Daughter's Pirate Chest

Great Lookin Chest

-- Jim, Kentucky

Nice weekend project JC.

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Very nice work.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Very cool argghh. Thats pirate for I bet your daughter loved it.

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JC,
Thats some nice work… I’m sure your daughter will cherish it . Nice job on fitting the lock and hinges. did you use a template and router or just hand cut them? It looks pretty big too. What are the dimensions?

Tom

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I wouldn’t call it basic stuff. It is beautiful. Though I personally would have a had time ‘aging’ it – I can understand why just would have had a hard time myself.

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Avast! Great looking chest ahead. You certainly did some clean mortise work on your hinges and the full mortise lock. Aarrgggh!

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Thanks for the comments….

Tom, I cut the hinge mortises by hand, and cut the lock mortises with a router using an edge guide and some stop blocks….It was nerve racking, as you well know :)

Oh, and its 28in long, 11 or so wide, and about 15 tall…..dimensions were driven by the lid and the material I had on hand….

JC

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JC a very nice job. I’m glad that your pirate daughter loved helping you make it.

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That edge guide is a tricky thing… Seems you have it figured out. Nice job.

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Yea, I built up the sides by clamping some scraps in order to give me a wide base. After that it was pretty easy….

JC

-- Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. -Carl Sagan

How could you stand beating on such a beautiful project with sticks and rocks! This came out so cool!

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nice job i like the smooth look, i posted a chest i made for my son recently. check it out and let me know what you think ?

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