Mi padre nacido en 1905 fallecio en 1995 tenia uno parecido en el cual llevaba en cada mudanza sus cosas mas preciadas me transportaste a mi niñez gracias por hacerme emocionar un abrazo desde argentina
The decorative screws could *_easily_* have been used to reinforce the substandard joints, if they had been longer. As it is, the only thing holding this ”treasure chest” together is some small dabs of glue, and brad nails.
@RattiDave: Decorative screws are unnecessary, as are longer decorative screws for that matter. Modern glue like TiteBond, when cured 24 hours is stronger than the wood fiber it is bonding, and those are hardly dabs. The only reason the pin nailer is used at all is to hold the pieces in place without clamps until the glue drys and expedite assembly. There are several time saving tips that could be applied to the cutting out of pieces but that’s about the only suggestion I would make. This is a rather crude method and not much attention is paid to squareness of the components but is entertaining. Amateur attempting this as demonstrated would probably not see the same results and a lot of measuring and checking for squareness was done off camera I’m sure to make the finished chest even as nice as it looks. Entertaining and fun to watch and good enough instruction for a first starter project. But no, the dimensions of the wood, the copious amounts of glue and the lap joinery make that chest a sole survivor do an EF5 tornado, lol.
YT just suggested me this video. Woodworking smart. Ok. But what exactly is the „smart“ part of it? Glueing end grain on end grain and brad nailing everything else? How come people say this is a master piece? This uninspiredly nailed-together „thing“ could be a school project of my ten-year-old son. It might trick some eyes (not mine) but it is of very poor quality. Now that I think of it, it is exactly like that piece of crap you would get from China when you order a „beautiful, high quality treasure chest“. There is nothing smart about this project. 😡
