Sea Chests

[oderlesseye]

That is one rustic lookin sea chest.. The Insign on the top of the box...That is all chiseled out..Man you put some hours into that! Beautiful ! And Who would of thought to use it as music box on top of that? Very creative & cool Sea chest!

Mine will be a traditional sea chest . AIthough it will definatley be personalized.. I will have Grey Milk paint with a wash finish and a deep barn red for the trim...

Edited May 24, 2009 by oderlesseye

[Aedon]

Every time I think I can innocently read a topic without the sudden, overwhelming need to go out and build something... one of you scalawags posts pictures like that.

Tell me, MacNamara, exactly how I'm supposed to resist trying my hand at building a sea chest after looking at your handiwork. You need a disclaimer.

[j8ksdad]

Great work!

[Commodore Swab]

I just picked up some wood for my chest at least the top and bottom. I have some plans that may be very intriguing when one sees it. The base size will be roughly 30X12X11 so relativly small but still heavy since the chest will be built out of hard wood (brazilian cherry/Jatoba) comparable to teak in wear and weight.

[CaptainSatan]

The slanted wall style of sea chest wasn't around until the very late 18th and early 19th century.

Yes, I realize that I am am responding to a post from 4 years ago (ha ha).

But hey, this is an active thread

This painting is from around 1673. It's been posted on this forum before.

Anyone remember the name of it? Primitive but similarly shaped chests were in

use at sea at least as long as the Viking age. Also take a look at the Jamestown

chest posted previously in this thread.

Edited May 25, 2009 by CaptainSatan

[Edward O'Keeffe]

Here we go, I am finally posting pics of William's sea chest that has been lurking around my garage for the past several weeks. It is made from pine with poplar trim. I am also building one out of cherry for the dear Miss Lily Alexander. Mr Roberts....Yours is on the schedule

Edited July 22, 2009 by Edward O'Keeffe

[William Brand]

Here we go, I am finally posting pics of William's sea chest that has been lurking around my garage for the past several weeks. It is made from pine with poplar trim. I am also building one out of cherry for the dear Miss Lily Alexander. Mr Roberts....Yours is on the schedule

Sniff. It's beautiful.

I can't wait to drop it, tip it over, spill things on it, and trip over it in the dark.

[Edward O'Keeffe]

Here we go, I am finally posting pics of William's sea chest that has been lurking around my garage for the past several weeks. It is made from pine with poplar trim. I am also building one out of cherry for the dear Miss Lily Alexander. Mr Roberts....Yours is on the schedule

Sniff. It's beautiful.

I can't wait to drop it, tip it over, spill things on it, and trip over it in the dark.

May it taste as much of your blood as it has mine.

[willie wobble]

Very nice Mr O'keeffe ,and doved tailed too !!

i've been build a chest also and close to compleation only working on the beckets and bottom trim now and aquireing the milk paint next week when in orlando, i have taken some pictures of the progres but don't know how to post them yet , i'll try to shortly though..... wobbler

[callenish gunner]

Nicely done Edward!!! I wish I had a shop to make one of those.

[callenish gunner]

Nicely done Edward!!! I wish I had a shop to make one of those.

[Ivan Henry aka Moose]

Had this image in my reference file. While not a sea chest, it's still a good period reference for chests.

[Tar Bucket Bill]

That's a nice reenforced banded chest Mooseworth.

Are there any photos of the bottom, back with hinges and the insides?

-Tar Bucket Bill

[Dorian Lasseter]

I posted these elsewhere...

Over the last several months I've taken an old pattern-makers chest that belonged to my father's aunt's husband and refurbished it into a good yet large sea chest.

Here's how I found it;

it had been painted several times, poorly I might add, so I took it outside and stripped off all the paint I could;

Found some good paint;

And presto!

Internally there was also some interesting things;

Four tils, some removable shelves, and eight drawers... well, two drawers were missing, so I made new ones;

it all goes in;

lots of places to store all kinds of gear...

