Finally finished a pair of cedar blanket chests, made totally from Eastern White Cedar. They were a challange since the cedar is quite soft and warps easily. My wife and daughter were quite pleased with the result.
The finish is 3 coats of 1.5# clear shellac with 0000 steel wool lightly between coats, with a final application of furniture paste wax. The interiors were left uncoated.
I used the Stots Master Template to make my working dovetail jigs. I was quite happy with this jig and with a cost of $89 USD (including dovetail and straight router bits), quite a bargain. I made a 24" through dovetail jig in an afternoon and it worked like a charm.
Thanks for looking.