Treasure chest complete

Treasure chest complete

Gerald Boggs's picture

Very nice

Very nice chest. Any gold in it?
Gerald Boggs


Stephen Fitz-Gerald's picture

Chest

Stephen Fitz-Gerald
This is beautiful Rich...


visitor's picture

Treasure chest complete

Hi Rich

beautiful antic look chest!!!
I could image one captain sail to virgin island with full of treasures in it!

dong gwan


bigfootnampa's picture

It's really nice Rich! I

It's really nice Rich! I made an iron bound tool tote for my wife's antique tools last Christmas and have also watched the semi-famous BAM boxes being constructed... without some experience as a frame of reference it is pretty difficult to appreciate the time and effort required to create something like this. That box represents quite an achievement!! It'll be hard to fill it with stuff that is worth as much as the box.


Rich Waugh's picture

Well, that "treasure chest"

Well, that "treasure chest" is really the engine cover in an ersatz pirate ship a wealthy guy had made as a playhouse for his two pre-teen daughters - also a floating party vessel. I had little to do with the woodworking aspect, other than trying to do some faux finishing to make it less obvious that whoever built it ran the grain of the wood the wrong direction. My contribution was the bronze hardware, which was a fun challenge as the thing has to actually open for access to the engine. It was a fun job, though a bit nerve-wracking since I had to work form customer-supplied dimensions and then travel by seaplane to do the final installation. Sure enough, a couple of critical dimensions were wrong and I had to make "adjustments" on-site. Fun and games.

Thanks for the compliments!

Rich