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RE: Another box project? - Bill Holt - 08-22-2022
Hello? Hello? Anyone home?
Bandit, R U ok? You stopped showing us progress on the box.
RE: Another box project? - bandit571 - 08-22-2022
Lid is out of the clamps..
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Box laid on top of the lid, centered up side to side...and the back edge trimmed down...THEN I could clean things up a bit..
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And see how it looks..
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Normally on a box, I can just put both the lid and the box into the bench vise, to install the hinges....not this time, so...
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Set them on a flat surface, center the lid, and a pair of clamps to keep things still...long enough to take this over to the bench..
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That big front lip does have a use.....Then lay out for a few pilot holes..
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And a cordless drill to drill the pilot holes..
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I hear that Goodell Pratt Co. sold a good one....toolsmith model. Then install the TINY screws..
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Leave the 2 clamps on..and lay out for a latch, box can just sit on the bench, now..
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And, how it looks with things all closed up...
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You actually have to press down on the lid, to get the latch to release....
Stay tuned..
RE: Another box project? - bandit571 - 08-22-2022
Needed the lid opened..
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So I can get a few parts cut to size...for a tray, and a handle to lift the tray out of the box...Tray work, next..
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Edges jointed so they all match...then a few tools..
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To do a bit of lay out work...then a saw..
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Then a few chisels..
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Pins..then...
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Then a dry fit...or 2
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Next day...repeat for the other 2 corners...
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Handle will sit in dados, so..
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Lay them out...handsaw the dado walls...sharp chisel the clean them out...dry fit..
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Waiting on the handle to be shaped, before things can get glued up...
Stay tuned..
RE: Another box project? - bandit571 - 08-22-2022
In the mean time...got out the can of Witch's Brew Stain...
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And under the lid...
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Front..
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And back...
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And let this "air out" a few days...while I work on the handle for the tray...
Needed a hole drilled...first off...
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Drill is a Millers Falls No. 1950 Buck Rogers. Needed the hole for this..
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First off, I am no Scroll saw "Artist" and rarely ever use one..but..
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Will clean this up, after a few clamps get used...
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Those clamps came off this morning...and now a plywood bottom is getting glued on...after I had sized the panel...
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So...waiting on glue to dry, today....I think that will about catch things up.....
Spent most of Saturday and Sunday....garage sales and tool rehabs...teaser?
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E.C. Stearns & Co. Tenon auger, adjustable, 1/4" to 1-1/4"....$15.....will post about the rest of the "treasures" later....Boss has errands she wants done...NOW!
Stay tuned
RE: Another box project? - stav - 08-22-2022
The box is looking really nice.
What is that fancy tool you are teasing?
RE: Another box project? - bandit571 - 08-22-2022
Ever want to cut a round tenon....like for a chair's leg? Now you can..
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RE: Another box project? - stav - 08-23-2022
I have wanted to do that. Nice find on that.
RE: Another box project? - bandit571 - 08-25-2022
These clamps came off...
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Sides cleaned up..
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Needed a way to set the tray in, but NOT resting on the bottom of the box...
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Cut four dowels..3/8" x 3" long, one into each corner with a bead of glue...test for fit..
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Have since stained the insides of the box, and given the tray a coat of stain, as well..
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And...added a chain to the lid...
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Had to crimp the connection to the box...to allow the tray to get past...
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And, added handles to the ends...
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Everyone asks what will go into this box......well...
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How about all the tools and hardware I use to build these small boxes.....
Right now...waiting on a coat of Clear Gloss Poly drying on the outside of the box, and the underside of the lid...to finish drying..then see IF it will need a second coat..
Stay tuned...
RE: Another box project? - bandit571 - 08-26-2022
Decided one coat of clear gloss poly will be enough.....have rubbed that down a bit....so...here we go..
Front view..
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Lid is unlatched, open it..
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There is a tray inside...
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Almost enough room for a second tray? Lift the tray out, set it to show off the corner details..
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May not be some people's favourite style ( "London Pattern")...but, works for a tray like this..
End view?
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This thing can get heavy, so....I was also trying to wrap the grain around...like from this, to..
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This....then on around the the other end...
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Then around to the front.
Thinking about adding a label, somewhere: "Tool Chest, Box making, Tools, Supplies"
Thanks for looking in!
RE: Another box project? - bandit571 - 08-29-2022
Next up? Well, for right now....tool sharpening. Putting the toys away.
There IS one plank I could use for something...7/8" x 6" x 59" in Maple...and rather plain, grain-wise, too.....will be 3 weeks before I can re-supply the wood pile.
Trying to learn to set up a drill sharpening jig for my grinder.....first try last night didn't work out too well..
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And that IS the grinder's "fine" wheel....the same wheel I use , when I sharpen these bits by hand....
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