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8th April 2017, 12:21 PM #1
Tool tote
I wasn't sure where to post this thread, but decided to lower the tone of the box making forum to show a quick and dirty open box...
For some time I've been using a milk crate to occasionally tote a few tools around and decided I really needed something with a bit more character. I didn't want to agonize over a piece of high end joinery so with some pallet timber lying around and an image of Roy Underhill's tote on hand I decided to just jump in and eyeball it instead of doing the maths for all the angles. I rotated the tote sides through the angles in my minds eye and laid out a couple of end profile lines on the glued up timbers, set a sliding bevel and cut the sides. I then tried to work out the intersection angles for the ends and planed the bevels till everything seemed to sit together. I laid out a couple of dovetails and they seemed to fit off the saw. Banged it together with a bit of glue and ....... it almost worked. There are a few gaps in the joints since the ends ended up flaring at some unexpected angle for some reason and clamping it proved nigh on impossible, but it all went together solidly and I'm happy with a couple of days from pallet to tote.
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Cheers,Franklin
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looks good Fuzzie,
It should do the job some tricky dovetails there I guess it's all in the set out well done.
Regards Rod.Rod Gilbert.
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8th April 2017, 09:30 PM #3
Hi Rod,
Yes working out the setout is crucial. My main ref was the first page of the American Woodworker article here. I should have probably read the rest of the articles since I think I laid out things based on a single slanted joint instead of double slanted. Although one side of the box was intended to be single slanted and the other compound.
Cheers,Franklin
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