PA Woodbutcher

Anyone have or know where I can get a plan for a pirates chest? My daughter is getting married in December and I wanted to use it as the cold plate base for the beer. Basically use the insert of a cooler and put it inside of the chest and fill the cavity with a low expansion foam. Wanted to make a nice one that will last for years and look good in any environment. I have a pile of 5/4 rough cut oak and hard maple in the back yard and would use that. Not really looking to make it look old and beat up, just a nice piece of furniture.

Thanks

By the way this is my first post over here @ woodworkers and hope to learn a lot form you guys. I am a remodeler, by trade and have a shop full of tools that I use in my trade. I also doo a little playing around in there during the winter when time are slow. Really does help during the season on my fine woodworking skills

woodman42

Wecome Woodbutcher!
Sorry, don't have any plans.
Usually search online or create my own.

txgrizzly

Butcher i just watched a Yankee workshop episode where he was building a chest and it gave me some really good ideas on how to build the round top and straps to make it look old...Norm made it out of chesnut but i am thinking of walnut...

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homebrew2

I built a couple pirate chests for my grandkids this past summer. They were quite small and made out of scrap cedar, about 12" L x 6" W x 8" H. I didn't start with a plan they just kinda happened. I made the tops by mitering strips to form a curve. I am working away from home but could post some pics and possibly draw up a scalable plan on the weekend. Let me know if you are interested.
By the way I'm new to this forum and hope to share and learn lots.

johnep

Or you could look at Gail's chest.
johnep

Superglide

I plan to build one in a couple of weeks. Rockler has a treasure chest in the their catalog. Plan and hardware.

Sourdough

Here is the design for a simple HBC chest... however... you should really use original type square nails.

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