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a1jim

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Dovetailed toy chest

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Happy new year gang
Here’s a dovetailed chest made for my grandson, I got started later than I wanted so I just grabbed some cheap pine I had sitting around because I needed something quick,it only took a couple days and turned out pretty fair and my son and grandson liked it.I like to use better material but my justification was that it’s probably going to get beat up anyway. Funny how we sometimes justify things. The name plaque is the first time I ever carved letters using traditional carving tools, not as perfect as I’d like but as I do more letter carving I hope it will improve in the future.
Have a super day everyone

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14 Comments

oldrivers commented almost 6 years ago

Very nice, excellent design and workmanship,

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a1jim commented almost 6 years ago

Thanks so much.

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Jack King commented almost 6 years ago

Wonderful detail, I couldn’t letter that well with a machine!

Jack

a1jim commented almost 6 years ago

Thanks Jack
Happy new year.

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Lightweightladylefty commented almost 6 years ago

Jim,

I figured you must have gotten a CNC for Christmas . . . your lettering looks great! The chest came out really good, too. Are those hand-cut dovetails? I wish I could turn out something that nice in “just a couple of days.”

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a1jim commented almost 6 years ago

Thank you , The dovetails are made with a router and jig .

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Narinder Jugdev commented almost 6 years ago

Nice classic look. Sometimes the quiz builds are fun to do. ??

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a1jim commented almost 6 years ago

Thank you very much, Narinder.

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Wheaties - Bruce A Wheatcroft ( BAW Woodworking) commented over 5 years ago

Beautiful piece , and the carving looks really good

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a1jim commented over 5 years ago

Thanks a lot Bruce

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MsDebbieP commented almost 2 years ago
.. and I love that name plate! 

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BB1 commented almost 2 years ago
I like the design.  And as others have noted the name plate looks great!  
Pottz commented almost 2 years ago
nice work jim.dovetails look great.

working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.

LesB commented 9 months ago
Well done Jim. I like the cut out to protect small fingers from being smashed as the lid comes down.
You could call it a practice box.

I made one for each of 7 grandkids. Each with a different wood. I was running out of wood types when the kid production finally stopped. 

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