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A hope chest, also called dowry chest, cedar chest, trousseau chest, or glory box, is a piece of furniture once commonly used by unmarried young women to collect items, such as clothing and household linen, in anticipation of married life. The term "hope chest" or "cedar chest" is used in the United States; in the United Kingdom, the term is ...
It has been featured on an episode of The New Yankee Workshop [4] and is the subject of a May 1993 article in Taunton's Fine Woodworking and a popular wall poster. [2] When closed and hanging on a wall it takes up an area of approximately 39 inches by 20 inches with a 9 inch depth. [2] It opens to become a 40-inch by 40-inch tool chest.
Mexican chest from the viceregal era, at the Franz Mayer Museum. A chest (also called a coffer or kist) is a type of furniture typically having a rectangular structure with four walls and a removable or hinged lid, primarily used for storage, usually of personal items.
Electric plug-in tablesaw for woodworking. A table saw is intended to make long precise cuts along the grain pattern of the board known as rip cuts. Most table saws offer the option of a beveled rip cut. [20] Thickness planer A thickness planer is used to smooth the surface of a board and make it the exact thickness across the entire board. [20 ...
The term planer may refer to several types of carpentry tools, woodworking machines or metalworking machine tools. Plane (tool), a hand tool used to produce flat surfaces by shaving the surface of the wood; Thickness planer (North America) or thicknesser (UK and Australia), a woodworking machine for making boards of even thickness
Craftsman No. 5 jack plane A hand plane in use. A hand plane is a tool for shaping wood using muscle power to force the cutting blade over the wood surface. Some rotary power planers are motorized power tools used for the same types of larger tasks, but are unsuitable for fine-scale planing, where a miniature hand plane is used.
Another theory is that the chest was temporarily hidden at the water's edge. [2] The chest contained Viking-era blacksmithing and woodworking tools. It also contained several products of such work, including elements of several locks. [7] The chest and its contents provide a valuable insight into technology during the Viking Age.
Hanuman fetches the herb-bearing mountain, in a print from the Ravi Varma Press, 1910's. Aglaophotis, a herb used for warding off demons, witchcraft, and fever. Fern flower, a magic flower that blooms on the eve of the Summer solstice. It will bring fortune to the person who finds it. (Baltic and Slavic mythology)