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About 5 years we built a hope chest for our daughter.
We used three species of wood. Maple, cedar and walnut. We used 3 types maple. Curly maple, Birdseye maple and quilted maple.
I designed it as frame and panel construction with maple stiles and rails and cedar panels. For the top I joined two pieces of Birdseye maple and a piece of curly maple with walnut bow ties at the seams. Then I laminated that to a piece of cedar. I worried about this warping but so far it hasn’t.
I struggled long and hard to come up with the perfect design. I wanted something that would represent my love for her. She knows she will always have my heart and now anyone who sees her hope chest will know it too.
The heart is quilted maple.
9-21-09 I updated the photos. I finally found one that showed the base moulding and the depth of the various grains.
-- Professional kitchen designer, amature woodworker.
17 comments so far
woodworm
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posted 63 days ago
It turned out really beautiful. Great job!
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posted 62 days ago
Nice work
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nztoby
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posted 62 days ago
beautiful
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posted 62 days ago
Great job.
Dudley
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posted 62 days ago
Mighty fine. BZ
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Beginningwoodworker
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posted 62 days ago
Nice hope chest!
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posted 62 days ago
wow
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posted 62 days ago
Unique design well done
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posted 62 days ago
Very Very Nice!
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posted 62 days ago
Amazing
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posted 61 days ago
Awesome—-really good job!
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posted 61 days ago
this is the reason i come here! beautiful, absolutley beautiful….......
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posted 54 days ago
Beautiful hope chest! Great job.
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SCOTSMAN
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posted 54 days ago
Please tell me again what is the meaning of hope chest?Alistair
-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease
Bothus
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posted 54 days ago
Hi Alistar,
A hope chest is also called a wedding chest.
The meaning these days is strictly symbolic but in the old days a hope it was a chest used by a young woman for clothing and household goods, such as linens and silver, in anticipation of marriage.
Full disclosure: I copied this definition from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hope+chest
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J
-- Professional kitchen designer, amature woodworker.
stefang
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posted 49 days ago
This is a very beautiful and well crafted piece. I just looked in after reading your Unisaw blog.
-- Mike, American in Norway
ken90712
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posted 31 days ago
One fine peice you made for her!!!!! I’m sure the smiles have not stopped!!!1
-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"