Cedar Lined Hope Chest 

Nice project Mr. Hamstra, tnx for sharing it!!!

6:21 - my heart stopped briefly when that board started to ride up. Lol awesome looking piece man

Great job this will be my next project. Thanks for the video

thats gorgeous wes! great work love the way it looks with the stain.

Gorgeous piece! Wish I had invested in tools to do this as well

Super nice, very well built and looks amazing

That's an outstanding project. Thanks for the inspiration. I have a granddaughter to make one for this Christmas!

Thanks for the video. I've built frames to a degree the same way but used a thin strip of wood tacked to the frame to hold the panels. Was a real pain working with strips that small. Your cedar lining gave me an idea. Next time I'm going to try mounting the panels as you did but then line the entire interior with 1/4-inch plywood with a hardwood trim around the top. I think it'll look seamless inside and save me from messing with all those small pieces. We'll see.

Wes you just gave me a quick and wonderful look for a family gift...

great work!! congratulations. Brazilwood

Great job. Really like how the panelling came out!

Absolutely beautiful!

Hey Wes, came here from the TSC Gala auction pages... Good job, and thank-you! (My project is finished but the video is still on the camera. Maybe next week...) I'll have to check out some of your other work. ...art

Love this! Great video and build Wes!

Beautiful job well done Wes! I can imagine how amazing your shop smelled as you were working on this! :D

Tapered corners are a nice touch.

You definitely got that pocket hole joinery figured out!

I remember making my own chest when I was 10 is was fun now. I am 19 is been a long time when I use to play with my Legos

great show of skill with the multiple techniques...but i believe you could have gotten that side panel look with a bit of router work..but i understand why taking the "long way around" is alot more fun😎 nice to see young men continuing the artform...and i like that you use the ol'school table saw😎

Very nice Wes you have the skill now build yourself an outfeed table

Very nice. Beautiful finish. I really enjoyed watching you make this.

Great video and fantastic result! It looks amazing, congratulations on a lovely build. I know I’m not the first to say this, but you’ve really got to keep those fingers safe buddy, you made me nervous 😂

Nice job mate

wow man this is awesome.

hey nice video, I watched this aaaages ago and then could never find it again to subscribe, finally it popped up again I remembered to subscribe.

love it great job

Great looking chest! Nice work!

Well done!

Nice work

Very good craftsmanship.

Wes, man... gotta say this it really cool!

This is a technique I haven't mastered yet but is the top of the box a different measurement from the bottom of the box to accommodate the tapered cut legs/post? Or is the taper just on the outward facing side of the leg/post to give it character? Very nice build!

amazing job dude cheers ')

Nice video. Since you haven’t allowed for any wood movement, there’s a good chance the top may eventually split. All wood moves across the grain.

Nice!

Great job, saludos

Love it

the music made me wanna get out in the desert with a glow stick and some peyote . nice build .

Great stuff! Whats the finishing product you used on this?

I loved your video. Do you have plans with dimensions that I could print?

Beautiful piece, but man you got your fingers close to those blades a couple times. I was afraid that any second this was going to turn into a totally different kind of video. Be safe!

What kind of finish did you put on? Looks amazing!

Great looking chest!

Thinking about this for house

very nice 💙

As an absolute novice who is trying to learn, I found it really interesting to watch this video without narration and try to follow what you were doing and why. There are a lot of narrated videos that are great for learning from, so I think it's really good to try to test my self by following along without explanation. I'm going to ask a few questions, and hopefully you or one of your viewers will have some time to answer them. First: I don't quite understand why you're gluing the boards together at 0:20. Is this to make thicker boards for the base? Is there a reason you wouldn't just use a thicker board? Second: Is the machine you're using at 7:09 to square off the edges of your boards? What is this kind of machine called? I haven't seen it before. Third: Is the machine you're using at 3:45 some kind of sander to smooth the surfaces of the wood? Thanks to anyone who takes the time to answer; I'm just starting to learn all of this stuff and every bit helps.

You are the man of Pocket Holes ....

Very nice job. I would like to see you make one with better wood and fewer pocket holes. I realize money was a consideration here but I'd like to see you step it up a notch and make an even better one. You definitely have the skills for it. Thanks.

