I finally finished my tool chest
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I’m not sure If I dethroned Matt for “slowest woodworker in the west”, but I finished this last week. I started it about 10 months ago. I had to put it aside for other projects, but it is finished!
Wow, that came out really nice, Joe. The dovetails are perfect.
Stunning, Joe. The half blind dovetails look great (excellent contrast in colors)! And the frame and panel lid, too! And the wood. Fantastic project, Joe.
Thanks. I have found that joints look better in pictures. Look close enough and there are a few problems. nothing that will compromise strength though.
The main wood is walnut, but I used poplar for the drawers. Walnut was getting too pricy.
Sine it took so long, you can see my skill increase when you compare different joints. The dovetails I did 10 months ago (back) are noticeably worse than the front.
It felt so good to finish it.
Looks great. Looks like leather drawer pulls?
BrianJ
The tool chest looks great. Keep up the good work!
Very nice. I can relate to your comment about progressing as a wood worker. I’m building my joiners chest now and the first set of dovetails does not look like the most recent ones. Thankfully, it will be painted in the end. With the price of wood right now, I couldn’t just scrap the job and build new, so it’ll be a constant reminder of where I came from.
Yes, they are leather pulls. I didn’t want to buy pulls and I had some scrap laying around. I just used small cut nails to hold it in. I think they actually turned out well, and will use it again in the future. Simple, cheap, looks good. No complaints!
I had the same kind of progression of skill, on the same project! Always takes a long time for me to finish a project with the spare time I have, like most of us I assume. Nice to watch one corner get better than the last as time goes on. Great job!
Kevin
Looks really nice, you must be chuffed to bits!
Looks great. Joints always get better as you work on piece. Same happens with me.
That is awesome, really, I hope one day to be able to do work to that standard.
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