If only...

[bandit571]

Since none of those tools were from Veritas...I guess Not a whole lot, right?

[Ray Newman]

Nicely done. Enjoyed the photos and explanation of why and how you constructed the chest. Interesting build of an old time idea that is still useful today.

[Arlin Eastman]

So, yesterday....picked through the stack of 10 planks...picked the 2 sets of 3 that the grain was a close enough match across a panel..

First panel, seemed to fit decently enough that I could go ahead and glue it up....Bench vise helped out with the caul in the center...


When I removed the panel from the bench vise, I added a clamp to replace it on that center caul. 

Panel #2...

Had an issue with gaposis....we have ways...

Jointed the edges until...

A dry fit could be done.....no clamp, no cauls, no glue...
Decided this time around to give the leg vise a try as a 3rd hand...board #1 was a slight bow...pulled that flat against the side of the bench...

And this panel did not need a center caul.  Needed them just on the ends of the panel..
So..letting these 2 panels sit a day or two..


Maybe today, while I am on Laundry Detail....I can sort through these..

And decide which two to roughly cut down for the top and the bottom of the box....and then see about running some grooves to house the panels in....

Stay tuned...

That would be a no no for me putting some glue ups on the washer.  

[bandit571]

Since the tool cabinet is finished, and filled up...it has been hauled upstairs...so I can have my bench back....
Next Project?    some sort of rack to hold all the jars of spices I use in the Kitchen....instead of most of them sitting on top of the Microwave Oven...

Thanks for looking in!