first furniture project
Very new to CW so still feeling my way out on what and how I can use it. My wife asked me to do a chest for my step daughter so I thought a nice cedar chest would go nicely in her room. She is really into beach stuff so I thought to add a few decorative carvings on the lid. Realize now after the fact I should have scaled up the carvings a lot further. The wife loved it and I hope the child appreciates it later. This was not fine woodworking. I used screws and slapped it together in about 8 hours but still really like how it came out. I love to apply the poly and see what Santa brought me in the color of the grain. Solid cedar construction through out.
By the way...thanks to all the artists that provided the carvings in the pattern trade section. Still figuring how to do good patterns but will reciprocate.
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But I dedicated all of today to carving all the pieces I wanted and very pleased with the results. I messed up on the circular cut since I didn't use a sled and rushed it. I will have to figure out how to do cuts correctly in the future. Had a small scare as i kept getting clear board sensor error after two cuts. After a detail cleaning and messing with it noticed some of the connections had come loose. Pushed the connectors back in and back to cutting. I will start assembling tomorrow. I don't have the very cool rotary tool but I have a 4 ft lathe so will be turning the front posts tomorrow morning. My hope is to have it half completed by tomorrow (main wood construction portion). I will still have some bling to add to it. I want to add some leather highlights. I bought several packages of brass and copper tacks for interest. I am looking forward to see the final clock. It is always a surprise when I finish a piece. I usually start with a rough plan and improvise when things invariably go south. You never know what will come out but it also usually comes out cool. Only occasionally do I create extra fire wood. 
