Cherry Blanket Chest

Sweet!!

The ebony really set it off nicely!

Cherry and Ebony…can’t go wrong there! Looks great.

-- James - What's your excuse this time??

Very nice design and I too love that ebony inlay. Well done.

That’s very nice! I’m just hoping my wife doesn’t see this. She recently hinted to me that we need one of these.

Joel

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I really like your design and the Ebony inlay and plugs really put the finishing touches to it. Great Job.

-- John @ Myrtle Beach

Thanks everyone. This was a first for me with the ebony. That is some expensive stuf, but worth it.

-- Brian http://www.garagewoodworks.com

Great looking chest, I like the design and the wood choice. You did a very good build Sir.

-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none

wonderful blanket chest

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

The Greene and Greene plugs look great. I love the looks of that chest.

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

Hi Brian, I really like your blanket chest. The inlay really adds to the look of the piece.

I have a question for you or anyone; talk to me about the cathederals in the grain. The two outer panels they are pointing down, and the center they point up. Was that a design plan, did they just happen that way, did you do a dry fit and choose that layout, or something else? I’m mostly curious about how people choose to work with grain.
Thanks,
Topapilot

Topapilot,

The only panel I gave much thought to was the center panel. The panels are made from three boards and the two outside boards of the center panel are book matched. All of the panels were resawn with the intention of book matching, but it only came out looking good on the center panel (chosen to be center for this reason, none of the other panels are book matched). The grain in the boards I was using wasn’t interesting enough for book matching to be noticeable. For the center panel I wanted the outer dark streaks to start at the top and run down (it looks like it’s dripping). The other panels were just placed in with little thought to cathedral direction.

(obviously when book matching panels you need even numbered boards. I was originaly only interested in book matching the outer two boards of each panel)

-- Brian http://www.garagewoodworks.com

Thanks Karson,
I was going to incorporate more G&G elements (stepped lower rail), but I wanted to keep it more original.

-- Brian http://www.garagewoodworks.com

Very Nice! Crisp & Clean. Great job.

-- Dennis Zongker

Great Chest; nice job

Very nice peice.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker