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What a great project. As for being rough, it takes a craftsman to make a rough project artistic. I love it.
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[quote="bluekayak"]I like both these projects]Be careful with pallet wood, Jerry. Knot only do you have to watch for "hidden" nails (I recommend a metal detector), but there could also be small rocks imbedded in the wood. Both of those play h*** with your blades!

That's a really cool project! Good job.

Combines two of my favorite hobbies, woodworking and beer drinking (not at the same time, of course:) )

tom_k/mo wrote:Very nice. Where did you get the iron cowboy "badge" on the front? I'm sure your sister and B-I-L will enjoy it.

see post 6

Good looking job. How is the lid held to the wood?

I thought my cowboy friend from Montana would like one. I was looking for some plans for a cowboy cooler on the web. There doesn't seem to be any real consistancy between them except a wooden box with some type of refridgeration inside.. Or am I missing something?

The silhouette is from a fairly famous statue titled "End of the Trail". http://images.google.com/images?q=end+of+the+trail&oe=utf-8&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=ako2S7HHFJS0sgPQ6IjQBA&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBoQsAQwAA

Great job, what a nice project. Keep up the good work.

Very Nice 'Cowboy Cooler' , Heath! What I see is a very nifty use for rough sawn pallet wood. Close enough and appropriate technology found their way into this project and your results were RIGHT ON!!! This kind of 'rough' project is very appropriate for mixed species wood like pallets.

As you have been previously advised - You need to be careful when using pallet wood because of all the abuses these boards could have suffered.

Glad that Roy identified the "End of The Trail" -- original sculpture by James E. Fraser. (also famous for the Indian Head Nickle)

It's a different subject, but for those interested in Western U.S. history, look up James Earl Fraser on the net.

nomoman wrote:Could one just hook the spigot up to the cooler?

I guess you could. I didn't even think about that! I bought the cooler drain because it had a rubber gasket thingy that was made to precisely fit the plastic in the cooler. My mom and dad want me to build them one so I'll look into going straight from spigot to cooler.

nomoman wrote:The boards on your dad's case (nice job by the way), looked kind of thick for a pallet. They look 1/2". All the pallets I found had 1/4" boards.

I used the slats from the pallets on the cooler, but the display case used the rails. I don't have a metal detector, but I took care to remove or avoid any nails and performed as close of a visual inspection as I could.

joedw00 wrote:Good looking job. How is the lid held to the wood?

Adhesive caulk.

cocacola1012 wrote:I thought my cowboy friend from Montana would like one. I was looking for some plans for a cowboy cooler on the web. There doesn't seem to be any real consistancy between them except a wooden box with some type of refridgeration inside.. Or am I missing something?

I didn't find any plans, but I looked at pictures of several online. I didn't draw up any plans either. I had a rough idea of how I wanted to assemble it and just went with it. In fact, the handles were and afterthought added after I thought I was "done" then realized it was hard to carry and move.