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Finally some decent pictures (long)

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Finally some decent pictures (long)

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Finally some decent pictures (long)

Jerome Bias

>Now that my computer is back up and I have the camera going I can put up some of the pictures that I have taken.

I have been working on a series of blanket chests for the last little while. Each time I make one I make it a little harder and closer to the original. Thanks for allowing me lurk in the background and learn from y'all. With the information that I have learned Each chest has gotten a good bit better than the last.

The walnut one on the left was my first one. It was suppose to have raised panels. (they were a little harder to make than I thought) The green one is my second attempt. I figured out how to make raised panels, but it was still more painful than I preferred. It is pine with a milk paint finish. I used some scarp pine, because I didn't know how it would come out.

There is a third one that is all walnut. I haven't gotten a picture of it yet. It is the same as the green one. I wanted to see if I could make one in a nice wood. It came out okay, but I am still having trouble having my case come out square, when I peg it together. Making that but joint to work is still pretty difficult.

I am getting ready to start the fourth one. I'm a little scared of this one. I have to figure out how to make a waist band of molding, and molding on the stiles, and a drawer, none of which I have done before. I feel comfortable faking the drawer, but molding business, I am real shaky about. Time to look in the barn for some more pine.

Once again thanks for the wonderful discussion stat happen her on the board. They have been really helpful.

Jerome Bias

Mebane, NC


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Ernie Miller

>Looks good Keep up the work.

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Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native, Presently Away

>Jerome,

Those are some nice looking chests, and yes, I can see the progression. I can see where the raised panels in the green one are perhaps not quite perfect, but still are not to bad either. I look forward to seeing the third one. Keep at it, and keep challenging yourself and your skills and soon you'll be satisfied with the finished chest. It is easy to please us, it is YOU whom is your hardest critic, as it is with all of us.

I like these type of chests. they can be used for numerous things and add a touch of elegance I feel. Once you get the raised panels mastered, than learn how t make the ones with curved tops, now those to me, are the most attractive panels.

Todd O.

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Butt joints?

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>Making that but joint to work is still pretty difficult

What butt joints? Maybe attaching the bottom, but there really shouldn't be any of these. There should be M&T for rails and stiles?

Pam

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Jerome Bias

>Thanks for the compliment.

Rounded top panels. That sounds hard, but fun.

Jerome

Mebane, NC

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Re: Butt joints?

Jerome Bias

>I had to glue up the lids. I think that there are two boards to the top.

I was trying to do as little planing before the glue up as I could. It took a little while, before I just gave in and admitted that I had to flatten both faces, before I clamped them together to joint the edges with my jointer.

I can be a little stubborn sometimes.

Jerome

Mebane, NC

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oddball question on measuring

Jerome Bias

>Okay this is an oddball question, that might be a little obvious, but for a novice like me it has me scratching my head.

The original that I am copying is at MESDA, and I have the anasys sheets for it. It was made ca 1680-1720 in Chowan County, NC, An area known for good cabinetmakers. The sheets show that all of the legs have different thicknesses.

Does this mean that when I make my story pole for the sides, I set it for the final width of the side as oppose to the width of the side rail?

That would be kinda cool, because that would mean that I could make corner stiles as thick as possible, as long as the thickness was consistent along the entire length. The sucky part would be that I would have to make the mortise first and I am use to making the tenons first and making the mortises to fit the tenons.

I hope that question makes sense.

Thanks,

Jerome Bias

Mebane, NC

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Re: So that threw me a curve ball...

Glenn Madsen near San Francisco

>Are you learning to make a blanket chest, or reproduce an antique?

The two are differing challenges. If you're redoing an antique, my evaluation of your challenge just elevated a BUNCH. When I've made these chests, I've taken the plans as guidance, and built something that looks and works like the one I'm influenced by, but fudging a measurement, and making certain they all match up correctly, is what I'm after. If no one else ever made one exactly like that before, I'm not disappointed. And if it turns out to be just like someone else's, then zippity do da.

But if you're trying to match what great granddaddy did, that's really a different challenge. And if you consider that all 4 legs differ, that tells you that certain things didn't matter all that much to the old fellow. He was trying to put away the blankets.

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#9

I see.

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

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#10

good learning experience for sure

Jerome Bias

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