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Nice work Gramps. I'm sure they will love it even more as they grow older.
 

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Great projects! I'm sure they will love them.
 

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Great looking hope chest. Took me a year to make one for my daughter. It didn't even have panels on it like this. Way cool.
 

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Great looking project. Thanks for sharing.
 

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Triple wow, that's one of my favorites. I love the wood, the way the grain pops, it's a fine project.
 

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Thanks for the nice comments. The wood is ash , our ash trees here in southern Ontario have been attacked by some insect and a lot of them had to be logged, I think it is considered under control now. It really does have a nice grain and finishes up really nice.
 

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What stain did you use on that ash? It is beautiful. And a great job on the chest build. Those granddaughters will be very happy Christmas morning! Good luck on the great grandkids.
 

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Thanks for asking. That was Min Wax Dark Walnut stain.
Ash is very light almost white wood so it takes a real dark stain to come up with that color.
I also did a desk/wall unit with the same wood and stain in my office which I will post some pictures of shortly but I need to unclutter my desk first.
 

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Thanks. That's what I thought but I don't seem to be able to get it that dark. I'm probably wiping it off too soon or too vigorously. I tried some dark brown Rit dye on scrap today which didn't work well at all.
 
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