Late pics of X-mas project/gift.

[Terry Bigelow]

Finished this for my in-laws before x-mas, just got the picture posting thing down(sort-of). I'm new here (sort-of) and haven't been able to post any work until now. This was made of Alder and finished with a dye stain and pre-cat laquer. I'll have to post some more projects and maybe a shop tour. Seems like everyone here likes to see both (me too). Thanks to everyone for being so helpful and nice. I love this site and the wealth of knoledge, experience and information to woodworkers of all levels.

[Jim Becker]

Terry, that's a really nice piece! 'Hope the in-laws love it!

[Corey Hallagan]

Very nice Terry, great looking piece!

Corey

[Dan Oliphant]

Nice project Terry, turned out great.

[Chad Pater]

That is a beautiful piece, great work! I love it.

[Kristian Wild]

That's a really nice blanket chest Terry. I love the tone of the stain on the alder, very warm.

Kris

[Jim Fox]

Never having built something like that, just kitchen type cabinets and some knick knack shelves. What would one do to combat that bowed top?

All in All, fabulous looking piece.

[Terry Bigelow]

It actually happened days after it was glued up when we had a pretty big swing in temperature here in GA. Also we have some serious humidity here too that I'm sure contributed to the problem. As for the fix, I used battens (strips of wood running cross-grain) that were attached under the lid which really took care of business. Of course there are other ways to fix it that had I thought about I would have done in construction, such as bread board ends. Anyhow, I guess I went the easy route with the battens but it worked great.

[Don Stanley]

The in-laws will enjoy this piece forever, not to mention all the bragging rights that come with it:D

-Don