Build a case?

[bandit571]

Time to get back to making things....besides making metal shiny?   These need a case made..
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3/4" diameter Dies, and a Die Holder.

Had bought 4 of these planks at Lowes a while back..
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The 4th one was cut into 3 equal parts ( other 3 could be made into a case for the "New Chisels"?)
Parts were a bit cupped, so...
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This one is to be a lid for the case...the other 2?  Well one needed to be worked on a different way...
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Traced around the Die holder, bolts and all...may have picked a too big of a blade, was hard to make some of the curves....
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Came time to glue these 2 together...Placed them so that the cups met like this..()   then used the clamps to flatten them together into the spread out glue..
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Until I got a good squeeze out all around...will let this sit a day....then clean things up/out...and level and square it up..

I found an old bit for a Brace drill, that was a bit over-sized from a #12 bit..might be a#13?   Intend to drill out a hole for each Die..5 above the holder, and 5 below.

The label each as to what size Die is in the holes. 

Add a pair of hinges and a latch....and the Branding iron to the lid.

Stay tuned...

[bandit571]

Bottom 2/3rds is out of the clamps, needing jointed a bit..
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The plane?
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Stanley No. 5-1/2c, Type 11....then smoothed things down with..
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A Stanley No. 4-1/2c smoother, trying to get all parts to match up..
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Then do a wee bit of layout work...
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And do the same for the other 5  Dies..

Need a drill bit to drill holes to house the Dies,,,without going all the way through...and needed a bit a little bigger than the Dies..
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I think that No. 14/16ths should be about the right size?
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And, IF you count the full rotations after the bit starts to work..
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In this case, about 8 turns seems to work...and the snail did not poke through, either...
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Labeled according to size. 

Brace drill? A Millers Falls "Buck Rogers"  No. 1950..

Stay tuned...have to attach that lid....and maybe add a coat of stain?

[bandit571]

Need to roll this back up..
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Near as I can tell, these are all Irwins..

Clamped the lid to the case...and installed some hinges..
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Yep..these big hinges..
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Pencil for scale...I even clocked the screws....

While the edges were handy in the vise..
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Stanley No. 60-1/2 did round-overs..to all the sharp edges...ends and all..

Rotate things around, and installed a latch..
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AFTER the edges had been rounded over.  

Next up, open a can of stain, the right way..
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Made in China, no less.   Stained the outside, AFTER I labeled the lid...
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top edge of the latch, stuck up a bit....hammered it over to match the round-over..
 
Letting this dry a day...then a top coat of some sort...

Stay tuned..

[bandit571]

There is now a coat of Amber Shellac..inside and out...have a few errands to run, today....will rub things down this evening..and then decide on a Final coat...

Stay tuned..