Rustic Ice Chest Plans

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Rustic ice chest plans.

But i can promise you it s the simplest to build. Now it s time to start building the rustic cooler legs and frame. My wife found a picture of a wood ice chest box on facebook and once she showed it to me i knew that i had to make one. Heck i don t even think mine is the best.

Download free pdf guides plans. So i got to work and ended up coming up with some easy to follow plans and an awesome new ice chest to have out on the deck. I cut the two pallets down and i sanded them a little i didn t want to remove too much wood characters. One of a kind.

They are 5 8 thick by 5 1 2 wide by 6 feet long. A wooden ice chest is a fun rustic way to go back to the old days before there were plastic materials. Rustic coolers trash cans bars patio sets frames accessories impressive. There are even have plans for picnic tables or an outdoor grill prep table with built in ice chests.

Pallet furniture pallet boxes chests rustic pallet ice chest. Many tutorials use all sorts of tools that cost upwards of 1000. Most of these plans use wood to build around a styrofoam or plastic ice chest. I wanted to make something that would be easy relatively cheap and very rustic so i went with cedar fence pickets.

A fellow diy er named paul broder from burleson texas sent in a photo of an ice chest and said he d love to see a tutorial on how to build something similar. In this video i show you how to make a wooden ice chest cooler box out of 10 not 8 cedar fence pickets. That makes the ice chest easy to insulate. Many people call these coolers cowboy coolers because they have that rustic appearance.

The result is a rustic aged looking ice chest with the safe modern convenience of a purchased cooler a combination of antique and modern. Blog posts texas made hand crafted. If you will be using a styrofoam cooler a 2 thick one should do the trick. This ice chest was created from 2 wood pallets.

Items you can t find anywhere else. Some ice chests can be made only from wood and metal but that is very hard to make water tight and insulated. Rustic pallet ice chest. Full plans available on my website.

Rustic outdoor cooler stand wood pallet. Deck cooler wood cooler pallet cooler cooler stand outdoor cooler cooler box cooler cart woodworking furniture diy furniture. Building the rustic cooler frame. By ourrusticfamily about.

Free wooden ice chest plans use an old refrigerator as the inside of your ice chest or use a simple plastic cooler as the basis.