oliver2-44 10,679 #1 Posted December 25, 2014 Work My 312-8 project has been slow as I've been rebuilding these two cedar chest for christmas presents. Wish I had taken some before pictures This was my mom's 1947 Dowry chest. many of the "hide glue joints had come loose. (but not enough of them to fully disassemble and reassemble it) It also had bubble up shellac coating.After a lot of gluing,clamping and lacquer finish it came out better than expected. This is for my new daughter-in-law. This was my wife's mothers 1940's Dowry cedar chest. It was in bad condition, but an interesting rustic build.. The lid has an interesting storage area in it. We suspect it was built by a bachelor/farmer in New Ulm Tx who had treadle powered wood working tools. My wive's grandfather had a licquor store/barber shop and he traded wooden items he built for liquor 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 37,195 #2 Posted December 25, 2014 All now... look like pieces of artwork. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KyBlue 655 #3 Posted December 25, 2014 Gotta love cedar... Very very nice work! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ken B 3,189 #4 Posted December 25, 2014 Very nice! Its funny that two Wheel Horse guy's were working on boxes for Christmas. The smaller boxes I made are for Christmas ornaments or gift cards.. The bigger box I made is for me..... 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
