Treasure chest for Princess Grand-daughter

drl · Post by **drl** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 4:20 pm

Just to prove that not everything I make is a disaster (vase) I made this chest. It started out as an experiment and the Mrs. said that our grand-daughter might like it for her third birthday. I had what I think is some clear pine I received from my Uncle perhaps 30 years ago. Resawed it and planed to 1/4". Plans did not have a tray so I modified the chest to accept a tray and designed the tray myself. Used the SS belt sander to form the top curve and a curved scraper to fashion the inside of the lid by hand. I finished it in Minwax Pecan Polyshade. I'm not really sold on the Polyshade but I came out OK. After all it is a treasure chest and not a music box. Flocked the compartments which I hadn't done since woodshop in 1962. Grand-daughter liked it and will hold some of her "treasures."
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Regards,
Dwight

john · Post by **john** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 4:53 pm

Nice job Dwight!

I sure it will be not only hold treasures, but be treasured for many years.

John

a1gutterman · Post by **a1gutterman** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 5:12 pm

Nice job, Dwight!
That 3yr old will treasure it even more when she gets older, and realizes what she has; a piece of her Grandfather.

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 5:16 pm

Very pretty little chest, Dwight! Nice looking finger joints! May I ask, what tool did you use to make the fingers? A router or a dado blade? If a blade, what brand?

Sorry to ask so many questions about a nice project like this, but am curious.

tom_k/mo · Post by **tom_k/mo** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 5:58 pm

Very nice work. I'm sure she'll treasure it for years to come.

kd6vpe · Post by **kd6vpe** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 6:26 pm

Oh man now there is some craftsmanship. Great job. She will really love this I bet. And like said earlier it is a part of Grampa. Thanks for sharing.

nuhobby · Post by **nuhobby** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 7:36 pm

Awesome, Dwight!

beeg · Post by **beeg** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 9:51 pm

Great looking piece Dwight. I especially like the flocked drawers.

drl · Post by **drl** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 3:50 pm

Thanks everyone for the compliments--helps restore one's confidence.
Chuck--To make the box joints I used a Freud box joint cutter set-- http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?Offerings_ID=16380
The reviews cover what I ran across when using a dado set--the spacing was fine but the cuts were not flat at the bottom.
As I recall your tool chest had box joints that looked good--did you use dado blade or a router?
Regards,
Dwight

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 7:22 pm

drl wrote:Thanks everyone for the compliments--helps restore one's confidence.
Chuck--To make the box joints I used a Freud box joint cutter set-- http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?Offerings_ID=16380
The reviews cover what I ran across when using a dado set--the spacing was fine but the cuts were not flat at the bottom.
As I recall your tool chest had box joints that looked good--did you use dado blade or a router?
Regards,
Dwight

I used a wobble dado blade that I got from Shopsmith years ago. It has been used a lot and even became jammed at one point, taken apart and put mack together. The bottoms for the most part are almost very flat. The bottoms of the 1/4" setting sloped from one side to the other, but not enough to keep me from clamping them together hard enough to hide most of the slope, with compression and glue.

I was going to buy one of those Freud sets, but haven't as yet. Maybe the Sears twist dado blade will produce flat bottoms. I'll have to research that.

P.S. Went back and looked at your Photos. Looked pretty darn flat to me!!!