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This is my first project posting to lumberjocks and actually is my first piece of 'fine' furniture that i have made by myself. The chest is Black Walnut with Poplar as the secondary wood for drawer sides & backs, drawer bottoms and a shiplapped back. The chest is joined with hand cut through dovetails and the drawers are joined with hand cut half blind and through dovetails. The drawer knobs were turned freehand out of black cherry. This is also the first project in which i used hand planes at almost every level of construction. Oh, and i want to add that the vertical partition is dovetailed as well ( i didn't take a good picture of this, but wanted to mention it because it is one of my favorite parts of this project).

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A very fine tool chest! You can't go wrong with walnut. I really like the dovetailed drawers. Also, a belated welcome to Lumberjocks to you!
 

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Very good job,I like it.
 

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Real nice job with this. If you're going to North Bennet street, we'll soon be asking you for advice!

Welcome to LJ's

Lee
 

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thanks for the compliments everyone…no Lee sorry for the confusion, i am simply an amatuer woodworker, this is the chest from Finewoodworking's Tools & Shops from a few years ago.
 

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Welcome to LJs. That is a very nice tool chest. Beautiful work.
 

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Welcome, brother wood nut! By the looks of that chest, you'll feel right at home here. Pull up a stump, get comfy, smoke 'em if you got 'em, and join in the conversations. If you have enough photos of the chest during the various stages of construction, it would make a great blog here. Check out the blogs section to get an idea of what goes on there and see if you think your chest would fit in.

Paul
the little guy from Canada
 

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Congratulations on a fine piece and thanks for sharing. Looking forward to more of your work on LJs.
 

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Ah I see, this is the first project assigned to students at N. Bennet in the Cabinet and Furniture Making degree program. I live a few miles from the school, looks like they have some pretty good courses.

Great job on this tool chest, should serve you well, and welcome to LJ
 

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Nice!!!
 

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Wonderful…...well done
 

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Are you a student?
I am currently and I dont recognize the box from any of the other students. Nice work regardless!
 

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no coopman i am not, i got the inspiration from the article Steve Brown wrote for Fine Woodworking's Tools and Shops
 

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Great job on the chest. I like the use of poplar on the drawers, nice contrast with the walnut. Keep up the good work!
 

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Was your project based on the tool chest plans from Tommy Mac? Looks great.. would like to see some progress pictures of your build if you have them handy as Tiny mentioned.
 

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Very nice dovetails especially the half blinds.
The chest looks very well made.

How many tools are you able to fit? looks like quite a few.
 

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quite a few tools fit into this chest actually, i will try to remember to take pictures if you like
 
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