| Project by DBall | posted 403 days ago | 1287 views | 3 times favorited | 8 comments |  |
 |
This is my first post and my most ambitious project to date. I just recently started woodworking and have slowly been acquiring tools and skills. I got some old oak church pews and cut them along the glue lines to use for my lumber. I used my planer to take off all the old finish before making the trunk. Then I finished it using Danish oil and two coats of varnish.
| Pin It |
8 comments so far
Durnik150
home | projects | blog
647 posts in 1487 days
#1 posted 403 days ago
That is one beautiful trunk. Is that walnut in the place of the strapping or is it actually leather?
Great job!!
-- Behind the Bark is a lot of Heartwood----Charles, Centennial, CO
bugz
home | projects | blog
380 posts in 830 days
#2 posted 403 days ago
Super looking chest, I also built one from rockler plans. I cut up an old bar top.
-- Bob, Lewistown, Montana. Kindness is the Language the blind can see and deaf can hear. - Mark Twain
WoodSpanker
home | projects | blog
517 posts in 1558 days
#3 posted 403 days ago
Nice job, I made a similar one from Rockler a few years ago. Rockler has high prices, but their plans really are second to none, at least the ones I have used are.
-- Adventure? Heh! Excitement? Heh! A Woodworker craves not these things!
cwdance1
home | projects | blog
1139 posts in 1425 days
#4 posted 403 days ago
What a great job.
Roger
home | projects | blog
9191 posts in 970 days
#5 posted 403 days ago
If you’ve just started, you are doin awesome. Very nicely done. Work/play safe. Keep makin dust
-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Kentuk55@bellsouth.net
lizardhead
home | projects | blog
486 posts in 1007 days
#6 posted 403 days ago
Classic piece of work. Nicely done. look forward to seeing more of your work
-- Lizardhead---Yeah but it's a dry heat--Tempe, Az
EarlS
home | projects | blog
135 posts in 514 days
#7 posted 402 days ago
Very nice worksmanship.
I did a double take. That looks just like my first solo wood project. In fact I checked to make sure mine was still in the basement. It has been used for toys and all sorts of things for the past 12 years and it is still looks great and is as sturdy as when I built it.
Did you also make the insert tray for it?
-- Earl "I'm a pessamist - generally that increases the chance that things will turn out better than expected"
DBall
home | projects | blog
6 posts in 403 days
#8 posted 401 days ago
Durnik150- that is indeed walnut strapping. I glad you like it. Thanks to all for the positive feedback.
Dball
Have your say...