I've been planning on making a Mastermyr style chest in oak but found some pine being thrown away and decided to do a practice run first. Made from 3/4" white pine with steel hinges. I was going to use wood hinges but after making them too loose I decided to put that off and just use metal for this box. I will revisit the wood hinge idea on the oak version. And forgive my botched attempt at carving, the pine was so brittle it just kept breaking out. Finished with amber shellac. One thing I forgot was to route a finger catch on the front of the lid.
This shows the construction.
I deviated from the Mastermyr chest in a few ways, most noticeably the bottom doesn't have a through tenon but sits in a dado instead.
Little more info here:
http://thewoodknack.blogspot.com/search/label/viking chest
This shows the construction.
I deviated from the Mastermyr chest in a few ways, most noticeably the bottom doesn't have a through tenon but sits in a dado instead.
Little more info here:
http://thewoodknack.blogspot.com/search/label/viking chest