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Well I needed a project for the last week. So here is what I came up with. It goes with the tea table. Its a hope chest for my daughter. I am adding alot of pictures so you can see how I did it. Have fun. Thanks for leaving feed back. This is after I hand cut all the dove tails and put the box together.
Here I have made some Queen Ann legs but made them on a small scale.
After getting the legs done, I needed to make a top So I thought about a flat top but wanted something curved. This was don in a few steps as I made the frame first.
Then I used some 1/4 inch plywood and bent it over the frame.
After that I had some Walnut burl veneer left over from the tea table so I used it for the top. I veneered it to the top of the ply wood. I used my veneer press on it.
After I had that done I glue up and veneered a nother piece of plywood for the inside lid.
I used some Walnut and made my own veneer. After that I glued it to the bottom of the lid.
After I was done with that I added a sides all the way around the lid.
Then with lots of sanding, I was ready for the finish. So here it is all finished up.
Then I put 5 coats of poly hand rub on it. 
So there it is I had alot of fun making this. I really learned a lot on this one.
-- Davesfunwoodworking
20 comments so far
CedarFreakCarl
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posted 465 days ago
Dang that’s nice! Great job on the dovetails & legs.
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Christopher
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posted 465 days ago
That is really beautiful! great work! I bet your daughter loves it!
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griff
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posted 465 days ago
Beautiful, I really like the legs. I`v never made any queen ann legs but I plan too soon. Very good build
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daveintexas
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posted 465 days ago
duplicate
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daveintexas
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posted 465 days ago
OOOHHH my goodness, that is a nice chest.
I think the lid is fantastic.
When you said you added sides all the way around-Did you mean that you veneered the sides all the way around ???
thanks for posting
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SteveKorz
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posted 465 days ago
beautiful, beautiful, beautiful… very nice work…
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depictureboy
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WOW that burl is b e a utiful!!
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trifern
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posted 465 days ago
Beautiful hope chest. I really like the top. Thanks for sharing.
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3fingerpat
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Excellent work!
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Roper
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posted 465 days ago
very cool , nice job.
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Bigbuck
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Beautiful work, that is a great looking chest.
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ND2ELK
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posted 465 days ago
One great looking chest. You did a beautiful job on this piece. Thank you for posting.
god Bless
tom
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Davesfunwoodworking
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Daveintexas, No i did not veneer the sides. They are 1/4 inch pieces of walnut, added to the sides of the top. So I had enough room on the bottom and the top to hide the plywood and veneer. So I made the top 1/4 smaller all the way around then with the 1/4 inch sides added the top fit all thge way to the outsides of the box. Thanks to every one who left feedback. Thanks for all the kind words. Dave
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thetimberkid
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posted 465 days ago
Great job!
Thanks for the post
Callum
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motthunter
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I know why they call it a hope chest. We all hope to make one that nice some day
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Michael Brailsford
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excellent work. I notice you have a vaccume press. I work at a hospital and was able to get a very nice vaccume pump that was taken out of service. I need to get bags. Where did you get yours?
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Davesfunwoodworking
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You can order the bags or buy the vinyl material from joewoodworker.com They have all the stuff you need to make it. The fittings, glue and pump stuff. Good prices as well.
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Bradford
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Beautiful. Thanks for the steps. She should cherish it.
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brianinpa
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Where was I last week that I missed seeing this? That chest looks great and the details on how you made it is also great.
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Napaman
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posted 458 days ago
very nice….and thanks sooooo much for all the extra photos and details…
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