Blanket Chest - Finished!! (Photo's on page 8)

[The Shark]

Hi Olly,
Excellent job!
And thanks for the time and effort you have spent in writing it up

Malc

 

[TrimTheKing]

Great post Olly, and fine finished product. Nice to see you prepared to hang yourself out there, cock ups and all, very honest and great looking chest, ooooeeerrr

 

[chris_d]

Well done Olly, your patience has finally paid off!

 

[motownmartin]

Thats turned out rather nice Olly, it was worth the wait

 

[big soft moose]

ive just shown the pics to swimbo and she is very very impressed with the whole thing - nice one.

there'll be one more pic for this thread after delivery showing it in situ and in use.

 

[MikeG.]

Finished?

Ye ha!!

Its taken so long its an antique already!!!!!


Just kidding Olly.......looks a fine job. The proof of the pudding will be in the "in situ" photo!!

Well done..........you're a professional woodworker now! (Taxman!!!)

Mike

 

[OPJ]

Many thanks to everyone for their comments. :wink:

Pete, sorry, but I have two more photos to upload first... :roll:

Just about managed to get it in the back of my car, all by myself. Again, I used that faithful sheet of OSB to slide it out on to the drive. With a couple of battens on the floor, I carefully rolled it on to its side (at 800mm tall, it wouldn't fit in upright! :shock. With a sheet of 18mm MDF in the boot as a sled, I was able to lift and drop the chest on top and slide it in without damage. 8)

It was surprisingly lightweight, for something this size. Then again, it isn't made of oak... It's just a mid oak stain! :wink: I've packed it out all-round with sheets of bubble wrap - I've been stashing this stuff from eBay purchases for the past four-years; I knew there was a good reason for it!!

Even found room for the parcel shelf, to stop the chest shooting through the front windscreen - I don't always approach corners and bends with the greatest care...

So, Pete, look out for a partially-beaten up Ford Escort in the morning! I've found a couple of 3" brown oak offcuts you may be interested in for turning, I'll bring them with me.

 

[OPJ]

Well done..........you're a professional woodworker now! (Taxman!!!)

If he really wants it, Gordon Brown can come down to my house himself - as long as he doesn't do that weird "smiling" thing he was doing on YouTube recently! :? I won't mention figures but, I've underestimated the overall amount I needed to spend on this build. I'm still making a profit, it's just not quite as much as I was thinking initially... Oh well, there's that sharp learning curve again!

 

[big soft moose]

olly - lesson in tax speak - you arent making a profit , what you meant to say is that the money you have made from this job has covered the cost of the timber, your overhead, and the depreciation on your equipment. any left over and above that is being reinvested in a buisness asset aka your new workbench - therefore you havent made any "profit" and have no tax to pay

i'll look out for the motor - ring me if you get lost , i'm expecting axminster power with my new toy at arround 10am tommorow too so it should be a busy day.

 

[JonnyD]

Looks Good Olly.

Just a word of warning if the lacquer is still a little soft the bubblewrap can eat into the finish and leave circles on the surface. I had to refinish quite a few kitchen doors because of this phenomenon.

Jon

 

[OPJ]

Thanks for the heads up, Jonny. Just as Chestnut claim though, it does dry very fast within ten minutes. I put the final coat on towards the end of last week so, it's had plenty of time to dry. :wink:

Rubber routing mats though, seem to leave tiny 'bubbles' on any surface and I'm beginning to lose patience with them! :x I noticed the Wood Whisperer uses bubble wrap as non-slip matting purely because of this. He also says the rubber ones are impregnated with oils, which causes the marking.

 

[big soft moose]

well the blanket chest has landed - with impecable timing olly managed to get here just as my new toy was also being delivered.

the chest is in situ now , but i'll wait for swimbo to put stuff in it etc before i put the final photos up.