 318 days ago

Before I read the other comments, my thoughts were exactly what everyone has said: Great joints and great score on the free wood!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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daltxguy

564 posts in 810 days


posted 318 days ago

Beauty dovetails, mate. What could be better than making a nice piece out of recycled wood? What the heck where they thinking throwing it out anyway…

-- Steve, New Zealand, www.steveracz.com

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Beginningwoodworker

4187 posts in 569 days


posted 318 days ago

Thats a nice chest.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

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Karson

25802 posts in 1296 days


posted 318 days ago

Great use of salvage materials. nice job.

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

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SteveKorz

2030 posts in 610 days


posted 317 days ago

Nice job… I love a good wood score! I like it even better when it gets turned into a great project like that! Your joints look great… nice work.

Steve

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

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Grumpy

14926 posts in 747 days


posted 313 days ago

Nice job Woodwrecker.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

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lew

4490 posts in 651 days


posted 303 days ago

Gorgeous Work and Super Dovetails!!

Good Luck in the contest.

Lew

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michaelray

89 posts in 350 days


posted 268 days ago

Great job and nice save on the free wood. Free wood is what caused me to start woodworking in the first place. My company was always throwing away pine boards and it seemed like such a waste so I decided to put it to some use. I still remember building a bookcase with nothing but a hammer, nails, and a wooden miter box.

-- Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

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Bob

26 posts in 226 days


posted 209 days ago

looks like you got that dovetail joint down pat….looks great Eric

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jim1953

1610 posts in 738 days


posted 209 days ago

Great lookin Job Got to Love Recycled Wood

-- Jim, Kentucky

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a1Jim

16910 posts in 473 days


posted 192 days ago

Late post but cool chest Eric

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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thomasberg

20 posts in 146 days


posted 146 days ago

May I ask what tools you used for this specific project?

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