Comments

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   chisel1 | Jan 25, 2009 06:39pm | #1

   Just love the chest. Some day I want to make a steamer top trunk for my wife. How did you do the bending?

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   kmack | Jan 31, 2009 03:40pm | #2

   The panel in the top is a bent lamination. 3 layers of 1/8"birch ply all layed up in the same direction. Then an underlayment veneer layed up cross grain ,finished with the face veneer. Each step was done in a vaccum bag over a mold.

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   DennisZongker | Feb 02, 2009 09:11pm | #3

   Hi kmack, I really love this design. Excellent craftsmanship. You did a great job on this. Thanks for sharing your hope chest.

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   mudmanjp | Feb 19, 2009 06:13am | #4

   Wow Stunning! I was planning on making a Wine rack form Cherry and Oak. Planed for sometime, but you have changed my mind. I hope to come up with A combination of maple and cherry as you have, beautiful!

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   JCP_SR | Feb 21, 2009 12:49am | #5

   absolutely love this chest and combination of contrasting wood. I think the panels just set this piece off just right!

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   PaulJeffrey | Feb 22, 2009 04:37pm | #6

   This is a beautiful piece. I love the species combination. How long did it take to make it?

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   kmack | Feb 23, 2009 12:13am | #7

   Thanks for the comments. This project was my case piece requirement at the North Bennet St. School. It took about 4-5 weeks of 50+ hours per. Much of the time was spent taiming the quilted and tiger maple veneer. All the panels were pre finished prior to assembly.As with all the projects at school this had to be drawn in full scale, templates and bending jigs built and many operations were practiced in poplar before doing the actual peice.Now having all the templates and jigs, a copy of the same peice could be done in about 2-3 wks.

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   Ed_N | Dec 28, 2009 07:13pm | #8

   Beautiful. Do you have the plans available for sale? And what are the dimensions?