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Published: 2011-03-13 05:10:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 1509; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 27
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This design is based on a 13Th century chest from France . It's about 20" high by 48" long and 18" deep " front to back " . The original had a solid piece of wood for the lid and I couldn't tell what was carved on it . That didn't matter as the person I made it for is a huge fan of the vikings and wanted some of those elements incorporated in the design . Other then the lid the rest of the chest was made like the original and I carved it by hand using traditional carving tools . It's a clever design that's draw-pegged together . It was a nightmare getting all those joints on the ends to fit up at an angle like that . Most chests were a straight 90 degrees on the end and I understand why now . The vertical boards are 2" thick rock maple and the center boards are 1" thick bass wood . " 8/4 and 4/4 for any wood workers "That's the reason for the color difference .Sorry about the white marks , I had to scan a photo and the owner put tape on the picture by accident .
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I added you chest to my Viking Craft on Pinterest deviantart wont let me add a link
But i Love your work!!! I'm building a Vardo aka (Gypsies Wagon) on a duel Axel trailer in its former life it was a travel trailer.
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I'm not sure why it won't. But good luck with your project.You could check out paleotool on tumbler and tinyhouseamerica same place, paleotool.tumblr.com/ , tinyhouseamerica.tumblr.com/ They both have helpful trailer/ tiny house living information.
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It's got to be big difference carving from basswood to maple. I love it! Well done.
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The difference in carving was huge , the bass wood was so nice and the maple was " oh my god " hard .The funny thing was they were suppose to load up just bass wood at the lumberyard and they loaded up the maple with the bass wood by mistake .I'm glad you like it .
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