Jatoba Blanket Chest Finished

[Greg Jurrens]

Here's a photo of the Jatoba chest finished.
I used 4 coats of Sealacell clear. This finish is almost foolproof. I tried
this product after seeing David Marks use it on just about everything.
Greg Jurrens

[Lars Thomas]

Whoaaa, Whoaaa, you can't just drop in with a picture like that without any construction details!! Man, that looks great. Lars

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Greg.....stunning........That is stunning! Fantastic craftsmanship!

[Vaughn McMillan]

Very, very nice Greg. I second Lars' request for more details. I really like the lines of the legs, and the wood combination is great.

- Vaughn

[Don Baer]

I too would like more details. That is a fine piece of wood working.

[Norman Hitt]

As they used to say at that "John" Carnegie Course,:rolleyes: Absolutely Fantastic! :D

[Alan DuBoff]

Love the asian look it has with the arched legs. Nice curly maple also (it is maple, isn't it?).

[Gail O'Rourke]

Gorgeous piece, really beautiful.

[Shelley Bolster]

Ken used the word I wanted to use Greg.....STUNNING! Just looking at it makes my head hurt from all the different angles you used......definitely a testament to your abilities!

[tod evans]

nice work greg!

[Ben Roman]

Awesome work Greg ! I am green with envy . How did you do it. Post some instructions !!

Ben

[Paul Canaris]

Impressive, I can only imagine how difficult that jointery must have been.

[Tim Solley]

Holy cow Greg! That's one incredible chest! I would go on, but honestly I can't think of anything else to say about this piece.

Oh, and I agree with Lars. You can't drop a bomb like that without the details.

Tim

[Zahid Naqvi]

If it hasn't been said enough already, superb!

[Christopher Stahl]

Brilliant work! Definitely need some contruction info.

[Scott Coffelt]

kewl, is that curly maple (I assume) solid or veneer?

[Roger Los]

That is perhaps the most confident and lovely piece I've seen in awhile. Details would be great.

[Bill Eshelman]

My head just fell off.

There, how is that for a nice blanket chest. Just looking at a picture of it made my head fly off!

Nice job.:)

[Joe Unni]

Just beautiful!

Thanks for sharing,
-joe

[John Buzzurro]

Greg, that's an unusual and beautiful piece.

[Matt Guyrd]

Very impressive! The design is well-balanced, great contrast in color, and fantastic use of grain/figure.

I do believe Tyler should consider adding a new division to his Enforcement Department...Construction Details Police. No picture, didn't happen. No construction details, he/she didn't build it. :D

Great piece, Greg...inspirational!

Matt

[Bruce Shiverdecker]

Great lookin' piece. Been talkin' to Stu about Oriental design?

Whoever ends up with it is going to be HAPPY!

Bruce

[Martin Lutz]

WOW!! I cant come up with anything else, just WOW!

[Greg Jurrens]

Hi all,
I want to thank everyone for their much appreciated compliments on my Jatoba blanket chest. I have been an amateur woodworker for about 20 years now. In the past I made mainly small things like jewelry boxes, hand mirrors and a couple rocking chairs. Now I am starting to make some larger furniture. The next project will be an elliptical hall table. The Jatoba blanket chest was inspired by a series of jewelry boxes that I made a few years ago.They all have an oriental feel. The chest is made with shop sawn veneers for the top and all of the curly maple panels. These all have Baltic birch cores and are laminated in a vacuum press. The rest is all mortise and tenon and frame and panel construction. The finish is 4 coats of sealacell clear.
Greg Jurrens

[Mike Cutler]

Greg.

That's a very nice piece of work that you have done there. The lines are clean, and the overall shape is very pleasing.

Sometimes when angles like those are integrated into a piece. It detracts from the overall presence. It can be too much. Your blanket chest does not fall into this category, the angles are part of the piece, and the flow, top to bottom is done nicely.

Now for some more details. How did you cut the M&T joints?, homemade jigs? MFT?. Is it loose tenon joinery or integrated?

[Corey Hallagan]

Just a spectacular piece! I love it.

corey

[Mark Valsi]

in a word: EXCELLENT

[Jason Tuinstra]

Greg, it turned out great. Fantastic job.

[Bob Reeve]

Very Very Beautiful. Enough Said

[Jack Ferrell]

I admired the chest after seeing the pics in your first post before the finish was applied. Now I'm really impressed. Excellent work.