Hope Chest

Very nice work…..make sure you stop by when your neice is around 18-months…..those hinges will provide much entertainment. I remember my daughter opening the lid on her oak toybox, you would have thought she was a powerlifter with all the grunting…..but no smashed fingers!

-- Measuring twice and cutting once only works if you read the tape correctly!

It’s a beautiful chest and a nice simple design. I like it.

-- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau

very nice design, and very nicely done. gr8 dovetails and panels. I like the way you did the legs, and “easing” all the edges, nice touch. your Niece will be touched

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Great work, Love the lines on this very soft looking. Nice score makig alot if this from a pallet as well. Did you use Enduo Varnish from General Finishes? I’m sure she loved it.

-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"

Great Lookin Chest

-- Jim, Kentucky

Thanks for the comments everyone. Ken90712, I used Varathane poly. thinned at about 1 part water, 2 parts poly. Sprayed about 8 thin coats every hour and the garage was about 58 degrees at the time. Dries much faster then oil based poly.

Great job. I’ve strayed away from the water-based poly but have actually always had good results in the past.

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