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+...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.
Why do you say that, it was used for flooring and beams in old buildings...Wormy chestnut all though pretty, Really would not hold the structural stability to be a good tool chest
If it's a Dutch tool chest, you should make it out of pine, because it needs to be CHEAP!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...
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?If it's a Dutch tool chest, you should make it out of pine, because it needs to be CHEAP!
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?!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
Name | T | W | L | QTY. | Board feet |
Side | 0.75 | 11.25 | 30.13 | 2 | 4.707031 |
Bottom | 0.75 | 11.25 | 27.00 | 1 | 2.109375 |
Shelves | 0.75 | 11.25 | 26.00 | 2 | 4.0625 |
Front | 0.75 | 7.00 | 27.00 | 1 | 1.3125 |
Bottom Lip | 0.75 | 0.20 | 27.00 | 1 | 0.0375 |
Lid | 0.75 | 15.50 | 28.38 | 1 | 3.054253 |
Skids | 0.75 | 1.25 | 12.00 | 2 | 0.208333 |
Back | 0.75 | 30.25 | 27.00 | 1 | 5.671875 |
Fall-Front | 0.75 | 15.00 | 27.00 | 1 | 2.8125 |
Panel battens | 0.50 | 1.50 | 15.00 | 2 | 0.15625 |
Catches | 0.75 | 0.75 | 4.00 | 4 | 0.083333 |
Locks | 0.25 | 2.00 | 23.13 | 2 | 0.16059 |
24.37604 |
You need to account for waste if you’re trying to figure how much wood to buy.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....
Name T W L QTY. Board feet Side 0.75 11.25 30.13 2 4.707031Bottom 0.75 11.25 27.00 1 2.109375Shelves 0.75 11.25 26.00 2 4.0625Front 0.75 7.00 27.00 1 1.3125Bottom Lip 0.75 0.20 27.00 1 0.0375Lid 0.75 15.50 28.38 1 3.054253Skids 0.75 1.25 12.00 2 0.208333Back 0.75 30.25 27.00 1 5.671875Fall-Front 0.75 15.00 27.00 1 2.8125Panel battens 0.50 1.50 15.00 2 0.15625Catches 0.75 0.75 4.00 4 0.083333Locks 0.25 2.00 23.13 2 0.16059 24.37604