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Here is a blanket chest I just finished for my mother for Christmas. Made more on what I call a southern traditional style. except for the feet. I have seen this style feet on smaller boxes, thought I would try them.
She wanted the top cushioned, Im not much on upholstering but I tried. I think it turned fairly well. Maybe you ll see something about it you like . Thanks for looking.
The chest is 30” long 18” wide and 16” deep. It has 4 coats of satin lacquer.
-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none
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WoodenCreations
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#1 posted 1252 days ago
Nice Job.I love Cedar. Im not much of a upholster eather so I can’t criticize.. LOL
Monty Queen
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#2 posted 1252 days ago
Griff: Awesome job on your cedar chest, like always you do a great job. Excellent.
-- Monty Q, Columbia, South Carolina.
BlankMan
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#3 posted 1248 days ago
Mike, looks really nice. Is that aromatic cedar? Looks like it.
-- -Curt, Milwaukee, WI
griff
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#4 posted 1248 days ago
BlankMan , it is aromatic cedar, I sealed it up so you cant get much smell.
-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none
JAGWAH
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#5 posted 1248 days ago
Very nice. I recently scored a mess of AC and plan to build a pirate toy chest for my grandson and son to be grandaughter.
Anything you discovered about putting this together that you didn’t expect?
-- ~Just A Guy With A Hammer~
dmorgantx
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#6 posted 1232 days ago
Very nice- the Cedar looks awesome… any challenges working with it?
a1Jim
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#7 posted 1231 days ago
Looks wonderful really like the cedar
-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/
502flier
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#8 posted 274 days ago
I recently built a toybox/blanket chest for my new Granddaughter. I used reclaimed old fenceboard cedar for the box (all dovetailed), including the lid and base. My shop is subject to high humidity and the cedar took on moisture during construction. I finished it with 4 coats of Tung oil.
Very soon after it was complete, it began to shrink, most noticeably during the night. What I thought were gunshots were, in fact, the cedar in the base shrinking to a point where the entire board would crack front to back, up to 3/8” in some cases. Very disappointing.
-- Kevin - Keep the shiny side up
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