Woodworking HowTo - Oak Blanket Chest - Part 1 (of 3)

Part 1 of 3 -
John W. Nixon from Eagle Lake Woodworking demonstrates how to build a classic oak blanket chest. Some of the notable features include - Dovetailed Construction, Exposed Spline Joints, An Arts and Crafts inspired style, and replica hand-hammered hardware.

The 23 minutes video covers:
* Gluing up wide panels.
* Making a dovetailed box.
* Pattern routing.
* Spline joints.
* Shop-made laminate press.
* Installing hardware - hinges, lid support, & lockset.
* 3 step finish process using dye, stain and polyurethane.

Visit www.eagleLakeWoodworking.com to see the rest of the videos in this series, as well as videos on other woodworking topics.

Eagle Lake Woodworking is the home of the world's first foot-activated motorized router lift that makes router table mortising quick and easy.

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Howto & Style

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• woodworking
• oak
• blanket
• chest
• dovetail
• mission
• arts
• and
• crafts

[FUNisUnderRated]

is the planer you have made by Rigid ? are they any good

[EagleLakeWoodworking]

@FUNisUnderRated Yes, I have the Rigid planer, and I like it a lot.

[bronxman7]

My compliments to to you John! Your commentary is clear and a pleasure to listen to as I watch your video. I hope you can overlook veloxmortis and his rude comments. The vast majority of us really appreciate your generosity in shariing your knowledge with us. bronxman7

[EagleLakeWoodworking]

@bronxman7 Thank you very much!

[sutadebastos]

Man! you are the cleanest and the gentlest carpenter i have ever seen! Keep up man! unfortunately i cannot follow what you do, the only tools i have are "hammer, a broken chisel and a dull hand saw"...i enjoy your show!

[EagleLakeWoodworking]

@sutadebastos Thank you. Having the right tools definitely helps. Makes friends with guy down the street that has the tools and start making some sawdust! I appreciate you watching my videos and commenting.

[Daveyhunter6]

Do you have a video on making your table top press that is a great idea

Thank You for you nice videos

[FloridaRaider]

good instructional...thank you

[sajidullah]

Details missing..

[Evipicc]

Do you not have problems with cross scratch when using an orbital sander on the long grain surface?

[800764]

Just found your youtube channel and have to say that I really like your laminate press. Thats a really clever jig. Never saw Norm Abram comming up with anything like that!

[MustardMonkeyLtd]

the oak furniture is great - your woodworking skills are amazing !

[Espie1979]

you should do a video of making this box in a bodgey way.....like most of us would probably do without the awesome workshop. I wish I could afford that setup + had the room. I do my best to make things but I don't have all the tools that would make things easier and more proffesional. The main thing I would love is the planer to get the edges of the planks even so they join together well.

[zoebubsmakeup]

Great video and commentary Keep up the good work. I was wondering where can I get the plan to make the angled tenon jig that you use in video 2 of this. Thanks John