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Blanket Chest

Project by POPLARFOREST posted 158 days ago 675 views 3 times favorited 13 comments Add to Favorites Watch

This Blanket Chest is all hand made from Poplar. It is 40 in wide, 17 in deep, and 18 in high. There are 60 hand cut dovetails on this case. The finish that I haven’t put on yet is going to be 5 coats of Linseed Oil (Tried & True).


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a1Jim

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posted 158 days ago

cool chest fine job looks super

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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huff

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posted 158 days ago

I love those hand cut dovetails….... That’s a real talent. Hope you will post pictures again when you get the finish on it.

-- John @ Myrtle Beach

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Beginningwoodworker

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posted 158 days ago

Nice blanket chest.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

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tmblweed0429

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posted 158 days ago

Great job on the dovetails. They look machine cut. Please be sure to repost after the finish is on.

-- Trent Tidmore, Grapevine, TX

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scrappy

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posted 158 days ago

Great chest. Love the dovetails. One more thng I haven’t gotten brave enough to try yet.

Please repost after finnished.

Keep it up.

Scrappy

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

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jockmike2

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posted 157 days ago

Great looking chest. Yes a post after finish is a must, please.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

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Derrek LeRouax

127 posts in 187 days


posted 157 days ago

WOW!! I have been avoiding doing a simple blanket chest similar to this b/c I didn’t have a dovetail jig. You have now shown me that it is possible to complete wonderful dovetails without a jig!! Thanks a lot, and I too would like to see it after it is finished.

-- Derrek L.

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mart

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posted 156 days ago

Great job. Beautiful work on the dovetails.

Mart

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johnpoole

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posted 156 days ago

i never seen that much work done in popular. do post after the finish. great dovetail work

-- it's not a sickness, i can stop buying tools anytime i want

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POPLARFOREST

14 posts in 585 days


posted 154 days ago

Yes it was alot of work but just because I didn’t use cherry or something like that doesn’t mean I should just throw it together. The quality of the work to me is more important then the type of wood.

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Jamie

138 posts in 153 days


posted 145 days ago

great looking blanket chest.

-- "Preach the gospel always. If necessary use words" -St Francis of Assisi

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Roz

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posted 41 days ago

Fine work, I bet 60 dovetails took a lot of time.

-- Terry Roswell, L.A. (Lower Alabama) "Life is what happens to you when you are making other plans."

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jim1953

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posted 41 days ago

Great Lookin Chest

-- Jim, Kentucky

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