Pallet Wood Ice Chest Enclosure

by Greg Brzykcy

4 Materials

$35

24 Hours

Medium

I’ve had this old Bomb proof igloo ice chest around since the 80’s so I decided to make it a new home. I make lots of pallet wood furniture and have a heap of scraps around so I went to town.

Basic pallet wood build pre-sanding all the pieces before spassembly. I also use nails that I rust myself and lots of wood glue to keep things very solid. Looking like one of those imperial walker things from Star Wars.

I made sure everything fit before I secured the igloo lid to the pallet wood lid.

I stained it with some Cabot Austrailian timber oil (Jarrah brown).

I added a brass bottle opener.

I temporarily Installed the handles inside so I could pull the tightly fit chest from the enclosure. Once in place I removed the handles and epoxied over the screw holes. After everything was in place I re-coated the entire inside of the chest with white epoxy spray paint. Worked beautifully.

Once everything was in place I installed a vintage brass spiggot then slipped a short piece of old black hose over the end to drain the chest. Why pull it out and dump it? icon

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Wendy on Jan 29, 2018

Fantastic project, bravo!!

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- Greg Brzykcy on Jan 29, 2018
  Thanks! I do loads of pallet wood projects so I’ll start to document them with more detail.
  
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Joanie on Aug 16, 2019

Nice job!! It looks gorgeous.......keep adding to it......the bottle opener, the hand rail for towel, etc. You got it and this is a staple at everyone's home. Love it!

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