D.McDonnel "Mac"
12-23-2005, 1:36 PM
Well it's finally finished only about 1.5 years late! My daughter asked for the blanket chest for her wedding in June of 2004. With all there is to do for a wedding I knew that wasn't going to happen so I made a heart shapped box for her with a promise for the chest in the future. I took my time getting the details right, working on it between other projects.
<img src="http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c166/indymac24/ClosedFront.jpg">
It's made of curly cherry with bookmatched pannels, retained in mortice and tennon frames. The finish is a shellac sealer covered with many coats of blo/turp/varnish mix. Here you can see how nice the figure is accented by the finish. <img src="http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c166/indymac24/FigureWithDecentPannel.jpg">
The Design is a Wood Magazine download with much modification. I changed the top case moulding to a cove with the top getting a bullnose treatment.
<img src="http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c166/indymac24/Knot.jpg">
I had a little problem with a knot in the underside of the lid. I filled it with black epoxy.
<img src="http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c166/indymac24/OpenFront.jpg">
As you can see the chest is completely ceader lined, I even bookmatched the cearer planks as I resawed them to a 1/4 inch thick and then made 1/4 inch quater round to go in all the corners and along the bottom edge. You can see that in the next pic and also the chain stop and brass hinges I got from Lee Valley. Really nice extruded brass hinges! I chose not to use the no mortice hinges so I had to mortice them into both the lid and case but I'm glad I did because they look very traditional.
<img src="http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c166/indymac24/ChainStop.jpg">
In the next pic you can see the opened chest. I put some fairly large battens on the underside of the lid as it was trying to warp as soon as I took it out of the glueup clamps. I shaped the ends where the sides and top are rounded to a point sort of like the old weavers shuttles. They are made from a darker piece of cherry and stand out nicely on the lighter cherry of the lid.
<img src="http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c166/indymac24/OpenFront.jpg">
Lastly Here it is wrapped and ready for opening Sunday. I hope my daughter likes it as much as I liked making it for her!
<img src="http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c166/indymac24/Wrapped.jpg">
Thanks for looking and Merry Christmas everybody!!
Mac
<img src="http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c166/indymac24/ClosedFront.jpg">
It's made of curly cherry with bookmatched pannels, retained in mortice and tennon frames. The finish is a shellac sealer covered with many coats of blo/turp/varnish mix. Here you can see how nice the figure is accented by the finish. <img src="http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c166/indymac24/FigureWithDecentPannel.jpg">
The Design is a Wood Magazine download with much modification. I changed the top case moulding to a cove with the top getting a bullnose treatment.
<img src="http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c166/indymac24/Knot.jpg">
I had a little problem with a knot in the underside of the lid. I filled it with black epoxy.
<img src="http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c166/indymac24/OpenFront.jpg">
As you can see the chest is completely ceader lined, I even bookmatched the cearer planks as I resawed them to a 1/4 inch thick and then made 1/4 inch quater round to go in all the corners and along the bottom edge. You can see that in the next pic and also the chain stop and brass hinges I got from Lee Valley. Really nice extruded brass hinges! I chose not to use the no mortice hinges so I had to mortice them into both the lid and case but I'm glad I did because they look very traditional.
<img src="http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c166/indymac24/ChainStop.jpg">
In the next pic you can see the opened chest. I put some fairly large battens on the underside of the lid as it was trying to warp as soon as I took it out of the glueup clamps. I shaped the ends where the sides and top are rounded to a point sort of like the old weavers shuttles. They are made from a darker piece of cherry and stand out nicely on the lighter cherry of the lid.
<img src="http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c166/indymac24/OpenFront.jpg">
Lastly Here it is wrapped and ready for opening Sunday. I hope my daughter likes it as much as I liked making it for her!
<img src="http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c166/indymac24/Wrapped.jpg">
Thanks for looking and Merry Christmas everybody!!
Mac