Bryan Berguson
01-21-2008, 7:10 PM
This is the butternut blanket chest that I built for my wife for Christmas. Finally got some pictures taken... Lesson 1 learned - take pictures immediately after completion! :)
The wood came from a old rotten tree next to a friends driveway that he wanted cut before it fell on somebody. It was cut down and stored in my Dad's barn about 12 years ago. The bottom is pine leftover from a board and batton job on an old fixitup house I used to own.
No plans, just a picture in my head of how I wanted it to look. LOML loves it so I guess it was a good picture.
The white spots that show are epoxy filled rotten spots or worm holes. The flash makes them white. They don't show other than the picture.
Dovetails were cut on a Leigh D4R.
Finish is one coat boiled linseed oil with three coats of polyurethane...:rolleyes: I'm converted now. :) I have some shellac and Waterlox on my shelf for the next project(s) thanks to advice I got here.
Thanks to the posters here for the help along the way. John Nixons video was especially helpful.
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The wood came from a old rotten tree next to a friends driveway that he wanted cut before it fell on somebody. It was cut down and stored in my Dad's barn about 12 years ago. The bottom is pine leftover from a board and batton job on an old fixitup house I used to own.
No plans, just a picture in my head of how I wanted it to look. LOML loves it so I guess it was a good picture.
The white spots that show are epoxy filled rotten spots or worm holes. The flash makes them white. They don't show other than the picture.
Dovetails were cut on a Leigh D4R.
Finish is one coat boiled linseed oil with three coats of polyurethane...:rolleyes: I'm converted now. :) I have some shellac and Waterlox on my shelf for the next project(s) thanks to advice I got here.
Thanks to the posters here for the help along the way. John Nixons video was especially helpful.
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