Blanket Chest

Very nice Blanket Chest. One of these is on my wife’s list. I think it is about 2 pages long now.

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Nice job Bruce, I made one a while ago out of purpleheart and cherry wood with cedar lining. Man it was heavy. Made it for my daughter as a hope chest. Yours is still very nice, I love the dovetails, good job on those, I hear it’s easy with the leigh jig, is that true? jockmike

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Bruce,

Very nice blanket chest. I really like the dovetail joints on the case. How do you like your leigh jig? Is it easy to set up and use?

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

I have owned the Leigh for several years now and just never had the right project to try it out on. The manual was one of the best I have read. It took some time to get the hang of adjusting the size of the tails for a snug fit, and it really helps to have two routers so you can keep the depth settings the same. I did also experience some difficulty with chip out (which the manual gives you some tips on). Overall I would give the jig a four star rating; heck if I can do it anyone can! Next up is a cherry buffet for my daughter in law. I need to make my own plans and that is going to be a real challange figuring out all of the mortises, rabbets and dadoes ahead of time.
Thanks for all of the kind comments about the blanket chest.
Bruce

-- Bruce Ebling

Bruce – Outstanding work! I like the dovetails and drawers.

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Bruce, this is lovely.

My dear departed father made one of these, from the same plans, for my oldest daughter when she got married in 1996 and was in the process of making one for my second daughter’s marriage when he passed away in 1999.

You’ve done a very nice job.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hilsbiblechurch.org/

the drawers are wonderful!!
I can’t wait to get it in my house too !! :)

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

That’s a beautiful blanket chest and the dovetails really look good. You do know that you’re going to have to finish it in the bedroom, right? She’s not going to let it out of her sight… who can blame her? Drooling to see the cherry buffet!

-- Jesus is Lord!

Oh yeah, nice.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

Dang, that’s gorgeous! I’ll have to show it to my wife….she’s always telling me she doesn’t need any more of my projects in the house, but we’ve got a spot for one of those.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Very Nice. I am in the middle of making one out of cherry for my daughter. I just have a basic dovetail jig from Rockler and it is limited to stock 11” wide. So I am working on a different corner treatment.

I hope mine turns out half a good as yours did.

-- Fred Childs, Pasadena, CA - - - Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.

That is just a wonderful piece

I like the way you varied the spacing on the dovetails. Nice extra touch. It is one of the extras that I think makes getting a Leigh jig worthwhile.

Don’t forget to let us see it refinished.

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

Very nice, I like this a lot.

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Beautiful blanket chest. You did a great job on this. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

Thats a nice blanket chest.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

a wonderfull job on the blanket chest.