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   GEide | Feb 23, 2009 02:25pm | #1

   I feel like this article just came out. When did you start building it? What are your plans for it now? Will it stay at your house our are you giving it away.

   Thanks for sharing, Gina, Fine Woodworking.com

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   GKL | Feb 24, 2009 02:01am | #2

   Hi Gina,
   In answer to your questions, the construction article is in the January/February 2009 issue so it is very recent. I started the project back in the middle of January but was only able to work on it part time. The magazine article was more than adequate to build the chest and I also build sloping sided sea chests so I am familiar with the geometry and its issues. The chest is now on display at Gallery 9, which I am a member, in Port Townsend, Washington.

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   user-7043631 | Apr 17, 2023 04:14pm | #3

   GKL: My wife wants a blanket chest, and with some internet research I found the Jan/Feb2009 article with Peter Turner's design. I'm just an intermediate-level woodworker (even that may be aspirational), so I hoped to find more detailed plans and step-by-basic-step instructions than was presented in the article. I searched for a seller of the now out-of-print FineWoodworking Project Plans book, and I bought FW's 'Chests and Cabinets' and Tautin's 'Blanket Chest' books. Further searching revealed your beautiful doweled design with fewer and larger panels and curvier legs. If you don't mind, I going to try to build your version. If nothing else, it will be a very instructive project.