Blanket Chest

[Gordon Eyre]

I just completed a blanket chest and wanted to share it with you here. I built it out of Oak plywood and solid oak trim and base. I still have to finish it but I am waiting on my son to determine what he wants. It has a soft close mechanism for the lid.

[Will Boulware]

Very nice work. Post some finished pics when your son makes up his mind!!

[Gordon Eyre]

Very nice work. Post some finished pics when your son makes up his mind!!

Thanks Will, it was a fun project to build. There are a lot of miter's to cut so I was happy to have a well set up SCMS.

[Todd Burch]

It's amazing what you can do with plywood, door trim, glue and fasteners! Very nice!

I think the only change I would have made would have been to carry the trim all the way to the outside end of the case on the long sides (front and back), instead of doing that on the short ends (sides).

The proportion is nice. Height looks good. I like the base.

Overall, very good use of materials chosen!

Todd

[Gordon Eyre]

It's amazing what you can do with plywood, door trim, glue and fasteners! Very nice!

I think the only change I would have made would have been to carry the trim all the way to the outside end of the case on the long sides (front and back), instead of doing that on the short ends (sides).

The proportion is nice. Height looks good. I like the base.

Overall, very good use of materials chosen!

Todd

Thanks for your comments Todd. Actually, I did not carry either one to the end but rather added a piece of quarter round on the corners. It really looks quite nice that way. Perhaps it is difficult to see that in the picture?

Maybe this view will make it easier to see:

[Todd Burch]

Ah, I see it now! Good idea!

[JohnT Fitzgerald]

Gordon - that is very nice! I hope you post some pics after it has been finished.

[Gordon Eyre]

Gordon - that is very nice! I hope you post some pics after it has been finished.

Thank you John, I will post pictures of the finished product.

[Von Bickley]

Great looking chest.....When you post your next pictures, please add some pictures of the inside.

[Andrew Hughes]

Looks great Gordon,And those miters are very close to perfect.Wish my scms cut like that.

[Gordon Eyre]

Great looking chest.....When you post your next pictures, please add some pictures of the inside.

Thanks, I will add some pictures of the finished product. Not sure about the inside of the chest since it is just a big hole to put things in. Actually my grandson will use this as a toy box; however, my neighbor said it was too nice to call it a toy box so I dubbed it a blanket chest. :-)

Looks great Gordon,And those miters are very close to perfect.Wish my scms cut like that.

Thanks Andrew, I appreciate your comments. I started out cutting the miters on my table saw and was struggling a little so switched to my SCSM and they were near perfect every time. There was still a lot of fitting that went on from a length perspective. My SCSM is a Bosch and I actually won it in a wood magazine writing contest. It was not the actual prize but I talked them into it because I already had the tool they were giving away.

[gary Zimmel]

Nice job on the chest Gordon.

[Gordon Eyre]

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Nice job on the chest Gordon.

Thanks Gary, I appreciate your remarks.

[Mark Valsi]

very nice, I like the detail on the base

[Gordon Eyre]

very nice, I like the detail on the base

Thanks Mark. I don't have a bandsaw so I cut it out with my jig saw. Takes longer but it works.