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Here’s one of two chest I built for some friends children. The thought was hold their toys today and their treasures tomorrow. Mom wanted something they could take when they left home as well so… Here’s a very basic chest with little ones in mind. Interesting story on the curly maple as is it was mixed up with the rest of the soft maple at the lumber yard shhhhhhh :) Anywho, here’s some of the details it’s about 36” long 18’ high and 20” deep built from soft maple and top coated with about 4 coats of Arm R Seal. It went rather quickly, I think with only about 10-15 hours invested. I tried to keep the design pretty basic as it was mostly pro-bono work:( I am hoping to have the plans availible by the 16th or so. I will give you all a shout when they’re ready.
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Bob A in NJ
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posted 516 days ago
Very nice project. Great job on the dovetails.
-- Bob A in NJ
WayneC
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posted 516 days ago
Great chest. I’ll be keeping my eye out for the plans.
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oscorner
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Great joints and very nice chest. Those are some very lucky children. Nice and clean.
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Lee A. Jesberger
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RJ
Good looking toy boxes. well done!
Lee
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Karson
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posted 516 days ago
Great Chests. Good find on the Maple.
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DAN
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posted 516 days ago
nice work !
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BobR
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posted 516 days ago
Consider your design stolen. Beautiful work. My wife has an order in for two chests for our granddaughters. The wood is still drying, so time is on my side :-)
-- Bob
Greg Mitchell
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posted 516 days ago
Great chest!
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RJones
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posted 516 days ago
Thanks guys for all the kind words:) Although basic it should last a lifetime:)
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CharlieM1958
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posted 516 days ago
Beautiful chest. The joints are great.
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Don
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Once again, take a simple design, good joinery and spectacular wood and you end up with a great piece.
This is a very nice look chest, RJ.
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RJones
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posted 516 days ago
Ya know Don I think you are on to something there, you really have me thinking….
1. Finish
2. Wood
3. Joinery
4. Design
Funny thing on the dovetails is that I did them all with the Keller system, the system the you can’t do different spaced dovetails with, LOL Sometimes ya just gotta do the best with what you have:)
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David
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posted 516 days ago
Great looking chest! I am looking froward to the plans as well.
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mot
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I really like the lines. A dovetail chest is always nice to look at.
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Dorje
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A really nice chest! The top really came out well!
-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA
RJones
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posted 507 days ago
Plans are ready at www.awlfreeplans.com for whomever would like them:)
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MsDebbieP
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posted 506 days ago
thank you so much RJ
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RJones
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posted 506 days ago
Not a problem:) Hopefully my next plan will be the Exclusive LJ Summer Challange Plan, gawd I hope I can find the time!!
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