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Chinese Chest

comments (3) November 5th, 2008 in The Gallery     
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Built entirely from reclaimed materials - even the steel for the hardware. Inside the lid there is a hidden compartment.  I also built a base to display the chest a little higher off of the ground for better viewing - also from reclaimed wood.


Design or Plan used: My Own Design - Chinese Chest
posted in: The Gallery, chest, asian inspired, polyurethane, recycled-materials
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Comments (3)

salvaged salvaged writes: Really great work! You designed and crafted the metal as well, nice! I am pleased
to see some different work on this site.
Posted: 9:09 pm on December 4th

Old_Wood Old_Wood writes: There was nothing but planks. I did all of the design - every pattern, the carvings, construction, and fabrication of hardware.
Posted: 7:40 pm on November 5th

nivagthetool nivagthetool writes: Very nice, was the carving already in the pieces or is it old wood recarved. Nice to see recycling in woodwork.
Posted: 7:21 pm on November 5th

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