This is the last part of a pine blanket chest build, previous build pics I think are above.
Planing the Cooper, curved chest lid.
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Adding the rabbits along the long grain that will capture the lid panel in the chest top frame.
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Using a cutting gauge and router plane to do the cross grain rabbits.
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Using the template to lay out the groove in the frame for the Cooper chest lid and a dry fit.
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The lid glued up. The pine gets dirty so easily that there are multiple final cleanup planings. Personally, I really like the look/color of the unfinished pine IMHO super clean and bright. However the Boss said it should be darker. I ended up adding a stain that turned it the color peanut butter (although my initial description of the color was much less appetizing). It seems like every time I try and add color to a project it never works out well. Im resolving in the future; whatever color/tone the wood is thats it shellac and paste wax for me!
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