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Toolbox from job site scrap.

Project by Brenton posted 355 days ago 1024 views 10 times favorited 19 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Hi, everyone,

New here, looks like lots of good company.
I’m a former…....and sometimes current trim carpenter.
I’m still in the construction industry and pick up all kinds of job site scrap from dumpsters, etc.
Did I mention…......I’m cheap?
Most of my projects come from scavenged material.

Anyway I made this tool tote from scraps of Brazilian Cherry flooring, planed to 5/8 to get rid of the grooves on the bottom and some small pieces of maple and mahogany leftover from something somewhere. I lose track. It’s loosely based on something somone with far more talent had showcased in ”The Toolbox Book

It’s handy for keeping all of the most used tools at hand, and organized.

-- Here I post the good, for the rest has become firewood.


19 comments so far

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CharlieM1958

7615 posts in 1112 days


posted 355 days ago

That’s a great looking tool tote, but it’s WAY too neat. :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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bayspt

184 posts in 598 days


posted 355 days ago

I love this toolbox. Every thing has a place and every place has a thing. Great use of scrap. Wish I could happen upon scrap like that.

-- Jimmy, Oklahoma "It's a dog-eat-dog world, and I'm wearing milkbone underwear!"

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Beginningwoodworker

4132 posts in 566 days


posted 355 days ago

Nice little Tool Box.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

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Napaman

3482 posts in 970 days


posted 355 days ago

cheap and scavanged—-you are in the RIGHT PLACE…great project…this is an idea going in my favorites…WELCOME TO LJ;s…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

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TraumaJacques

382 posts in 394 days


posted 355 days ago

One man’s scraps are another’s project material I love it. I am with Charlie,my tools were that neat once when I bought them.

-- All bleeding will eventually stop.

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Dick, & Barb Cain

7034 posts in 1193 days


posted 355 days ago

A great looking box.

This will last many lifetimes.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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Mike

267 posts in 510 days


posted 355 days ago

I’m with Charlie…wat too neat. Nice toolbox, nice joints.

-- Measure once cut twice....oh wait....ooops.

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RAH

413 posts in 770 days


posted 355 days ago

Very nice scraps, the tote is nice and organized. Welcome to the site and have fun.

-- Ron Central, CA

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rtb

678 posts in 606 days


posted 355 days ago

Welcome your gonna’ like (no we do not sell suits) this the first tool box that I have ever seen that looks like a piece of furniture.

-- RTB. "dumb animals are not stupid they simply can't talk "

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mtnwild

2013 posts in 421 days


posted 354 days ago

Beautiful, that really puts most all you need right handy and mobile. Love it. Custom to the max.

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

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clieb91

681 posts in 828 days


posted 352 days ago

Welcome to LumberJocks, A good tool box made from scraps with plenty of tools. Yep you’ll fit right in.

CtL

-- Chris L. "Don't Dream it, Be it."

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pommy

954 posts in 584 days


posted 352 days ago

welcome to LJ’s

love the tool caddy looks very neat and tidy

andy

-- cut it saw it scrap it

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rikkor

11335 posts in 768 days


posted 352 days ago

That is a mighty fine tool box. The fact that it is made from repurposed stock makes it even better. (Too neat!)

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ryno101

248 posts in 558 days


posted 352 days ago

Wow… talk about organized!

Nice execution… and let me add my “welcome”... you’ll enjoy it here…

-- Ryno

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sharad

709 posts in 698 days


posted 351 days ago

A very good tool box from scrap. It looks to be quite strong and can hold number of tools. Very good.
Sharad

-- patanjali

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joemick

8 posts in 271 days


posted 269 days ago

Don’t sell yourself short. It looks great

-- Joemick

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Mark Shymanski

1555 posts in 606 days


posted 269 days ago

Great looking toolbox.

-- ...it's rennovation time!!!

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Tony Ennis

74 posts in 30 days


posted 16 days ago

That’s great. I noted instantly it was inspired by The Toolbox Book. I skimmed that book the night before last in fact, while I contemplate a tool cabinet.

-- Tony

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a1Jim

16695 posts in 470 days


posted 16 days ago

great job

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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