This project, posted by user Ron Boley, is a great example of how much fun you can have with your CarveWright CNC System! Ron has been a carver for many years and has always wowed on the user’s forum with his elaborate furniture builds.
He originally made this pirate chest for his grandson, Logan, a few years ago.
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Now he has a granddaughter, Cora, and she is getting the same treatment. Decidedly less piratey though.
To start, all the pieces of the treasure chest are designed on and carved. This is a large project with every face of it carved. As you can imagine, this took some time.
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Next, he cut dovetail joints to assemble and glue the main box together.
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Once the main box was glued, he cased it with his customer carved sea shell trim.
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Then the box top was assembled and hardware attached. The top assembly is a complex set of compound angles that would intimidate most from even trying such a thing, but not Ron. In fact, he has provided a drawing with some specifications as well as a complete set of MPC files for this project. For those who are “craz…uh…adventurous enough” to take this on.
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Wait, it gets better though. There is another grandchild on the way! So, since the shop was all ready to go… he made a changing table with drawers in the shape of a VW hippie van.
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Great work Ron! Those grandkids sure did find treasure.