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  1. 02-03-2013, 1:30 PM #1
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    Blanket Box/Dresser

    Just finished this - it's cherry with aromatic cedar lining in the blanket box and the drawer bottoms. This is the first project I've done with dovetails that were cut without Lee Valley training wheels.

    Comment/suggestions welcome!

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    Great looking project. I especially like the top! I've never seen the combination of Chest and Dresser. Where did you come up with a plan?
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  4. 02-03-2013, 8:18 PM #3
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    Great work and great design.
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    Nice use of the white part of the cherry looks great
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    Very nice!
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    That is outstanding.

    For the record, you WON'T find me showing this to my wife, LOL.
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    That's real nice Hans.The cherry looks like its from one tree.
    Thanks for sharing.
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  9. 02-03-2013, 10:58 PM #8
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    Very Nice! What are the handles made from?
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  10. 02-03-2013, 11:40 PM #9
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    Beautiful! I hope you can share construction photos, in particular the post&panel drawer guide details.
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  11. 02-04-2013, 10:14 AM #10
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    The hope chest and dresser combination is something I have never seen before. Now the gears are turning in my head on how to take that idea and combine a toy box and a taller dresser.
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    Love the nice clean lines and rhe excellent finish on your project. Well done.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Andrew Hughes View Post
    That's real nice Hans.The cherry looks like its from one tree.
    Thanks for sharing.
    Yes I was lucky to find two lovely bookmatched boards locally. When I was planing, I came across what I thought would mess up my jointer, but it turned out to be a lead bullet! I decided to leave it in - it kinda adds interest
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    Very Nice! What are the handles made from?
    The wood is African Blackwood - very dense and oily.

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    Great looking project. I especially like the top! I've never seen the combination of Chest and Dresser. Where did you come up with a plan?
    The plan just came from adding up all my design requirements. Need a place for guests to put their bags, need drawers for guests to put their, well, drawers, and my prolific quilter wife needs a place to store quilts and pillows. I designed it in sketchup.

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  14. 02-04-2013, 7:50 PM #13
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    Love the top. Not sure I could have brought myself to have made the cross-cut required for the lid.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe A Faulkner View Post
    Love the top. Not sure I could have brought myself to have made the cross-cut required for the lid.
    Must admit, it did give me pause...
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  16. 02-04-2013, 10:24 PM #15
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    I love those dovetails !!!! wow !!! the entire project is great, but the dovetails are something else !! Great craftsmanship indeed!
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