An oaken chest

Another wonderful job with that reclaimed wood, Stewart!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

very “old world” looking.
This would look lovely in my home ;)

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Very well done Stewart – even if it is oaken :-)). I really like the hinges – are they custom fitted? Beautiful chest and finish.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Stewart,

That is really nice. On a piece that large, to get full book matched front panels, that is not something you see very often. And the panels are particularly nice, lots of figure, really eye catching. Something that nice seems worth the cost of a blade an a little smoke.

Thanks folks. This one is now brimming over with my wife’s knitting yarns! The hinges, Bill, were cheap (and fairly nasty) DIY steel hinges that I altered with files to look as if they were blacksmith made. Our last local blacksmith closed down two or three years ago. They’re known as penny or halfpenny hinges depending on the size of the circular bit on the end. I then beat them with a ball pein hammer, attacked them with a blowlamp and dropped them in old sump oil (Don’t do this indoors children!). Good grief. the things we do for our art!!

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business. http://www.folksy.com/shops/TreeGems

Wonderful chest. Great use of the burl.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Stewart The bandsawing went great the veneered panels are really great. What are the dimensions of the panels?

-- 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 †

This is a beautiful piece, Stewart! Wow!

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

Like all of your work Stewart, this is well executed and beautiful. Thanks so much for showing it.

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt!

I love those panels!

As the young people say “VERY COOL” Stewart
LuLu would say its beautiful
And i sat. it’s a piece of craftsmanship
Well done

-- Brad,--"The way to eat an eliphant is one bite at a time"

Very nice indeed, those panels look amazing.

-- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso

100% Beautiful workmanship, thanks so much for showing and sharing with us.

-- Carpe Lignum; Tornare Lignum (Seize the wood, to Turn the wood)

I’m with the rest here – great piece! I’d also be interested in the panel dimensions…

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

“attacked them with a blowlamp and dropped them in old sump oil”

I had to look that one up:
Blowlamp or Blow torch is a common name for a simple heating torch,

-- "so much to learn and so little time"..