Member Project: Treasure Chest
Stats Made by: Joe Status: Finished Tools used: Thicknesser/planer, table saw, vertical bandsaw, mitre saw, electric planer, belt sander, electric drill. Description I’ve been keeping my toiletries in a plastic basket that I got at university, despite the fact the basket was way too small and things kept falling through the bottom. After having made a large treasure chest to keep my sheets and blankets in, I decided to take a second attempt at treasure chests and make a smaller, better constructed one from nicer wood. I started with an interesting looking pallet that I found at work. It was stamped (always check your pallet stamps to make sure it’s safe to use!) as being from Germany, and I believe the wood to be birch or poplar (but I’m no expert). I kept the pallet in my garage for three months to acclimatise it to being indoors and avoid shrinkage. To prepare the wood I broke the pallet down into planks, and knocked out the nails. Some of the planks split or were discovered to have splits during this process, so I filled the splits with glue and clamped the wood together.