I've always wanted to make a replica of this chest, as it could easily double as a piece of home furnishing without looking at all out of place as an antique. I've spent many delightful hours doing Google Image searches for Indian Dowry chests (which is what the original is) and I've seen a few that look close, but none have been an exact match.
Has anyone here made a faithful replica of this chest? For a few years now I've contemplated getting into woodworking, though that has been hampered by moving into an apartment in the city so I may have to hold off on that dream for a while yet. But my own limitations aside I'd be curious to see any other makers who may have attempted this project. The original was made of teak and bronze castings as far as I'm aware.
I'm also contemplating making the wooden box that the prop department from TPM made to house the saber hilts. I've watched that behind the scenes footage of Ewan McGregor choosing his lightsaber and I think it would be so cool to have a similar storage box for my prequel lightsaber hilts. That one I might be able to pull off, building inside my apartment.
Has anyone here made a faithful replica of this chest? For a few years now I've contemplated getting into woodworking, though that has been hampered by moving into an apartment in the city so I may have to hold off on that dream for a while yet. But my own limitations aside I'd be curious to see any other makers who may have attempted this project. The original was made of teak and bronze castings as far as I'm aware.
I'm also contemplating making the wooden box that the prop department from TPM made to house the saber hilts. I've watched that behind the scenes footage of Ewan McGregor choosing his lightsaber and I think it would be so cool to have a similar storage box for my prequel lightsaber hilts. That one I might be able to pull off, building inside my apartment.
). Take a sharpy, a pencil, or some sort of scribe and lay out a simple design of dots and lines. Use the hammer and the nail setter set to tap in your design. Don't strike the sheet too hard or you'll go right through it like you did while nailing it to the 2x4! You can also experiment with annealing the sheets before nailing them to the 2x4.
