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When you have your first kid and she is a girl you need to make her a cedar hope chest / toy box that she can grow into. I work at a local lumber yard and we always have culls and dunnage that we file in the dumpster. Being the wood worker i am i can’t see good wood go to wast. So 90% of the material I use is stuff people think is junk. Yes it may take a little more time to work. But the benefits of working with culls and dunnage is so much better because you are saveing it form going to the landfill and the fact that it is FREEEEEEEEEEEEE.
the chest is red cedar that was the dunnage on the base row of a unit 1×6 wp4 cedar I was able to get 9 good 16’ 1×8 out of the base of that unit. Only used a few boards wonder what i will do with the rest?
-- Chad Ward Westbrook, ME
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8 comments so far
mgradwohl
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posted 85 days ago
Nice work, free too! I like that you didn’t finish the inside at all.
Karson
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posted 85 days ago
Nice use of discarded materials.
Great project.
-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com
Scott Bryan
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posted 85 days ago
This is a beautiful toy/hope chest. Great use of “scrap” materials too. That is a winning combination. You get “free” wood to work with and keep usable material from going into a landfill. What is not to like about that.
As to what to do with the rest, I am sure there are some more projects for your daughter that you can design.
By the way she is a doll.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
brunob
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posted 85 days ago
Free wood and a keepsake too. You can’t beat that.
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trifern
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posted 85 days ago
Very nice chest that will be cherished for generations. Thank you for sharing.
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ND2ELK
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posted 85 days ago
Very nice chest. A beautiful herirloom to pass on for generations. I made a steamer trunk for my wife to pass on to her daughter and grand daughter. It is on my sight if you care to look. Thanks for posting.
God Bless
tom
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Kiersten
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posted 85 days ago
What a wonderful cedar chest! I love that she’ll be able to use it as she grows.
-- Kiersten, Los Angeles, www.modmomfurniture.com
Dusty56
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posted 84 days ago
Free and gift …two of my favorite words !! This is a great project , the knotty cedar adds a lot to the overall look !
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