19th Century Sea Chest reproduction commission

[Kyle]

This is a finished 19th design Sea Chest made for a client that was out of solid 17" wide curly spalted maple wood, uses copper rosehead nails, hand made becket's for handles and a cedar bottom. Locking mechanism was tricky and used a half mortise German made lock. The dovetails are assembled on an angle and hammered in place with glue. I left out a till that is in the original plans as I hate looking under the box to find something that rolls under.

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[merrill77]

If you don't mind, let's get these inline so we can all appreciate your work:

 

[Joe Scharle]

Looks authentic!
Did you do the rope-work too?

 

[scsmith42]

Absolutely spectacular Kyle!

 

[Mike Davis]

Beautiful wood, superior craftsmanship and impeccable design. :icon_thum

 

[farmerbw]

WOW, great job Kyle. :notworthy::notworthy:

Brian.

 

[kooshball]

Looks great!!

 

[Bill Clemmons]

Beautiful wood, superior craftsmanship and impeccable design. :icon_thum

+1. Great job, Kyle. :notworthy:

Bill

 

[Trent Mason]

Excellent work! :thumbs_up:thumbs_up

 

[TracyP]

Beautiful!!

 

[CDPeters]

Awesome work, Kyle! Well done. :icon_thum:icon_thum:icon_thum

 

[LloydP]

I love it! Excellent work.

 

[Jeff]

That's nifty and unique. The choice of materials gives the chest "an already much used" appearance IMHO. Nice job Kyle.

Arrrggghhh! Grab yer stuff matey and head for the Tortugas! :icon_cheers

 

[ChrisB]

This is great, Kyle! Does the client have a set of tools worthy of the chest?

Chris

 

[ashley_phil]

very nice!

 

[Mt. Gomer]

That is stunning! Thanks for posting!!!!

 

[JackLeg]

Real nice job, Kyle!! :eusa_clap

 

[dino drosas]

You did a great job with the chest. Your choice of lumber was especially good. I for one want to know more about the rope work on the handles. You should be proud of this one!

 

[mshel]

Beautiful chest Kyle. The rope work makes me think of my days in the Navy. I was charged with the task of doing all the fancy rope work on the signal bridge. Talk about bored, I managed to snag a copy of the encyclopedia of knots and used to lay in my rack at night and practice different knots. Still remember a few but forgot most. Want to talk about a job, try making about ten feet of McNamara's lace work from a bolt of canvas. Whew, good thing they weren't paying me by the hour. :gar-La;:gar-La;

Mike

 

[gazzer]

Nice. I especially like the beckets. Clifford Ashley would be impressed.

-G