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View File Workbench Magazine Mar-Apr 1966 Early American Blanket Chest This is a scanned document of the now defunct Workbench Magazine of this era. Permission was granted by the new Workbench Publication for The Patriot Woodworker community to copy and use the old Workbench Magazine at our pleasure, and for free distribution and re-use. A personal note from me, I love this design, this is quintessential Early American true to it's design and practical use. This chest will make a wonderful project, and and wonderful hand tool project as well! Submitter John Morris Submitted 10/30/2016 Category Furnishings -
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This is a scanned document of the now defunct Workbench Magazine of this era. Permission was granted by the new Workbench Publication for The Patriot Woodworker community to copy and use the old Workbench Magazine at our pleasure, and for free distribution and re-use. A personal note from me, I love this design, this is quintessential Early American true to it's design and practical use. This chest will make a wonderful project, and and wonderful hand tool project as well! -
Now IF I can find those pictures... Friend of mine cut down and old Cedar tree. He even used parts of the 2x6 boards he cut from the tree to make a ...(wait for it..) PinNic table. However, I was able to rescue a few boards for this little chest Looks like three drawers? Welllllll Not quite, top "drawer is a fake. Bottom two are the real ones. Solid Cedar, has some secondary wood of pine inside. Mainly runners for the drawers and parts for the drawers. Three coats of Poly Gloss Chest is still in use, in the bedroom. Had to resaw on a tablesaw to get those 2x6s down to something I could work with....
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View File Workbench Magazine 1962 Jan-Feb Slim Jim Chest This is a scanned document of the now defunct Workbench Magazine of this era. Permission was granted by the new Workbench Publication for The Patriot Woodworker community to copy and use the old Workbench Magazine at our pleasure, and for free distribution and re-use. This is a really cool chest for your shop, it's basic, it has a nice cut list on the second page, and you can use this as a jumping off point for your chest or build it per plan, your choice! Submitter Courtland Submitted 08/09/2015 Category Furnishings
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This is a scanned document of the now defunct Workbench Magazine of this era. Permission was granted by the new Workbench Publication for The Patriot Woodworker community to copy and use the old Workbench Magazine at our pleasure, and for free distribution and re-use. This is a really cool chest for your shop, it's basic, it has a nice cut list on the second page, and you can use this as a jumping off point for your chest or build it per plan, your choice!-
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I got a picture last night from the customer that got the Cherry Blanket Chest I made. It seems she is really happy with it and thinks she may want to stay in it for a while. That smile makes building the chest worth every bit of it. Nothing like a happy customer.
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a little tool chest varnish/BLO/walnut stain. insides are filling up quick. Might just be a decent chest. From a pile of old bed parts
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Well, this is going to be the final installment on this TPW Team Project to build a Cedar Lined Walnut Blanket Chest for my Grand Daughter Nori Piper Worsham due in mid November 2014. Being that I live in Southern California and my son and daughter in law live in Indianapolis, Indiana, building the chest and then getting it out there would require that I either drive it out in the back of my pick up truck, or I pay to ship it out. Neither option was really very good so I called both John Moody and Ron Dudelston because we were all going to be together at John Moody's house along with our wives for 4 days and 3 nights and asked if they would be interested in building this chest together. So John and Ron agreed and in Parts 1 & 2 we got the chest completed and rough sanded at John's house with the exception of the base trim, cleats for the lid, trim for the lid, cedar lining and final finish and Ron and I along with our wives headed back up north to Indiana with the chest in the back of their van. In Part 3 I drove up to Ron's house about an hour north of Indianapolis and we finished the assembly of the chest with Ron making the cleats and trim for the lid as well as doing the cedar lining inside the chest while I made up the base trim and helped Ron do the installation of the top and bottom trim. After that was all done, we carried it out and put the chest in the back seat of my rental car and I headed back to my kids' house in Indianapolis to do the final sanding and putting on the finish. So here is the chest as it was completed at Ron's shop on ThursdayJuly 24th 2014 before we carried it out to my car. In this photo Ron had wiped on some mineral spirits to show off the grain a bit. The open top did not have any mineral spirits on it so it this is what the whole chest looked liked once the mineral spirits evaperated. Once I got the chest back to my kids' house in Indy, Tami and I carried it in and set it in the garage. My kids had just moved into this house the previous Monday so there are boxes all over the house and empty boxes in the garage. Since my son has no tools other than a set Husky Tools from Home Depot that I got him when he was 18, I had to go to Home Depot and pick up a few things to get it done. So $300 later I came home with a small shop vac, random