Cedar Blanket Chest

[Cody Colston]

I made this for my future DIL. It's Eastern Red Cedar that I had milled from some logs a friend gave me off his place. He was clearing out for a barn and offered them to me for free. This is the last of the stock and it's about two years old...air dried.

It's loosely based on Norm's version from the NYW. I tweaked the dimensions to match the stock I had and added some embellishments like the coved bracket feet, trim and molding.

Finish is BLO followed by Zinsser seal coat from a rattle can and then about 6 coats of Target USL sprayed on with a Wagner HVLP conversion gun.

This is my first flatwork posting at SMC so y'all don't be too harsh. ;)

[John Timberlake]

Very nice job. You should be able to store a lot of blankets in there without any problems from moths.

[Jeff Miller]

That is really really nice,dam nice;)

I'd just tell her to leave the blankets out so she can show off the craftsmanship to everyone:D





Jeff:D

[Dennis Meek]

Cody

What a beautiful chest you have made!! I know that you future DIL will absolutely love it.

Dennis

[scott spencer]

Nice work Cody....looking sharp!

[Dave Verstraete]

Cody
Great looking chest! Maybe you should do more flat work!

[J. Z. Guest]

Looks great all around.

[Cody Colston]

Thanks for the nice comments, all. They are much appreciated.

[Greg Cole]

Nice chest Cody... err blanket chest.:rolleyes:
What Dave said about flat work.

Cheers.
Greg