Hope Chest Completed

[Chris Dodge]

That is beautiful. I love the maple and how you oriented the different shades of the wood on the lid.
Is it clear coated or are you going to stain the wood?

I sprayed on three coats of General Finishes High Performance Water based Poly and sanded with 320 grit between the first two coats.

Thanks for the kind remarks everyone and have a merry Christmas!

[Dave MacArthur]

Really nice chest Chris. She'll treasure that forever.

[Dave Shively]

Chris that looks fantastic! I have done dozens of laser projects and have found Maple is not a good wood for the laser engraving. For photographs of
peoples faces or of scenery the wood is just to hard and the laser settings must be set just right. Cherry lasers nice but the gain gets in the way. The best wood is Alder because it is soft and for the most part the grain is not a problem.

The chest turned out great! I DO like the use of Maple too! You did one great job! Love you website too.

Dave

[lou sansone]

very nice indeed

lou