Pallet Pirate Chest

Arrrrrr Very kool Big-Daddy…. Nice hand work with everything you’ve done

-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Kentuk55@bellsouth.net

great looking project. very precise work

-- keeping myself entertained

Very nice chest, good work, now I am waiting on the parrot.

-- Tom D

not bad, not bad at all. i really like those dovetails. keep up the good work

-- Skillet, Louisiana

Very nicely done! I like it!

-- Clarence

Hey Daddy O,
Now that is one sweet chest…nice job.

I like it a lot too! it has character.

-- Thomas - There is no such thing as a problem, there only are solutions.

So nice, what a lucky son you have.
You made some beautiful dove tails there.
Best thoughts,
MaFe

-- Mad F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.

I keep saying that I’m going to do a project with just hand tools…........hasn’t happened yet. Nice Job!

JBWoodWorks, Sell all of your power tools, wait a few years and you’ll have such a hankering to build something you will make it with a butter knife if you had to.

-- Mike, New York, http://sites.google.com/site/bigdaddyoprojects ~Everyone has the strength, few possess the will~

I think it is intersting the way you laid out your dovetails. The pins being larger than the tails is not one I have seen often but I like the way it looks. I think the best part about hand cut dovetails is that you can do what you want with them and are not slaved to a router jig. Great looking project!

-- Mike, Western New York

Thats a great looking chest.

That is a really fine treasure chest. How did you attach the top slats…just glue?

-- I came, I was conquered, I was born again. ἵνα ὦσιν ἓν

Did you design the plans yourself?

-- I came, I was conquered, I was born again. ἵνα ὦσιν ἓν

There is a 3/4” pine arch glued to the sides under the top. The slats are then glued to the arch & sides. I used Gorilla glue because I wanted it to expand since the joints were not perfect on the inside.

Yes I designed the plans around the wood I had on hand, you kinda have to do that when working with Pallet wood.

-- Mike, New York, http://sites.google.com/site/bigdaddyoprojects ~Everyone has the strength, few possess the will~