Small pirate chest based on the Shaker box
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18 December 2018 at 10:40 am #553934
I was commisioned to build this by a good friend for his 8 year old nephew as a Christmas present. They were after a small pirate chest with a hidden compartment. It’s (obviously) based off of Paul Sellers shaker box, with a custom lid and hidden tray underneath that secures with a small magnet.
It’s built from quarter sawn oak and finished with blonde shellac and furniture wax.I’m really pleased with how this one turned out, and I hope it’s new owner enjoys using it as he grows up.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.19 December 2018 at 5:09 pm #554044Thanks for the kind words chaps, mush appreciated.
If I’m honest I was up against the clock a bit with this one, and with hindsight I’d have made the lid differently.
What I did was:
Cut two semicirlces, (coping saw and rasp) then a whole bunch of 10mm square strips to create the curved lid. I clamped the semicircles to the (masking taped) dovetail box top, then glued the strips to the semicircles, fairing one edge of each strip with my trusty no.4 plane to get the edges of strips to fit nice and flush.With hindsight, rather than create two semicircles after creating the dovetail box, I’d actually integrate the semicircles as a part of the dovetail box ends, then plane and glue the strips as before, then cut the lid off the box as Paul showed in the Keepsake box project).
This would result in
a) Better matching grain and
b) No chance of getting the lid go out of alignment with the box base. Which was a pain to fix…Hope that makes sense! Pic of closed box attached – bizzare green glow in that pic is from our slighly odd LED lights, the colours are actually a bit of a warmer colour in real life.
All the best,
Daveps. The customer wouldn’t tell me what the secret compartment was actually for.. it was a secret!
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- This reply was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by davidlowton2.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.6 January 2019 at 9:34 am #554286Correct! Although I did use this online stave calculator when I was making some wooden tankards a while back to “do it properly”!
https://uniontownlabs.org/tools/stave/
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