[Dorian Lasseter]

While I was at that, I also built a smaller chest...

Had to do something while the paint and such dried...

[HarborMaster]

While I was at that, I also built a smaller chest...

Complex drawer and or shelf system ., I like it.

Edited July 23, 2009 by HarborMaster

[oderlesseye]

Glad to see all the hard work bringing about the fruit of their hands eerr!

Eye wanted fancy dovetail joints so I hired an experienced

hand for that..The Sea Chest is coming right along. The Box is made of

sugar pine with maple trim and aromatic cedar for the till box.

I am still waiting for the beckets and cleats but won't need them for another week.

We are going to experiment with milk paint on test pieces.

If that does not work out then it will have a dark wood marbled

look like Capt. Macnamaras Sea chest.

[Dorian Lasseter]

While I was at that, I also built a smaller chest...

Complex drawer and or shelf system ., I like it.

Aye...

The front and rear tils are actually removable shelf/boxes. it's actually set up to have three layers, but at present there are only two. Here's more images to show you what I mean.

With just the side drawers in;

As you can see, there is a side til and two levels of drawers. each level has a lip for a shelf/box to sit on.

Here we have the first layer of shelves;

I may make some more to fill in the lowest level, which also keeps the drawers from coming out if the chest is shifted.

Top layer in place;

All lids shut;

Here you can see under the shelves, and one of the newly made drawers pulled out;

[oderlesseye]

My sea chest is finally complete.

Eye am still waiting on Capt. Macnamara to deliver the beckets and cleats.

The Box is built according to plans supplied by Marlinespike.com

The painted finish came out really cool and antiqued looking do to crazing.

Edited August 24, 2009 by oderlesseye

[callenish gunner]

Very nicely done gentlemen.... You have all raised the bar to a fine level now I guess I'll have to make ours .....but with Salty, Hamish, Hannah & M'self I'll be quite busy for the next few months.

[Dorian Lasseter]

Nicely done, Eye!

Updates on the other chest;

I added a drawer and lid to the til...

At the moment the lid just sits on top, I plan to add some slides so it will slide over to get into the til.

The drawer fits very nicely...

At present it stays shut by friction, I may add some sort of lock eventually...

[oderlesseye]

Dorian Lasseter..your chest looks really big.. wot size is that?

BTW I like the pipe!

[D.man]

Nice chests

[Dorian Lasseter]

Dorian Lasseter..your chest looks really big.. wot size is that?

BTW I like the pipe!

The 'Other Chest' is 36 long x 18 wide x 16 tall...

The first chest with all the drawers and tils is 42 long x 24 wide x 24 tall...

Aye, I like me pipes too... I've got two of them... fired clay bowls with reed stems, they smoke nice and I've a loooong stem for that one so it's a cool smoke...

[oderlesseye]

In Late May thru June of 2009, I had an agreement from a person who said they would make Becketts and cleats for me. I sent him the Money. He was sent two checks for a total of $225.00

I trusted him because of prior business with him and I got what I expected in a timely manner.

It is now getting to be a year later and I still have not received anything. I wish to make warning about this person and also ask if any one knows him personally ..to let him know he needs to set things right with me and return my money. I found him on face book recently but he just shined me on.

He went by the Name Capt. Macnamara.. Sometimes he uses the name Duncan as well.

I believe he was the Captain of a SCA group called the Iron Lotus. His real name is Josiah Mcnamara and he now lives in Shawnee, Oklahoma

He was posting in on the topic of Sea chests at the time here: https://pyracy.com/in...%20Chests&st=60

I have ordered becketts from Marline Spike to finish the Sea Chest Project.

Eye realize it is a long shoot to get my money back however it is even more important for my mates here on the Pub to steer clear of him.

Because the Pyracy Pub Was revamped almost a year ago..My -E- mail conversations were lost...However In this thread ye can see plainly he said he was making them for me to William Red Wake..

Sincerely

Oderlesseye

This was Post by permission of the powers that be..

Edited April 23, 2010 by oderlesseye