I m not the first person to build this kind of cooler.
Rustic ice chest plans.
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That makes the ice chest easy to insulate.
Many tutorials use all sorts of tools that cost upwards of 1000.
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Most of these plans use wood to build around a styrofoam or plastic ice chest.
One of a kind.
If you will be using a styrofoam cooler a 2 thick one should do the trick.
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.
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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.
In this video i show you how to make a wooden ice chest cooler box out of 10 not 8 cedar fence pickets.
Rustic pallet ice chest.
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At outdoor rustic coolers each one of our wooden products is hand made out of all types of reclaimed wood so no two finished goods are alike.
The result is a rustic aged looking ice chest with the safe modern convenience of a purchased cooler a combination of antique and modern.
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Building the rustic cooler frame.
A wooden ice chest is a fun rustic way to go back to the old days before there were plastic materials.
Many people call these coolers cowboy coolers because they have that rustic appearance.
Heck i don t even think mine is the best.
They are 5 8 thick by 5 1 2 wide by 6 feet long.
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.
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.
Some ice chests can be made only from wood and metal but that is very hard to make water tight and insulated.
There are even have plans for picnic tables or an outdoor grill prep table with built in ice chests.
Now it s time to start building the rustic cooler legs and frame.
I cut the two pallets down and i sanded them a little i didn t want to remove too much wood characters.
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But i can promise you it s the simplest to build.