Anyone make an oak box or something not a barrel?

[DrTorque]

A quick search has turned up nothing...

At this point, I'm not about to spend that kind of money on a barrel, and I'm certainly not capable of making one. I thought about making a box, dovetail joints or something... I was hoping the swelling from the water might seal it up. If I couldn't seal up the bottom, I could always use a teflon or silicone seal or something. Maybe ratchet straps around it?

Anyone try anything like this or know anyone that has? I'd rather not re-invent the wheel.

Or should I stop thinking about it and just be prepared to throw pieces of wood into a glass jug?------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MOD EDIT-Looks like ya didnt search well enough cause I know that subjects been brought up at least 2 or 3 times before .And also looks like ya forgot to read rules as well-----RULE 8. These forums take a very strong negative view on the usage of plastics in distilling. It simply is not safe to use in any area of hobby distilling (however HPDE buckets are acceptable for fermentation.) There simply are too many types of plastics and lack of reliable information about plastics, for us to reliably advocate its usage anywhere in distillation apparatus. Also, from past posting history, this topic seems to quickly boil down into an almost religious like flame war. Thus we simply will not put up with it, and posts about any form of plastic use will be edited, deleted or locked.