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  1. 11th August 2010, 11:05 AM #1
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    Default The Woodsmith Toolchest Completed

    Have y`all seen the toolchest plan featured in the current Australian Woodsmith magazine, issue # 79

    It`s a clone of a Union Toolchest Works Co. box, a mission style seven drawer. The orginial company was founded in 1893 on Railroad st. in Rochester NY. The box was coined as a suitcase tool chest. This same company also built ammunition boxes for the American goverment for WWI.

    The plan first appeared is the US Woodsmith in the June July of 2009, issue 183, and is the english version, (inch)

    I`v attached some pic`s below of the completed chest shown with all the nickel trimmings.and of coarse that leather padded handle on top.

    Enjoy! John
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  3. 11th August 2010, 11:11 AM #2
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    my wife came in just as I was looking at your piccy's, had a look and said that it was a "very nice sewing box!!!"
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    Looks great.
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    Looks beaut from where I'm sitting.
    I make things, I just take a long time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave50 View Post
    my wife came in just as I was looking at your piccy's, had a look and said that it was a "very nice sewing box!!!"
    Intresting observation, I can picture it with canary yellow, lavender or some soft pastel colored felt. Ringpulls were popular with sewing machine cabinets.

    A mirror in the lid was traditional, but not shown. I`ll bet she`d love that!

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    Thumbs up

    Stood in the newsagent's and had a long optic at that plan.


    You have done the job beautifully!!
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    That's really nice. What timber?
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    yes it's on the list, after all the shed fitout is completed . . . sometime this century

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    I have loved them since first seen one from the UK an old engineer I knew then as a avid reader of Popular Mechanics during the 60's somewhere in one there is a plan also.

    Nice real nice job.

    Pat with all that new equipment and wood you have October long weekend this year you should have it completed.
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    It's a masterpiece. Well done.
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    Too good to put in a machinists shop,in amongst all that soluble oil and crap,a masterpiece' well done!
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    Quote Originally Posted by acmegridley View Post
    Too good to put in a machinists shop,in amongst all that soluble oil and crap,a masterpiece' well done!
    You mean like this?
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    Hi John,

    What a beauty. Wwell done. Just as well a sewing machine will not fit in it else it might have got a different home.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AlexS View Post
    That's really nice. What timber?
    White oak

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    http://www.woodsmith.com/issues/183/...hinists-chest/
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