Walnut chest renovation

Nice piece. I probably should already know this but what does SWMBO stand for if you don’t mind me asking?

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

“she who must be obeyed”
Lee…painting Walnut what are you thinking! What do you think God made Poplar and Alder for. Sure it looks nice but…Walnut!

Dennis, thanks for the info. And thanks for posting what my trembling hands just couldn’t bare to type! LOL. A beautiful piece Lee, but man oh man.

I’m thinking it needs to be changed to SWMBOEFWP (She Who Must Be Obeyed Except For Walnut Painting!)

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

Good save on the walnut top. What are you going to make with it? A Thorsen table?

-- Jesus is Lord!

You will notice the price.

I cried. I swore. I begged. But it really didn’t fit with the cherry hutch and dining room table that is just across the room from it. And it was FREE.

It was solid (real wood solid) walnut. The shelf was walnut. The shelf was put in with dadoes on the sides of the cabinet. (I tired to get that out and salvage it but no luck.)

I don’t have a close up of the top but the cherry was pretty mismatched color wise. I did that so I could really test what I had learned from Gedrys. Top turned out very even. Four different stains to get that rich deep color. Four coats of tung oil hand rubbed brought out a deep luster. You can see 3 feet down into that top.

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

Totally understandable Lee. And you did a beautiful job on that top. Thanks again for sharing.

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

and in the end you have a beautiful piece of furniture that will be around for a very long time!

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

Good save Sawdust2

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Beautiful !!

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Very nice end result, but I’m with Dennis on painting walnut. If my SWMBO said “either the walnut goes or I go”, I’d tell her I’ll miss her. :-)

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

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

I love it, it looks so rich to me. It matches everything in the room and it was free those are big pluses to me. I can understand not wanting to paint walnut though. The flower arrangments are beautiful too.

Diane

Thats a nice chest.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker