I do woodworking only in the Winter, and with the arrival of November, I call it Winter now. I finally finished up all my Summer outdoor projects. The leaves are raked, the apples are picked and made into apple cider. (33 gallons this year).
My first project for this Winter is to build two cedar chests for two granddaughters. These chests will be made from butternut. I'm copying a chest I made back in 1988 of walnut. The walnut one looks like this.
The two new ones will look the same except the wood will be butternut instead of black walnut.
Yes, inside they are cedar lined. The outside is whatever I'm in the mood to build. When these two are finished it brings my total to 18 that I've built. (large family) A few are alike, but many were different from the others.
Goldie(Bought New SN 377425)/4" jointer/6" beltsander/12" planer/stripsander/bandsaw/powerstation /Scroll saw/Jig saw /Craftsman 10" ras/Craftsman 6" thicknessplaner/ Dayton10"tablesaw(restoredfromneighborstrashpile)/ Mark VII restoration in 'progress'/ 10E[/size](SN E3779) restoration in progress, a 510 on the back burner and a growing pile of items to be eventually returned to useful life. - aka Red Grange
Very impressive! Look forward to seeing your butternut versions ...
Dick 1965 Mark VII S/N 407684
1951 10 ER S/N ER 44570 -- Reborn 9/16/14
1950 10 ER S/N ER 33479 Reborn July 2016
1950 10 ER S/N ER 39671
1951 jigsaw X 2
1951 !0 ER #3 in rebuild
500, Jointer, Bsaw, Bsander, Planer
2014 Mark 7 W/Lift assist - 14 4" Jointer - DC3300
And a plethora of small stuff .....
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I have a few boards of rather knotty cedar, and had no idea what I might use them for. I really like the chest-lining idea. Any chance we could see a pic of an interior, to see how you did the lining?
Goldie(Bought New SN 377425)/4" jointer/6" beltsander/12" planer/stripsander/bandsaw/powerstation /Scroll saw/Jig saw /Craftsman 10" ras/Craftsman 6" thicknessplaner/ Dayton10"tablesaw(restoredfromneighborstrashpile)/ Mark VII restoration in 'progress'/ 10E[/size](SN E3779) restoration in progress, a 510 on the back burner and a growing pile of items to be eventually returned to useful life. - aka Red Grange
Yes, I use the 1/4" aromatic cedar closet lining boards available at Menards. Simply glue it to the inside of the box after building. If you have cedar boards, you could probably resaw and plane them to 1/4" and do the same job.
It ends up looking like this.
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