orbital sander, 12v drill/driver and bits, 2 folding saw horses to set the chest on and various finishing supplies, sandpaper and a spray can of shellac. As for the type of finish that I was going use I was limited to doing a wipe on finish. So I stopped by the local Rockler store in Indy and bought a quart of the "Sam Maloof Finish" which is an equal mix of boiled linseed oil, tung oil and polyurethane. For the size of this project I could have purchased the 3 separate items and mixed it myself, but it was cheaper and easier to just buy a can of the Maloof off the shelf. After doing the final sanding from 220-400 grit and getting all the dust off, I sprayed shellac on the underside of the lid to seal it as opposed to putting on the Maloof finish as the oil will cause odors inside the chest. On the outside the chest and lid I wiped on multiple coats of the Maloof finish letting them soak in and then wiping off the excess and then letting it set for 24 hours before doing another coat. So here are the finished photos of the chest made for my Grand Daughter Nori. Being that it is in the garage and the lighting is horrible, the photos do not do justice to the actual finish. The grain is awesome and the dovetails look beautiful! The most important thing is that my daughter in law LOVES IT!! For now the chest will have to sit in the garage for a few weeks as they have to get some painting done and the bedroom set up where it will go. I have to give a BIG THANKS to John Moody and Ron Dudelston for all of their work on this project. I could not have done it with out them and it was pleasure working alongside my fellow woodworkers and friends. This chest will be an heirloom that will stay with my kids and get passed down in the family. -
Or lack of. Tried to make a few grooves with the Roseboom Plough plane......too much work. Got out the CORDED thingy Yep, that silver thingy. Set it up with an edge guide, and a 3/8"(~) straight cutter bit. Grooves had to be offset a bit, to match the existing ones I have on hand (Recycled from the bed parts) Set up the leg vise with a block to hold the free end. Nice view of that "In-the-way" lathe. Push the router from the left to the right. One day, I am going to add leather to the inside of that vise. A few leg pieces, and a few rails. Already have four for the ends, that I was trying to match. next up ( sometime) some tenons to make, a few raised panels to fit, and much later, a lid to glue up. At this rate, might be making sliding trays about.....Labor Day...
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We are coming around 3rd base and heading for Home now on this Cedar Lined Walnut Blanket Chest for my Grand Daughter Nori. After Part 2 wrapped up down at John Moody's shop in Florence, Alabama, we moved up north to Hartford City, Indiana to Ron Dudelston's shop to deal with the final assembly. After Ron and his wife Dorothy dropped off Tami and I at the Ace Rental Car in Indianapolis on Monday night to get our rental car, they headed home to Hartford City which is about an hour north with the chest in the back of their van. Over the next couple of days Ron got the chest all sanded down through multiple grits to get it ready for the final assembly. On Thursday (yesterday) I drove up to his place and we got it all completed so I could bring it back to my kid's house to put on the finish. When I got there about 9am Ron had made up the cleats that would go on the underside of the chest lid to keep it flat an not bow and was finishing the final milling of the 1/4" cedar boards to line the inside of the chest. He milled the cedar boards with a small rabbit on the edges so that the boards would overlap so they would all lay flat and there would be no gaps as the walnut moves during the seasons. Before putting the cedar in, he sprayed the inside of the chest with shellac to seal it. Then Ron started with the bottom first, then the ends, and then the front and back. He wrapped it up with vertical 3/4" strips on the seams in the corners to make all look clean. The cedar boards are just held in with brads so there is no glue and the walnut can move with changes and the cedar will move with it without gaping. After we got the base trim mounted, Ron is putting on the hinges so we can mount the top. Here is a shot of some of the trim detail. While Ron did the cedar, I made up the the trim using a template from John Moody to trace out the end designs and then scroll saw it and sand it down to final shape on a spindle sander and finish it up with a random orbital sander.The last thing that was done at John's shop in Alabama was to have Ron and John sign on the bottom. Ron's signature is on the other end. Ron and I mounted the trim together and then attached the 3/4"x3/4" trim under the lip of the lid to seal out dust from getting into the chest. Here are an open and closed shot of the completed chest. Ron wiped it down with a bit of Mineral Spirits to show off the grain. You can see the difference in the "open" photo as the underside of the lid did not have the Mineral Spirits wiped on it. Here is a shot of the completed cedar lining. It sure looks and smells great! After Ron and I carried the chest from his shop out back, we got it loaded in the back seat of my rental. Good thing that I upgraded to a full size car as I would have had to make another trip up to Ron's house in my son's truck. Here is the chest in my kid's garage after Tami and I unloaded it from the car waiting for me to do the final sanding and finishing before we head back home to California on July 31st.
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Took a few shots of the Tool Chest Well, you can see a FEW more details in there Name that tool game?? Just an old box......tripod MIGHT be worth the $15 I spent on it
