Subject: plans for chest

From: Richard TOLLAN <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 22:23:28 -0800

Newcomer to woodwork (and the internet!) looking for straightforward
plans for a general utility type chest (storage of tools, perhaps). Any
ideas? 

Rich

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From: "C.E.(Chuck)Ring" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 10:13:19 -0700

> plans for a general utility type chest (storage of tools, perhaps). Any

Rich,
You might want to go here:
http://www.theoak.com/gary/
-- 
C.E.(Chuck) Ring
Madera Encantada (Enchanted Wood)
http://theoak.com/chuck/index.html
http://www.woodworking.com/magazine/jul96/poly/index.html

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From: [email-masked] (LEE WARD)
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 97 09:42:00 -0600

You can spend all day searchin the 50,000 places online that have
plans-or just go to your public library and get them off the shelf,Also
Bookstores have em,And you can buy plans outta WW magazines too,Plans
are very easy to obtain you can even get em at Sears,Menards,and many
Hrdwr stores too.The Down side of Plans is they only give ya a Minimal
amount of info usually and skimp on the paper,but plans are slightly
better than nothing,You can tell really good plans cuz instead of just
listing the pieces you need they give ya a total of wood needed so you
dont need to calculate with all those little pieces tryin to figger how
many of those lil pieces add up to a regular size piece of lumber,,I
like to just buy or Salvage usually alot of wood And just start cuttin
till i have what i want to make,For me its easier to just build it
rather than try to copy a plan,,Usually most plans have stuff in em i
prefer to leave off or improve,If i was you and didnt have 100s of
dollars to spend on books,i would get a pile of books on WW at the
library and teach yerself howto design your own stuff cuz its easier
than buyin plans,,Use dowels to join stuff if you dont have a biscuit
joiner,and try to stay away from  usin nails or screws,,Get
sp[ecifically books on Joinery to learn the basic ways of joinin
wood,like fingerjoints,Dovetails,Mortise n tenon etc,There arent that
many you need to learn ..I think the whole key to WW is just do it-that
is start cuttin and assemblin and immediately youll start rumnnin into
those problems youll learn to solve,,To get all the Free wood you need
for practice youll find Tons of it in over 20 places,like Abandoned
farms torn down,,Standin on the curb waitin for the trashman [this is
best] Behind any woodworking establishments like Fence Builders,Cabinet
makers,,Building site dumpsters,,Also Tossed out Furniture is good for
some projects cuz you can Break it down easily or restore it and sell it
to buy wood,,Most wood furniture breaks down with a simple hammer-and
drawers come apart very easy into nice workable strips ive
found.Well i gotta run out and check the North end of town cuz today is
trashday and i gotta see what Woodstuff is waitin for me!
                                          ILBCNUL8R
                                                    Lee Ward

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From: "C.E.(Chuck)Ring" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 13:12:38 -0700

> plans for a general utility type chest (storage of tools, perhaps). Any

There are tool chests, blanket chests and other to be found at: