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Rod's Woodworking Shop - Free Blanket Hope Chest Plans

Every Wood Shop Can Produce A Wood Blanket Chest

How To Make A Blanket Chest

Home Page With the right plans, materials, and equipment, you can construct a
Wooden Hope Blanket Chest for Blankets, as shown here.

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Step 1: Cut the Box Pieces - Determine the desired size of the chest

Select the 3/4" Plywood Panel; Rip one piece to 18"; crosscut the Front,
Back and two Side pieces per the layout diagram above
Select the Front, Back, and two Sides; make a 1/2" x 1/2" dado c ut on the
interior side/bottom of these panels to receive the Bottom Panel
Select the 1 3/4" x 1 3/4" x 8' Solid Oak Material; c ut four pieces @ 18 1/8"
for the Corner Posts; At the bottom of the four Posts, using a miter saw,
cut a notch 1/2" x 1/2" deep on the "interior corner edge", to receive the
Bottom Panel, as shown above
Select 1/2" x 2" x 4" Oak Plywood Panel; cut it to: 37 1/4" x 20 1/2"; round
the four corners, for the Bottom Panel

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Step 2: Assemble the Box Pieces - Select the Front, Back, Sides, and
the Bottom Panels

Use the Kreg Pocket Hole Jig System ; drill the holes
along the interior edges of the Front, Back and two Side Panels, as shown
above
Select the two Side Panels; attach the Sides to the Posts (two Posts per
side) with Kreg screws (Note: allign the bottom edges; leave a 1/8" Post
extention at the top edge); use a 3/16" piece of material as a spacer
Select Front, Back, and two Side Assemblies; using the Kreg screws, attach
the Front and Bac k Panels to the Corner Posts; allign the bottom edges
Select the 1/2" Bottom Panel; with glue and 1 1/4" screws, attach the
Bottom Panel

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Step 3: Make and Attach the Legs - Select the 3/4" x 3" x 12' Solid
Oak Material

Using a "Spacing Block" clamped to the Miter Saw, c rossc ut eight pieces to
5 1/2"; a 45 degree angle on one edge, as shown above
Select the eight blocks, measure down one inch on the flat/square edge;
cut a 45 degree angle, as shown above
Select the two of the eight pieces, using a Corner Jig, glue, and 1 1/2"
screws/brads, c onnect the two pieces to form the legs; build all four legs,
as shown above
Using the Kreg System, attac h all four legs, as shown above

Step 4: Make and Attach the Top Edge Trim - Select the 3/4" x 3" x
12' Solid Oak Material

Set the Table Saw to rip 1/8" thick x 3/4" wide pieces to cover the top
edges: two pieces @ 35"; two pieces @ 18"
Select the four strips; using glue and a minimum number of brads, attach
the trim to the top edges, as shown above

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Step 5: Make and Attach the Top Cover - Select the remainder of the
3/4" x 4' x 8' Oak Plywood

Cut a piece to 36 3/4" x 20" for the Top Cover

Select the remainder of the 3/4" x 3" x 12' Solid Oak Material; rip to 3/4"
and c rosscut four pieces: Two @ 38 1/4" and two @ 21 3/8"; these pieces
will frame the Top Cover Panel
Using glue and brads, attach the framing pieces to the plywood
Select the Four Hinges and attach them to complete the chest

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Step 6: Finish the Blanket Chest - Select the Finishing Materials

Use Wood Filler for all holes

Complete all sanding
Apply a minimum of three coats of poly

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