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  • Home
  • ABOUT
    • PETER'S STORY
    • THE WORKSHOP
    • THE HOSMER BUCKINGHAM HOUSE
    • TESTIMONIALS
    • IN THE NEWS....
    • Ink CT Magazine - July 2017
    • Shoreline Times Newspaper - July 2018
  • 2025 CLASS CALENDAR
  • CLASS PROJECTS
    • COD FISH
    • WHALE & FISH CUTTING BOARDS & FISH SERVING SPOONS
    • DORY WINDOW BOX
    • HERRESHOFF 12-1/2 HALF-HULL MODEL
    • LOBSTER BUOY BIRD HOUSE
    • HOUSE NUMBER SIGN
    • NANTUCKET BASKET BRACELET
    • PINEAPPLE
    • SPERM WHALE WEATHERVANE
    • PRIVATE INSTRUCTION
  • SHIP'S STORE
    • PROJECTS FOR SALE
    • GIFT CARDS
    • T - SHIRTS
  • REGISTRATION
    • REGISTRATION INFORMATION
  • CONTACT

SEA CHEST

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The sea chest is perhaps the most familiar of all nautical furniture. Made usually by the sailor himself, it would have been one of his most important possessions. Not only did it store a sailor’s personal belongings; it was a sailor’s own particular nook on board ship. It served as his table, his chair, his bank and his bureau. These chests also gave a sailor an opportunity for personal expression through carvings, paintings, and decorations. 
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Our sea chest incorporates many design elements found in period sea chests. It is made of hand planed eastern white pine. The front and back are canted and assembled with dovetail joinery. The overhanging top is supported by large iron strap hinges. The interior has a till and a brass lock which is finished off with an ivory escutcheon. Hardwood cleats with a hand carved star hold rope grommets tied with a shroud knot and finished with marline twine.

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Sea Chest
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Sea Chest Interior
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​Come aboard and build this traditional sea chest. 
​In this class you will....
  • Cut angled dovetail joints. 
  • Cut mortise and tenon joints.
  •  Miter and install moldings.
  • Install a half mortise lock
  • Make and inlay an eco-ivory escutcheon. 
  • ​Install strap hinges.
  • ​Make end cleats with a carved star.
  • Weave rope grommets.
Length 37-1/2”; width 18-1/2”; height 18”.

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