new chest

[soggy]

. Just finished putting the handles on a chest that I've been working on for awhile now. I used some scrap pine, stained with min-wax walnut stain, finished with a water soluable varnish (not exactly PC :winking: ) The handles are made of hemp rope. Finished project measures 16"L X 11" W X 13" H. I squared the heads of the iron nails on a bench grinder to give the appearance of hand cut nails.

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[blacksmithshoppe]

Nice job on the chest, I have used square cut masonry nails because they have a hand made look, I just stick them in the forge and square up the heads for the same reason.

Jeff

 

[bnail]

Great Job Soggy! :hatsoff:
Of course now you gotta go out and by all new stuff to fill it up. Lord knows you wouldn't want to fill it with old used stuff :winking:

 

[Waterman]

That's a great job!!! Something I do, and advise others to do, is to make the beckets (handles for you non sea-farers) long enough to pass a tent pole through. That way you can get two guys to carry it in to camp.

Cheers, Bill

 

[renovato]

That's really nice work! Squaring the nails is an awesome idea.

 

[blacksmithshoppe]

That's a great job!!! Something I do, and advise others to do, is to make the beckets (handles for you non sea-farers) long enough to pass a tent pole through. That way you can get two guys to carry it in to camp.

Cheers, Bill

That is a great idea Bill. :applause: I may have to change my stuff now.
Jeff :hatsoff:

 

[shortjack]

That looks great I like the stain you used it gives it that old time look, the square nail idea is great.

 

[hhughh]

Where did the pictures go??????

Hugh

 

[Claude Mathis]

Where did the pictures go??????

PhotoBucket ate them. :wink:

 

[soggy]

Where did the pictures go??????

PhotoBucket ate them. :wink:

:redface: :redface: Claudes right! ........Sorry but I was cleaning up my files (something that I don't do very often ) and figured that since that was an inactive post I'd delete the photo from my photobucket account.
If you're interested I'll repost it
Soggy

 

[kansas_volunteer]

I'd like to see the pictures.

 

[tom hargrove]

me too :bow: :bow:

 

[soggy]

:redface: Well I guess that I deleted the original pictures from my computer as well. Luckly I still have the chest (sometimes they wind up on the prize table :grin: ) So here is an up to date pic ; complete with dust and all
Soggy

 

[Twice boom]

Very nice Soggy. Use it in good health.. :thumbsup:

 

[kansas_volunteer]

That's PC, as in pretty cool I like it. Good work.

 

[50cal.cliff]

Right nice chest, you got there Soggy! :thumbsup:
By the way that's not a statement I usually make to a man!! :rotf: :rotf: :blah: :rotf: :rotf:

 

[soggy]

Right nice chest, you got there Soggy! :thumbsup:
By the way that's not a statement I usually make to a man!! :rotf: :rotf: :blah: :rotf: :rotf:

:rotf: :rotf: :rotf: Good one! I'll have to remember that one. :thumbsup:

 

[soggy]

That's PC, as in pretty cool I like it. Good work.

:grin: I usually tell folks that my stuff is P/C............... as in Pretty Crude :wink:
Soggy

 

[wetpowder]

:thumbsup: Thanks for the repost. A great looking chest. :v :hatsoff: