After my Daughter had twin boys in December 2012, I decided I would expand on my woodworking experience by making them this Pirate Chest toy box. Since there were two of them, my 'work' was doubled.
I DID learn some new things with this project. I had never used Pocket Hole joinery before and I was a little timid about doing it. I found that it's really pretty easy.
I also learned that when cutting on the table saw, I could NOT cut on the line drawn on the wood. As a result, some of the cuts were a bit short (but wood filler helped there).
My biggest problem was cutting the radius on the box tops since I don't have a band saw. It was difficult cutting the curve with a Jig Saw, so the Rasp, Plane and sandpaper came in handy.
The other problem I had was getting the slats on the top to meet up tightly. I found I had to cut a slight bevel on each edge so that the top of the slat would meet the next one.
I presented the boxes to the Boys at their First Birthday party just after Christmas and received a number of compliments. There was one woman that may want me to make one for her son. Needless to say I was a bit proud of myself.
Comments
Jake
Fri, 04/27/2012 - 15:41
Great Job in a Short Time
If you built and stained this project in one afternoon you must live in Northern Norway during the winter when the sun never sets. You did a great job. I am building the same but I figure it will take me at least two days. Painting and sanding do add a lot of time, but also my stupid mistakes added time. It is really great. Once I can figure out how to add a Brag I will show you my bench.
brookifer86
Fri, 04/27/2012 - 15:58
Well it's not Norway...
But it was Texas in the summer so the sun doesn't set until 9 ;) Plus there were two of us, so staining took half the time! We used a gel stain that you just wipe on.
Vizsla Brewery
Sun, 10/28/2012 - 19:54
hinges
I'd like to build one of these but was wanting hidden hinges-looks like from the photo you managed that! What kind did you buy and where? (please say Lowe's lol)
Thanks again and it looks great!
jpiercef
Tue, 01/07/2014 - 09:51
Hinges
I'm also interested in finding out what hinges you used. Was it something like this:
http://selbyhardware.thomasnet.com/item/no-bore-concealed-hinges/90-ope…?
I'm concerned about keeping the top flush, but allowing a 90 degree opening.
AlBrackett
Wed, 05/04/2016 - 19:16
Question
I really love the Tryde coffee table's solid style and legs, but would like to incorporate a flip top with storage like this one. I don't want the lower level. Would that be possible?