Project Information
I built my 7 year old son this toolbox for Christmas last year. I used hand tools for all the joinery and enjoyed this project very much. I am doing more skill building projects these days. The #3 Bailey plane and the #151 spoke shave I found at yard sales and refinished them as they were rust balls when I found them. The box is joined with hand cut dovetails. The door and back are raised panels I did with a 4 1/2 hand plane. The stiles and rails are haunched mortise and tenons and the panel groove was cut with a #49 tongue and groove plane. It took a few weeks to finish this project. Could have done it in a day with power tools. The finish is milk paint. Also a first with milk paint.