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Here's a chest I finished for my sister. I used a single wide board to make all of the drawer fronts. That piece had a tremendous amount of curl to it, more than shows up in the picture. It was impossible to plane, I had to sand it. I also decided to finish the piece with shellac rather than my usual tung oil finish to try to tone down the wild grain a bit.

Frame-and-panel construction, with solid cherry resawn, book-matched panels. Mortise-and tenons for the carcass, hand-cut dovetails for the drawers. The grain was so unpredictable in the fronts that I had to do the last bit of the half-blind dovetails with a router plane rather than split it out with a chisel.

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Fantastic clean looking chest! I bet the cherry is going to age beautifully over the years. I can't imagine a better project to inspire your special someone to fill the drawers with exactly the right kind of garments than a lingerie chest. I've been thinking about making one for my wife for a few years. What was your sister's response when you gave it to her..lol?
 

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Somehow I have a hard time picturing the Shakers having need of a lingerie chest

:^p

But this one looks beautiful!

Nice job
 

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Matt,
A history lesson for you.

Shakers came about after seeing Jeremy wearing the kit as he made the chest. (a joke by the way)
You may enjoy this project.
Nice work Jeremy.

It sounds like you had fun building it, and it deserves a few more pickies and constrution details considering!
 

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Somehow I have a hard time picturing the Shakers having need of a lingerie chest

:^p

But this one looks beautiful!

Nice job

- Mainiac Matt
I agree, but my next thought was how much lingerie does she have that she needs a chest this large.

LOL
 

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woodbutcherbynight I am not sure either, but I do know I wish my wife had so much, i would build her a nice chest for it all too.

Jeremy is going to regret framing the project text that way with all the hot LJs about picking up on it, and in my case not so hot there days!!

Its a good candidate for DT3. pity is was not a bit more comprehensive.

Hey! did you check out my "project" link? talk about funny!! Poor ZLP has never posted anything since.
 

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Nice chest, thanks for posting.

"Somehow I have a hard time picturing the Shakers having need of a lingerie chest"

Made me laugh.
 

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Thanks for all the kind comments. I still don't know what my sister thinks of it since she lives 5 hours drive away and I'll be delivering it in a week.
I know it sounds odd to call it a lingerie chest and use the word shaker, but that's what it's called, I didn't invent the term (or the design) as a google search shows: https://www.google.ca/search?q=shaker+lingerie+chest
Obviously Shakers themselves had no need of frilly underthings, but maybe they made them to sell.
 

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Well there is the truth getting in the way of a good story and ruining it!
Wow $1400 plus, .... I might knock a few up myself!!
I hope your sister appreciates the work you did!!
 

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This chest turned out beautifully.
 

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Somehow I have a hard time picturing the Shakers having need of a lingerie chest

- Mainiac Matt
The vision that first popped into my mind was well…...

Nice build!
 

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The thought that popped in my head was…. of course everyone has a use for it, and who better than the shakers to be smart enough to intentionally create more space for lingerie! I think this should be my next project and…I will smile the whole time I'm building it dreaming about the possibilities that could be discovered stored within it…
 

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Somehow I have a hard time picturing the Shakers having need of a lingerie chest

:^p

But this one looks beautiful!

Nice job

- Mainiac Matt
Like you, I was think more petticoats than lingerie to go with Shaker lol But nice work OP! I'm sure your sis will love it, no matter what goes in it.
 

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Thanks for the comments. I gave it to my sister this past weekend, and she was very happy.
 

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Good job Jeremy, ... I hope you spared her all the banter!
 
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