C E Jennings Machinist Chest

[Ptofimpact]

Have an old chest was Great Gdpa's circa late 1800-early 1900 s. Was a mess, several layers of some paint and other coating.
Tried the Murphys oil but no go, so I sanded all but the inside of the Lid. Used Behr stain with poly, one coat didnt want to lose the dings, or cover the grain.

 

[Hmerkle]

Pete,
That turned out nice!
I LOVE those handles. I paid some serious money for a chest that had some similar, but... they were quite small and would not fit the chest I was hoping they would!

 

[Ptofimpact]

Pete,
That turned out nice!
I LOVE those handles. I paid some serious money for a chest that had some similar, but... they were quite small and would not fit the chest I was hoping they would!

Thank you Hank

 

[cliff56]

Very nice love old wooden toolboxes .

 

[Dean]

Very nice job restoring that! It’s pretty grain on the wood

 

[JNCarr]

Great job - you left enough patina to show it was old.

 

[Craptastic]

Turned out very nice. Glad you kept the dings. I'm pretty certain those should be treasured too.

 

[woodworkingshop.com]

Very Cool!

Coleman

 

[Graywolf]

That’s a cool little chest, it’s great that you were able to revive it. You can think of your family history and what they were thinking and feeling while you are using it.

 

[Ptofimpact]

Thanks for all the kind words, and yes I often wonder about where the chest traveled with him, the dings for me are part of his Journey.

 

[Ptofimpact]

Thank you Hank

The handles were painted silver, Dremel for a long while to clean them

 

[Berta]

That is a very nice chest!

 

[Ptofimpact]

That is a very nice chest!

Thank you