Friend of mine had an old cedar chest buried in their garage under junk . I saw it and said that needs to be refinished. Got it home and it had been beaten and abused . Going to take hours of sanding but got a good start on it .

Got the gouges and dents out of the top. It’s ready for finish.

Beautiful wood

Cedaris such a nice looking wood when finished well. Are you going to wax it ??

Looks Awesome

Love the smell when working Cedar.

I like it a lot already .When completed it will be a work of art . I have my mothers cedar chest .She got it during the 1930's It is not beat up as far as deep scratches or chunks of wood missing but it could use a sanding and refinishing ,Maybe I need to put that as a priority on my things to do list .Yours looks like it was well made and it sure deserves to be somewhere other than under a pile of junk as you put it .Be sure to add a pic when it is finished .

Here’s one I did few years back. It belonged to my wife’s great grandmother but when they cleaned out her house some one left it on back porch. The wood separated and I had to reglue it every board

There isn't a more beautiful wood.

Looks great, Jybyrd.

Amazing

Impressive work

Nothing as beautiful and smells grand, as cedar.

... you’re the best cedar chest refinisher in the continental U.S. Uncle J

looks good

Almost there! Hard part is over . Hit it early in morning with fine sand paper then wipe it down. Four coats of polyurethane and it will be complete

So much patience needed

That must be Red Cedar and it is gorgeous! I made some coon boards out of some scraps and they are ALMOST too pretty to use.

Cool, very nice

could have you made coon stretchers out of it????

Do you make road trips to do this type of work ? But most likely I can't afford it anyway Very nice .