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From my late dad's tool box...
Owatonna Tool Co. # 400-4
As for that FORD box of taps.....90% are new, never used.
Those two large ones? 7/8 " , both a coarse, and a Fine thread..by Greenfield. So, I guess these aren't the "cheapies"?
I could go look up a few prices for you...if you want...
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Ok...back to a Build-a-Box Project.....I now have five boards for the shop....1/2" x 5-1/2" x 24" Poplar.....would have bought a few more..but I simply bought the best of the stack....
Have to layout what size box to build, to hold ALL the taps, dies, wrenches.....And then also work up a box for the Pipe thread stuff...After I sort through all the taps, and just pick out the better ones, and stash the duplicates.....toss the "bad" ones out.....there MIGHT be a Metric tap in the pile, maybe 2? Had a few from an 80-20 build a few years back...
May have to go back to Lowes....need a chunk of 2x stock....so I can drill all the holes to hold the taps...upright.....
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2 x2 x 36" Poplar stick, and 2 more 1/2" x 5-1/2" x 24" are now sitting here....Figure I can cut the 2 x 2 into 3 sections, with a few gaps inbetween....and see about a way to store this dirty dozen...
The "before"....
Then after a sorting and inventory was done...the "Bigs"?
And...the smalls..
Kick out the duplicates...and ones I can't read the labels/sizes on...
These will get boxed up and sent to a friend of mine...which left..
The 2 smallest ones, will only fit 2 wrenches...
A No. 6 and a No. 10....will leave these set up like this, and store in the small tool Tool Chest drawer..
The other wrench will only fit up to these sizes..not the bigger ones..
May have to find a bigger wrench, someday....
Need to start cutting some planks down, cut some through dovetails at the corners, and build a box......Lid will be a frame & panel sort of thing...not sure about doing a "dust seal" edge..yet. As of right now, no drawer is in the plans.....yet.
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Ok, this will be a two-parter...Hauled the Poplar to the shop..sorted through the seven planks....and found 2 of interest...
Which left these 5....that were all supposed to be 24" long
Yeah...right. The 2 x 2 x 3'
Needed to be cut down into 3 equal pieces...so..Mitersaw to cut a few pieces..
Then gang all three up, and trim so they matched each other...
then set things up....to see how big a box I'll be making...
These three will be tap holders, I'll fill the spaces inbetween for the dies, and wrenches...which means I need to cut two sides, and 2 ends..
Had to allow for 1/2" on each end....Then laid out a few toys to do dovetails with...
Had a few others show up, once I started in...like maybe a second saw?
As the No. 4 was having a bit of trouble starting in some places...so the No. 68 took over...
Stay tuned for Part 2
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Ok, had to make sure I had something to drink while getting the workout...
Yes, it IS sugar free. Laid out a few ..pins...as I do pins first...
Then drop this down low in the vise, and get my "Joinery Stool" ready..
Then those 2 saws had a go at it..
Had a bright spotlight going on...so I could see what I was doing better...then set up to do a bit of chopping...
Chop about 1/2 way down, then flip over, and complete the chop. Clean things up a bit, use these Pins to mark out the tails....bandsaw to make a bunch of cuts, all in the waste side of the lines...I had a Pine scrap sitting on the bench, where I clamped the parts down to....saves the bench's top from chisels...
Then a dry fit..
Then rinse and repeat...
About this time, I already had 3 hours in the shop...including having to haul the trash can and dust scooper to the shop, sweep the floor of the shop..
"Clean up! Aisle No.1!"
Area right between my shoulder blades was making things hard to move..
...let alone work...decided I had had enough fun for one day....always tomorrow..
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Another day, another 3 hour "grind" in the shop...
Transferred markings ..
Saw the pins...using the Anti-rack Vise...
Chop out the waste..
Pins are done. Stand pin board up onto tail board..
Look like this once that pencil is done..
Bandsaw to make a bunch of cuts...
Chop the waste out...
Test the fit....
Rinse, repeat for the last corner...and then assemble for a dry fit...
Then get another box out....and get ready to plough a few grooves...
Time to get feeling "Groovy".....
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Some assembly required?
Assembled the Stanley #45 to plough some grooves..
Set it up with the short rods, fence sitting a 1/4" away from the #12 cutter...
All set. need to make a jig, to hold the part long enough, and still enough..
That I can plough a 1/4" x 1/4" groove..1/4" above the bottom edge of the box...
Even if it is against the grain....such that Poplar has....
One groove done, 3 to go. Shop is closed today...that...Monday Thing....learned me lesson last week, to never work in the shop on a Monday.
New thermocouple for the Furnace has been bought, ready to install.....while there, I picked up a 1/4" x 24" x 24" Luann plywood panel....intend to make a couple bottom panels.
Will head back to the shop on Tuesday, when it arrives with the wind...
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Played around this morning for a bit....before the computer locked up....Hackware attack.
But, I did make a lot of noodles...
All 4 grooves to house the bottom panel are done...they even match up
Then decided to change out the #12 cutter for a #18 cutter....but also needed to change the Stanley 45 set-up a bit..
Needed the long rods. Goal was to plough a groove in the 2 x 2s...to house the 1/2" thick Die holder..
Used the bench dogs, and made some wider noodles...
I thought I had this thing centered....ah...nope..missed it by that much, Chief...turned the blank end for end, and just widen the groove a 1/16"...decided to clean the bottom of the groove a bit...
And make sure it was flat. Test fit..
At least in theory...had to joint both edges of the holder...
Still a hair too thick...we have ways..
Then sit things down in the box...
Going to be tight....
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Roh-kay, Raggy....Dry fit the plywood bottom to the box...
It fit on the first try?
Hmmm...
hauled some toys to the shop...needed a center finder.
Then used the other combo square to draw a center line down the middle of the board...set a Die about where it needed to go, drilled that hole..
Then a pair of dividers to step off the other 9 holes..
Then drill them..
Then fill them..
then set this aside...and start on the racks for the taps...only difference? Had to keep changing the sizes of the drill bits...
Ranging for 7/8" on down the line. Got both racks drilled and filled..then set everything into the box...to make sure everything will indeed fit...
Then, empty the box...grab a few cauls and clamps, and spread some glue...
And, an amazing thing happened....all the corners were square? Even the diagonals matched exactly.......
What did I do wrong
let the box sit overnight...and figure out something for a lid....
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Found two planks about the same thickness....edges matched up...grain? Maybe....Green stripe?
Might keep it? Or..not...? Other side..?
Meh....we'll see..
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