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Quilted Maple Steamer Trunk

By Ron_Messersmith, member Jan 16, 2009

A quilted maple steamer trunk. Made for a naval officer upon his retirement. Designed around a sword to be housed on the underside of the lid. Internal tray is made of claro walnut. Interior lower compartment is lined with Tennessee aromatic cedar and the box and lid are made of poplar veneered with quilted maple and curly maple

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Comments

Yukonukie | Jan 17, 2009 12:05am | #1
Great looking trunk. Nice workmanship!
hmthomas | Jan 17, 2009 01:31pm | #2
very nice job on the trunk. I recently did one similar. Just wondering what method you used for the curved top.
Thanks alot, Hugh
Ron_Messersmith | Jan 19, 2009 06:15am | #3
Hi Hugh,

Thanks for your comment. The top of the trunk is made of poplar with the quilted maple vacuum pressed onto it. I filled the void with styrofome to prevent collasping the top and brought the vacuum only to 15" Hg. The curvature was obtained by using staves about 2 inches wide with their edges angled a few degrees. I then hand planed the curvature prior to veneering.

Thanks again,

Ron Messersmith

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