Making a cutter box

[JimReed@Tallahassee]

I was lucky enough to score a Stanley Miller repro plane when Paul Hamler made them years ago. He was interested in the casting only, not the blades. We corresponded for a while and I decided to make some blade sets. So fast forward to today. My plane was finished years ago and my blade set was sharpened but never had a home. It was time to set things right.




I started with a piece of 1/4" poplar from HD.




I laid out the set and cut the front and back. I used 5/32 scrap for the inner sandwich.




Then I glued the strips to the back side.




When that dried, I glued up the front side.






I cut the crossgrained sides with the table saw and planed the top and bottom.






And then I used the table saw to cut the box apart. Now my cutters have a home.

[highpi]

Nice!

[Daniel S]

That looks really good. Thanks for posting. It reminds me that I need to make a box for my 45 cutters.

[Rob Young]

Simple is usually better.  Nifty little box.

[Paul-in-Plymouth]

That’s a nice, straight forward approach to making a place to keep your blades.   Thanks for posting.

[Strokes77]

I'm curious, does anyone know if you could a silica pack in the bottom?  Would that prevent rust problems if stored long term?  Can the steel come in contact with the silica or does that cause a problem?

[WoodTinker]

Would think that the wood would soak up any moisture and not have rust. Well maybe a flood would cause problems, but that would cause problems even if you had some silica beads.

[hbmcc]

Nice cutter pack. Reminds me of cigar holders. 

1. I would cut myself every time I opened and grabbed an iron. Reverse the points and add some thick leather to the bottom.

2. The cutters need protection--a wipe with Fluid Film. Anti desiccant will likely be forgotten, and be difficult to prevent breakage and leaks.

[blackhat]

Problem with desiccant packs is that they need to be dried once they reach saturation. A couple sheets of VCI paper in the box would work well I think.

[EricU]

nice box Jim.  I need to do this for my 45 blades.