WIP East India Trading Co Box POTC 2&3 Jack Sparrow

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You might be able to save a little time and make the box sturdier by buying a prebuilt box from a craft store. You'd just need to attach the beveled piece to the top of the lid, and add the decorative skirt/base.

This is a great idea for a project, and your research is amazingly meticulous! Kudos!
 
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PHArchivist said:
How are you doing on your project?
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Right now it is on the back burner. I had to set it aside for the vacation trip in Oct. and seems like I just can't get things caught up since getting that over with to start working on the box again. It is sitting right here were I can see it everyday and I hope to get back working on it real soon!

@TheMalum That would be nice, but you probably could never find a box the correct size. Thanks for the compliment. Unfortunately I do much better at the research than the construction as I don't do power tools and woodworking equipment :) but I try my best with what I am able to work with.

Shylaah
 
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On a film set, with multiples needed, C'Mon Rob! :lol

Stranger things have happened though.

Sean Rich of "PawnStars" might know some thing about it is he has supplied arms and some props on the franchise.

Cool project by the way!



PHArchivist said:
I wonder if this may have been a true antique...
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apollo said:
On a film set, with multiples needed, C'Mon Rob! :lol
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Remember Jack's hero pistols were antiques, plus this is one that they likely would not have needed multiples of, so you never know!

But the EITC logo is a give-away that it may have been custom.
 
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PHArchivist said:
Remember Jack's hero pistols were antiques, plus this is one that they likely would not have needed multiples of, so you never know!

But the EITC logo is a give-away that it may have been custom.
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It could have been an antique or just an existing box--antique or modern--they started with that they carved the logo in or added a layer and carved it in. It has a mortise lock and looks like a keyhole cover has been removed.

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I can see them putting the lock in there if they were going to also put the keyhole cover, but I don't understand why they'd bother putting in the lock and it not being functional. Of course they could have done all that and then changed their minds, or the keyhole cover came off and got lost or something?

That skirting is rather crude and applied in an unorthodox manner, rather like an Early American or bastardized Victorian style?

Shylaah
 
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I did'nt know that but went to Seans website and found that out!

:eek He sold off almost everything that was used on the film and a lot were Antiques! :eek


PHArchivist said:
Remember Jack's hero pistols were antiques,
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apollo said:
Good god Man you're slipping I don't know anything about this franchise! :lol

Tortuga Trading Inc.
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Great website. I have been looking (drooling) at some items Sean has for a while now.

I would have loved to have gotten my hands on this amazing coach pistol he sold (it was featured on pawn stars). He's got a treasure chest/strong box on there I'd love to have, but I'm afraid to ask what the price is. ;-)
 
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Ah a man with impeccible taste as I! :lol
I've been drooling over those exact same pieces!


mrsmartypants said:
I would have loved to have gotten my hands on this amazing coach pistol he sold (it was featured on pawn stars). He's got a treasure chest/strong box on there I'd love to have, but I'm afraid to ask what the price is. ;-)
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Okay! New Year, new projects......I mean, finish up old projects then start some new ones!!
See the previous work on this project, EICo Box - the cardboard mock-up.

I procured the balsa wood supplies for this way back in October, but had the vacation trip and then the holidays seem to steam roll right in and then the New Year and recuperating from all the holiday hoopla!! Now at lastI'm ready to begin the balsa wood part.

Long day, tired eyes and sore hands from cutting all the balsa wood. Hope to start some gluing up tomorrow.


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Shylaah
 
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Did a little gluing up today. Got the lid frame put together. More tedious than I had anticipated, the joins were--required more work and precision than I would have thought.

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Shylaah
 
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Last offering before the weekend. Got the sides of the box together--please ignore the masking tape "clamps", it's not totally dry yet. I'm kinda tired of gluing and squaring, think I'll let these rest and start on the logo come Monday.......

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Shylaah
 
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Okay, it appears I'm rowing this boat alone.......:unsure
But I'm keeping on rowing anyway.........

Worked on the logo today. Was not real sure how to transfer the logo to the balsa. I'm not very good at tracing over for using graphite paper, seems I always make a mess with it and the balsa is "tender" and I didn't want risk making gouges while tracing.

I decided to measure all the parts of the logo and draw it onto the balsa in sort of a projection enlarging method, modified because I wasn't actually enlarging it. I had taken pictures of the logo to the copy shop and enlarged them a bit at time until it measured what I figured the size of the logo is on the box, that's where I got all my measurements.

I did two practice drawings on paper to make sure I could make it look decent. Then I drew it up on the balsa.


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Got the crosses cut out. Really fiddly! And the letters I am guessing will be worse fiddly!! So, I quit for the evening. Put two copies of the logo up on the computer screen and held the cut out part up to see if it matched up at all. Looks pretty good I think!! (white part on lower crosses the pic too close to the lower edge and went out of frame.......



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Shylaah
 
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Been looking forward to your progress on this!
 
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Thanks guys.....

Just as I suspected, the letters were way more fiddly than the crosses to cut out.......what a nightmare, but done except for some smoothing up.


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OH, and the letter 'o'.........I just hope cutting that out doesn't cost me the entire logo *panic!*.......
I'm leaving it as is for right now while I formulate a plan.................
Here is the logo backed in black. Will look a bit different when the edges of the cut outs are black also.
My balsa box doesn't have a top on it, so used the cardboard mock-up.


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