OAK BLANKET CHEST

Still turned out very nice!

-- I GIVE UP!!!! I've cut this @!&*!% board 3 times.... its still too short!

Jim,
you know better than anyone that the customer never picks out the wrong hinges, finish, species, or dimensions! Bottom line you completed your task and did a good job. Nice work my friend!

-- John A. Thomas, South Carolina, www.thomaswoodworker.com

nice work all around, very crisp

-- keeping myself entertained

Very nice chest.
I understand the customer getting what they want. If I have to stain another piece of oak black, I think I just may cry.

they are never wrong ,
but most are never right either

i say to them when we get to know each other better ,

” you are the boss ,you may never be right , but you are always the boss ” !

or if asked how long it will take ,

” when you are as broke as i am , we are done ” !

i don’t like it much either , jim ,
but you have done a fine job on it .

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

Jim, All in all, it’s still a nice chest. And, as long as the customer liked it and paid for it, it helps keep the doors open and the lights on. Maybe the next customer will appreciate your suggestions.

-- Best regards, Jack -- I may not be good, but I'm slow -- www.BarnhillWoodworks.com

Very nice work. I agree with you but the customer comes first. Your work is masterpiece.

Jim A satisfied customer is a successful completed job.

The next one might have some more of the detail that you’d like to include.

You try to force your issues and they might walk. A lose / lose situation.

You now have a win/win situation.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Jim they couldn’t ask for a better job! you did what was asked of you and you gave them superb craftsmanship.
Making a customer happy with their purchase is what counts !

-- Rj's Woodworks,San Jose & Weed Ca,

jim your a pro and of coarse know the best things to include on a project like this..you offered that to them and they said no…you did your part by advising them..and then did a wonderful job for them…..chin high and be proud of your work…oh and can ya pull you skirt up a little…lol

-- GRIZZMAN ...[''''']

I think it looks really good Jim and you give the customer what they want, nice job

-- Cosmicturner

Fantastic build Jim! You can allways advise, but that don’t meen they will listen. If they are happy then you did your job by building a wonderfull piece to their specs.

Keep up the great work.

Scrappy

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

Looks pretty good from here Jim even if yoiu didn’t get to do it the way you would have liked to improve it.

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence Wake Up America!! Please read; http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0

Jim, you have a lot of experience & that shows! The box looks great & will wast for generations too. I think I have used those soft close supports before & were a bit of a fuss to mount just right. The type from Rockler had to be matched with the weight of the lid as to not slam shut or not want to close at all. Could you see closing the lid and having it want to rise on it’s own, Ha.

-- $tudie

Thanks everyone for you kind words
I’m not complaining about having work. I’ve had contacts about people wanting to get in the business, an I wanted to point out that doing woodworking for a living is a lot different than doing wood working as a business.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/