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I laid off building anything for about a year. I get bored easily and move on to other stuff to do. I've been playing a lot of golf and riding my motorcycle until the weather turned bad. Now I'm back in the shop building stuff again and am really enjoying it. I have 20 women in our extended family and I am making boxes for them all.....eventually. The box I am currently working on is dove-tailed at each corner. This is the first time I've cut dove-tails and it's a pain in the butt until you get the hang of it. Practice, practice, practice. I'm making the dove-tails with the band saw a la Matthias Wandel. That dude is freakin' magic. Look him up on you tube to get some excellent technique coaching. The blanket chest is one of two I have made. Each is different. I made one for each of my daughters-in-law. The jewelry box, with the tray, was given to my mother-in-law. Making boxes for the women in your family gains you lots of points. It erases lots of grumpiness negative points. I'm learning as I go. I'm not satisfied with the quality of my work so I am continuing to strive to get better. I call my finished style "The Distressed Okie" look, at this point. Being a card carrying member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma I can say that without stepping on anyone's toes but my own. I am learning patience and have to leave my projects often to get mentally "right" to continue without slapping things together and ruining my work. I think I should change my byline to "Sometimes you're the pidgeon, sometimes you're the statue."

Nice work! How do you do the engraving on the blanket chest?

Tom

edinbako wrote:I get bored easily and move on to other stuff to do. I'm not satisfied with the quality of my work so I am continuing to strive to get better. I am learning patience and have to leave my projects often to get mentally "right" to continue without slapping things together and ruining my work.

Very eloquent. These same characteristics have slowed me down my entire life. Oh well we are who we are and as long as we keep pushing and creating and learning it's all good.

Thanks for sharing some of your projects with us, they all look great to me.

Ed

Wow! Great work!

Thanks for posting your projects. You are definitely a fine workman. Please keep in touch with the Forum.

Thanks for the kind words. Woodworking is really satisfying.
Tomsalwasser: I didn't carve those dodads on that chest. They're store bought and just glued on. I couldn't carve anything, that kind of art is beyond me completely. I can't think like an artist. Mechanical stuff I can do, but the necessary 3 dimensional mind's eye artist's thought is outside my realm. Again, thank you for the nice compliments.

Thanks for posting your projects...I really enjoyed looking at them. I've been playing with finger joints and can definitely appreciate your level of craftsmanship.

I've been working with my ss for 20 years now...and I am still learning.

Thanks again

Geo

You didn't carve those dodads on that chest. Did you use the router to do the outline of the dodads? Sure looks good.

No Joe I didn't outline those dodads with the router. I'm lucky to keep things straight, smooth, and not get tear-outs with a router. Those were just glued on. It's been a couple years since I made those big chests for my girls and I think I used some small finish nails to anchor them to the chest. That chest went to my daughter(in-law) and they have two rambunctious boys so I didn't want the scroll work knocked off accidentally. If either of those boys get near that chest she starts to growl at them so they stay clear.