Sycamore chest

I love sycamore. The grain is outstanding and it is easy to work. Quartersawn it is even more beautiful. Don’t tell everyone thou, it may drive the price up. You did a great job.

-- Scott, Kentucky ----- "Let us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry" Mark Twain

I do not know the wood. Very nice chest there

-- Nollie Bay City , Tx .http://www.leoncustomfurniture.com

I have always liked the grain in sycamore and never understood why it was relegated to a secondary wood status. Nice chest.

-- If the world was a logical place, men would be the ones who ride horses sidesaddle.

Quite the challenge doing that coopered lid. And very well done I might add.

-- Love thy neighbour as thyself

I really like the wood and the chest design is it your own design? Great work
Kirb

Interesting design,Steven.

-- Lidiya,Russia," I use wood to translate my mood".

Great looking chest, i like the shape of the lid. Where did you get your hardware ?

-- Lumberdog.. Michigan

i like that one too, you’ve got talent. Yeah, I thought that was Van Dykes, I get my stuff from there too.

-- Don, Royersford, PA

The wood is very attractive and the coopered top adds to the good looks of this chest

-- Peter, Woodbridge, Ontario

Nice wood and great chest I like the unique bow.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Beautiful, especially the till handles.

-- - Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true. -

That is a really nice chest!

Sycamore is beautiful. However, it has spiral grain like elm and sweetgum and is difficult to dry straight without warp and twist. The quartersawn stuff does pretty good, but the flatsawn boards are very prone to twist. It can dry to crazy trying to mill it flat and get it to stay flat.

-- Wood-Mizer LT15

Beautiful chest, the shape of the top really defines this piece.

-- Martin ....always count the number of fingers you have before, and after using the saw.

awsome trunk! Was the lid carved out or steam bent?

-- "by all means read what the experts say. Just don't let it get in the way of your woodworking" ;John Brown

Well done!

Excellent workmanship!

-- Randy "You are judged as much by the questions you ask as the answers you give..."