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Woodware Designs -- Hope Chest

Hope Chest

Hope Chests have been one of the premiere woodworking gifts for hundreds of years. They were given

to young women to use to store all then things they collected in preparation for marriage.

Woodware Design's Hope Chest is low-cost and easy to build and decorate, but it will be cherished for a

lifetime. It is a simple six-plank box with very basic wood carving on it. The carving is brightly colored.

The box is ceder lined and has a lift out tray. You may fit a lock and add a secrete compartment beneath.

It may be built by anyone with a few woodworking tools and modest experience. It may be carved with

a single gouge and is an excellent first project.

Yet it will be treasured for 100 years.

All the materials for this box can be bought at your local home improvement store or from a mail order

house. The cost, using all new materials, is about $350.00 for pine, with fancy brass hardware and a

colorful finish. The cost can be much less if scrap wood and simple hardware is used. When completed,

the Hope Chest will be worth twice the cost of the materials.

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Woodware Designs -- Hope Chest

The patterns for this box can serve as well a very first lesson first lesson in wood carving.

1. Hope Chest Drawings

Several versions of this box design are currently available, each with a different flower and name.

Just click on the link below to download sample drawings drawings in .PDF format. These

construction notes cover all the box varieties and can be printed out with your Web browser.

1. Hope Chest Drawings in .pdf

2. A free Acrobat Reader (.87 meg) is available from:

3. Or, if these don't work or you need a new name and flower pattern, simply send in this

little freebie form .

If you like our fun Freebies, remember we can only keep this Web site open if we sell our Low-

Stress Computer Furniture Plans or you follow our ad links and make purchases from our

sponsors. Thank you.

2. Construction Steps

You can make one of these boxes by:

1. Downloading this text.

2. Downloading and printing out the sketches.

3. Studying the information

4. Talking it up with your apprentice young person.

5. Purchasing the materials, some local, some mail order.

6. Rough cutting wooden pieces.

7. Making the box joints.

8. Cutting out the shapes.

9. Carving the patterns.

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3. Discussion of Sketches

After you download the sketches, these notes will help you understand them. The Hope Chest

sketches vary in surface designs but all consist of the following sketches:

1. Top, Side, and End Views

The size and carving pattern show clearly. The insides of the box are shown in dashed

lines.

2. Wide Boards, Sketch #2

The wide boards needed to make the lid, back, sides, and end boards are shown. These

boards may either be purchased preglued our edge glued from boards using biscuits.

3. Bottom View, Sketch #3

This sketch shows how the bottom fits together. Note the area for the recessed wheels and

the compartment.

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4. Plywood Layout and Tray, Sketch #4

This sketches shows the size of the plywood needed for the chest bottom, the tray bottom,

and the compartment door. The sides of the tray are also shown.

5. Name Pattern Full Scale, Sketch #5

This sketch shows the first half of the full size name pattern. If you need a new name,

please e-mail me.

6. Name Pattern Full Scale, Sketch #5

This sketch shows the second half of the full size name pattern.

7. Flower Pattern Full Scale, Sketch #6

This sketch shows the pattern for the flowers.

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10. Sanding and finishing all pieces

11. Installing the hardware.

Woodware Designs -- Hope Chest

8. Ceder Liner, Sketch #7

This sketch shows size of the standard ceder closet liner needed.

9. Cove Tail Gage, Sketch #8

This sketch shows how to make a tool to help you do the dove tail ends of this box.

4. Materials

The Hope Chest is made from inexpensive wood. The parts are assembled with glue, nails, and

screws. The mail order source for any special hardware is given below.

1. Wood:

n Wood, Pine with only a few knots -- 18 board feet @ 3.50 /bf

n Plywood, 1/2 inch, 24"x48" ------------ $14.00

n Ceder lining, 8 sq. ft. --------------- $ 20.00

Plywood, 1/4 inch, 24"x48" ------------ $ 9.00

---------- Subtotal: $106.00

2. Mail Order Hardware:

n Piano Hinge, 1 1/2" 36 inches, antique brass (219366) -- $11.00

n Half Mortis Heavy-Duty Chest Lock (486) ---- 1 --------- $21.00

Cedar Chest Support (33159) -------------- 1 pair ------ $9.60

Magnet Latches --------------------------- 1 pair ------ $2.40

------- Subtotal: $52.00

These materials can be obtained from Rockler Woodworking and Hardware (http://

www.rockler.com, 1-800-279-4441).

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3. Local Hardware:

n Brass Screws for hinge, antique brass ------------------ $8.00

Casters, 1 1/2" -------- 4 ----------------------------- $16.00

n Bolts for Casters -------16------------------------------ $4.00

n Restoration cut nails, 1 1/2", 1 package of 50 (32388) -- $1.50

n #4 finishing nails ------------------ 1 lb -------------- $1.50

n Glue -------------------------------- 1 pint ------------ $4.00

------------------------ Subtotal: $35.00

5. Finish:

n Artist's Acrylics ---------- 2 colors ----- $12.00

n Polyurethane ------------- 1 quart -------- $12.00

Paint for inside --------- 1 pint --------- $ 4.00

Finish Subtotal: $28.00

6. Omissions and Contingencies (~10%)

( Tax, sandpaper, etc.) $29.00

7. Estimate Total Cost $350.00

This is only an estimate (made in Winter 2004). The price may vary in your area. Getting a good

price on the hardware and making use of scrap wood is critical to keeping the price down.

5. Tools

This box was designed so that it could be built by an adult/young person team with a modest

home shop. Access to a table or radial arm saw is most helpful for making the box. The coarse

dovetail joints shown can be made with simple hand tools.

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