| Project by barringerfurniture | posted 12-10-2014 03:38 AM | 3992 views | 22 times favorited | 17 comments |  |
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Hi everyone. Here’s a chest I just delivered. It’s Black Walnut and Curly Maple. The customer requested lots of sapwood in the Walnut to match an existing piece. The match came pretty close but not exact. I did the best I could.
I have to go back and install a lid stay as soon as it arrives.
This is the second time I’ve used a homemade finish – one to three parts BLO, mineral spirits and polyurethane. I mixed a bit light on the poly for the third coat because it seemed to build a surface pretty quick. Two coats of paste wax followed.
Lately Ive been leaving handplane scallops in mostly unseen parts like underneath the lid and on the bottom. I don’t do a final smoothing there or sanding. I like it as a sign to others that the surfaces were planed by hand. So far no one seems to mind. I think it’s cool.
Thanks for looking. Happy holidays.
-- Scott Barringer, Sacramento, CA barringerfinefurniture.com
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Natalie
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#1 posted 12-10-2014 05:46 AM
Very Nice. Great composition and wood combination. Looks like you will have a happy customer. I like your idea of leaving your Mark.
BTW what is BLO?
-- Natalie - My mind is like a bad neighborhood, I don't like to go there alone.
M_A_Z_Z_I
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#2 posted 12-10-2014 07:25 AM
Great looking chest – mabe one day I also will be able to build something of this caliber..
@Natalie
BLO stands for Boiled Linseed Oil.
-- Marcin in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK
Ken90712
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#3 posted 12-10-2014 10:00 AM
Great job, love the color. I made one similar to this as well. Very nice.
-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"
LoganN
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#4 posted 12-10-2014 12:21 PM
Gorgeous! Great job
Mojo1
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#5 posted 12-10-2014 12:46 PM
Beautiful!!!!!!!!!
Bobsboxes
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#6 posted 12-10-2014 01:04 PM
Very nicely done, great wood combo.
-- Bob in Montana. Kindness is the Language the blind can see and deaf can hear. - Mark Twain
Mike_from_Buffalo
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#7 posted 12-10-2014 02:00 PM
Very, Very nice work!
-- Mike from Buffalo "A man spends the first half of his life learning habits that shorten the other half of his life."
AaronK
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#8 posted 12-10-2014 02:27 PM
nice. I like the idea of leaving the scallops. It adds some character to the underside of that lid.
helluvawreck
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#9 posted 12-10-2014 04:10 PM
This turned out beautifully. Congratulations.
helluvawreck aka Charles
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Kaleb the Swede
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#10 posted 12-10-2014 06:00 PM
Beautiful work
-- Just trying to build something beautiful
david38
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#11 posted 12-10-2014 06:53 PM
very nice chest
barringerfurniture
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#12 posted 12-10-2014 09:25 PM
Thanks for all the kind word everyone.
Natalie, “BLO” is boiled linsead oil.
-- Scott Barringer, Sacramento, CA barringerfinefurniture.com
Douglas
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#13 posted 12-10-2014 11:46 PM
super nice work, really nice. And it looks like a good match for the room/house from what I can see. As for leaving tool marks, I am a big fan of that idea. I’ve been starting to do that a bit myself, but its hard to break the “finish everything” habit.
-- Douglas in Chicago - https://dcwwoodworks.com
Mean_Dean
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#14 posted 12-11-2014 01:11 AM
That’s a beautiful chest! I love that walnut/curly maple combination! I’m sure your client is just thrilled with it!
-- Dean -- "Don't give up the ship -- fight her 'till she sinks!" Capt James Lawrence USN
ronstar
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#15 posted 12-11-2014 12:33 PM
Great chest! I also like the walnut/maple combo. And I like the leaving the tool marks idea!
-- Ron, Northern Illinois
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