Nice build! Why do people find it irresistible to criticize someone who is actually doing something when they themselves are just keyboard cowboys with an opinion no one cares about?

nice music :-)

Too much overkill to make this chess. You did an excellent job applying all those techniques.

do you have plans for this a friend of mine would like me to build one for her where would i get the plans?

Thanks, any chance of getting plans (newer woodworker)?

Did you build from plans? Or is it possible to get some?

I made it by myself thanks to woodprix instructions and plans. I think it's the best way to learn how to build that.

Pretty nifty trick for knock-off raised panels. Did you use wood conditioner also?

But I love the video! Thx

Wow!! It's so nice! I love hope chests so much! I'm trying to make my own, if you make another one that is lighter stain wise and are selling, I'd love to buy it. I love that your raising the money for your sisters church!! That's amazing! Absolutely love this box!

Wes - after you made the front in preparation for the panels you routered out the wood to accept the panels. Can you tell me what router bit you used. Thanks. Burt in Chilliwack BC

hey wes, very nice chest, super simple. have any prints? where do you get cedar in blocks like that so they can be re-sawn?

Nice job man! Quick question. I built a toy chest as a gift several years ago but didn't line it with cedar. I'm thinking of doing it for her now. I see that you used cedar panels. Would you recommend this over single sheets of cedar? Thanks for your input and Happy Holidays!

Any issues with wood expansion for the lid?

that is good looking lumber you must have a lumber yard in the area

The Woodworking Junkie put me on to you and I subscribed. I liked the work you did and the project as well as your video. If I may mention something, and please don't be offended, I like to hear narration so I will know what's going on and why. That's just me and if you don't say a word I'm not going to "un" your channel. God Bless my friend.

Beautiful looking chest!

Do you have plans for this box?

where did you get the cedar wood? it came out great, nice job

I feel like watching a chuck norris movie 🎥😎

Whould like to know if you had a cut list? Or what messurements you used?

I didn't say anything was wrong with pocket holes. I've used them probably longer than you've been alive. I'm old enough to be your grandfather. I'm just saying that, in making something as nice as you made, some fine joinery techniques would have been nice. In making nice furniture items, which you certainly have the ability to make, sometimes it's nice to see great joinery used. Why do you think some furniture makers use "blind dovetails?" You have great talent and I just think that pocket holes belong in shop build projects and jigs, not nice things. That's all.

Looks nice but if you were going to line the inside with cedar you should have put the pocket holes on the bottom on the inside.

Could you include, or send me, a list of materials, and or where you got them?

I have a question, is the machine he puts all the wood through some kinda sander? If not what is it? What does it do?

nice piece. solid panels need to float for expansion and contraction pinning and gluing them will cause them to split. just a helpful fyi

Do you have plans for this?

You must get some push sticks. Before it is too late 😉

Good Job. Great looking piece of furniture. From experience, though, I would suggest/challenge you to limit your use of pocket screws. Pocket screws are handy, but are actually a weak joining method. learn some other techniques, use your router more and the Kreg jig less... Great Job!!

Beautiful however wish you had given plans

Any plans

Maybe a stupid question, but can you tell me how you Made the panels for the chest??

Awesome, what takes longer - making the cedar chest or making the video?

Confused.. Why not use use wood glue for the section that was getting pocket holes??

@ 0:22 I dont think you used enough wood glue.

Since I first made the statement about pocket holes, I now see other comments. As I stated, there is a time and place for everything. I really hate to see this become a discussion that says mortise and tenons are weak and pocket holes are strong. 275 years of experience says mortise and tenons are strong. But this is not about joinery. This now is about not being able to take constructive criticism. Let's all just move on. We've had our say. And, who knows, 275 years from now, you might be able to point to the chest you made and say "see, I told you so."

Can we get the plan for this

I need a chest made... preferably pecan wood... preferably from Waco... can you do it?

Cool man 😊😀😀😀😀😀😀😀💰💰💰💰💰💳💲

dang!

where would I get plan for this chest?

Plans?

oh. please tell me there are plans for this.

Pocket holes , CA glue and staples !!

Do you have plans you could provide for this? i would purchase them if so.

Nice chest. But why music? 86 the music.

I just read the description. How do you only spend 60$. At home depot its 20$ for a 1x12!

does anyone know what the dewalt tool he uses at 2:40?

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The wood that cost 60 bucks in 2015 is probably a grand now lol..

not enough pocket screws but looks good

Yeah mine looked like a pirites chest In design.