Dutch tool chest

Hmerkle

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Hank
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Can anyone confirm the approximate number of board feet in the dutch tool chest?

I was thinking it was ~100 Bd. Ft. but searched on line and can't find it now...
 

Graywolf

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Richard
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Which one, the large or the small, mine was a modified small, I used appropriately 32 to 40 feet to build the case lid and back. There was some waste but not bad. I used Mahogany for the details on my personal one and white oak on the one I built for NCWW.
I’m waiting on a barge to take me to my next project. The wind is pretty bad down here.
 

Hmerkle

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Hank
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Which one, the large or the small, mine was a modified small, I used appropriately 32 to 40 feet to build the case lid and back. There was some waste but not bad. I used Mahogany for the details on my personal one and white oak on the one I built for NCWW.
I think it is the small one (~30 inches high) I have a line on some wormy chestnut and he wants $12/ board foot for it, so I will likely scrap my "GREAT idea" of a wormy chestnut tool box if the wood is going to cost ~$500+...

I know, Iknow, just make it from pine, but I want to do something different...
 
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Graywolf

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Wormy chestnut all though pretty, Really would not hold the structural stability to be a good tool chest
 

Hmerkle

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Wormy chestnut all though pretty, Really would not hold the structural stability to be a good tool chest
Why do you say that, it was used for flooring and beams in old buildings...
 

Oka

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Chestnut fiber in the wood is not dense like other woods. Considering all the weight tools would place on the jopints and wood, I would think Oak, rock Maple, Ash or Birch 1st choices
 

Graywolf

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Sorry Hank, I’ll have to answer that tomorrow evening, Im exhausted, I’ve been up sense 4am and I just finished working. Put a fork in me I’m done.
 

Bas

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Bas
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I think it is the small one (~30 inches high) I have a line on some wormy chestnut and he wants $12/ board foot for it, so I will likely scrap my "GREAT idea" of a wormy chestnut tool box if the wood is going to cost ~$500+...

I know, Iknow, just make it from pine, but I want to do something different...
If it's a Dutch tool chest, you should make it out of pine, because it needs to be CHEAP!
 

Hmerkle

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If it's a Dutch tool chest, you should make it out of pine, because it needs to be CHEAP!
The cheap part suites me, but I also think of all the craftsman that made tool chests to show off their talent... so why not?
 

Hmerkle

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Chestnut fiber in the wood is not dense like other woods. Considering all the weight tools would place on the jopints and wood, I would think Oak, rock Maple, Ash or Birch 1st choices
and therein lies the question... since it is accepted to make this from pine, why not make it from a lighter wood that when opened up had some FLAIR?!
 

Hmerkle

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This is REALLY weird... I am afraid I made some kind of mistake. I set-up a spreadsheet to calculate the Bd. Ft. of the LARGE Dutch tool chest and came up with 24.37 Bd. Ft. I am pretty sure it should be more than that....

NameTWLQTY.Board feet
Side0.7511.2530.132
4.707031​
Bottom0.7511.2527.001
2.109375​
Shelves0.7511.2526.002
4.0625​
Front0.757.0027.001
1.3125​
Bottom Lip0.750.2027.001
0.0375​
Lid0.7515.5028.381
3.054253​
Skids0.751.2512.002
0.208333​
Back0.7530.2527.001
5.671875​
Fall-Front0.7515.0027.001
2.8125​
Panel battens0.501.5015.002
0.15625​
Catches0.750.754.004
0.083333​
Locks0.252.0023.132
0.16059​
24.37604​
 

Charlie Buchanan

Charlie
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This is REALLY weird... I am afraid I made some kind of mistake. I set-up a spreadsheet to calculate the Bd. Ft. of the LARGE Dutch tool chest and came up with 24.37 Bd. Ft. I am pretty sure it should be more than that....

NameTWLQTY.Board feet
Side0.7511.2530.132
4.707031​
Bottom0.7511.2527.001
2.109375​
Shelves0.7511.2526.002
4.0625​
Front0.757.0027.001
1.3125​
Bottom Lip0.750.2027.001
0.0375​
Lid0.7515.5028.381
3.054253​
Skids0.751.2512.002
0.208333​
Back0.7530.2527.001
5.671875​
Fall-Front0.7515.0027.001
2.8125​
Panel battens0.501.5015.002
0.15625​
Catches0.750.754.004
0.083333​
Locks0.252.0023.132
0.16059​
24.37604​
You need to account for waste if you’re trying to figure how much wood to buy.
 

McRabbet

Rob
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I might also add that any boards I've ever bought by the board foot assume that lumber that mills at 3/4" thick has been measured as 4/4 or 1". Your spreadsheet actually uses 1" for your listings of 0.75" (for 3/4" stock) thickness, but some might be misled. As Charlie suggests, a waste factor should be included (I normally use 20%).
 

Hmerkle

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Hank
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Thank you Charlie and Rob (@Charlie Buchanan and @McRabbet )
I purposely didn't figure in waste... yet.
I was trying to determine the "base" requirements...

Plus, I thought the large DTC was closer to 100 Bd. Ft. so that is why I was SO shocked that I came up with 24~25 Bd.Ft. as a "base" requirement for it!
 

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