Chest for n°4 T

[linpao]

Hello everybody,
I would like to try my hand at the realization (replica of a case, for n ° 4 T) someone can tell me with which wood they were made? Thanks in advance to those who will answer!!!
Cheers linpao

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[BurtonP]

Aren't they plywood?

[Alan de Enfield]

Aren't they plywood?

I think mine is Pine.

[jimmieZ]

Mine is pine as well

[Roger Payne]

I couldn't speak with authority on all the woods that might or might not have been used for making transit chests from time to time, but all the ones I've seen have been pine.

[Warren]

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The chests are pine with hardwood inserts.
The correct way for the sides is two pieces joined by a biscuit.
Insides are sometimes maple and other hard woods from the local area.
The Canadian HCF chests will have different materials inside due to the area they were made and what was available locally.
My 99 year father in law worked for HCF that made the chests in Canada before going overseas in WW 2
HCF also made the cheek pieces for the No.4(T) and some samples I picked up in the area are pine.

[linpao]

Thank you guys, the pine has knots, and in an original that I have I don't see knots (typical of pine), I will look for what I find among birch, ash, beech or walnut. Let's see the timber merchant what he has available, thanks again. linpao

[Roger Payne]

Would love to see a photo of a pine cheekpiece example Warren; never seen nor heard of them made from this wood. Birch, ash & beech, & walnut for UK & Canadian production, respectively, is all that I have personally encountered to date. Were they stained?

[Warren]

Would love to see a photo of a pine cheekpiece example Warren; never seen nor heard of them made from this wood. Birch, ash & beech, & walnut for UK & Canadian production, respectively, is all that I have personally encountered to date. Were they stained?

Now to get the picture to show!!!!
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The right hand row upper and lower are pine.
The lower one has obviously been stained.
They are well beat and weathered as a number of them came from the old HCF factory before being torn down, which was across the road from my father in laws feed mill.
There is a Canadian walnut one or two in the pile and the one top row center is Canadian marked on the inside. The Canadian ones were new when I got them. Apparently there was still some in the system up until a few years ago; wood unknown.
The rest are walnut and one of the lighter ones appear to be maple.

[BurtonP]

Quite a variation in size and shape!