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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
CharlieM1958
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posted 355 days ago
That’s a great looking tool tote, but it’s WAY too neat. :-)
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
bayspt
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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!"
Beginningwoodworker
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posted 355 days ago
Nice little Tool Box.
-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker
Napaman
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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...
TraumaJacques
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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.
Dick, & Barb Cain
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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
Mike
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posted 355 days ago
I’m with Charlie…wat too neat. Nice toolbox, nice joints.
-- Measure once cut twice....oh wait....ooops.
RAH
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posted 355 days ago
Very nice scraps, the tote is nice and organized. Welcome to the site and have fun.
-- Ron Central, CA
rtb
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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 "
mtnwild
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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.
clieb91
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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."
pommy
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posted 352 days ago
welcome to LJ’s
love the tool caddy looks very neat and tidy
andy
-- cut it saw it scrap it
rikkor
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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!)
ryno101
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posted 352 days ago
Wow… talk about organized!
Nice execution… and let me add my “welcome”... you’ll enjoy it here…
-- Ryno
sharad
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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
joemick
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posted 269 days ago
Don’t sell yourself short. It looks great
-- Joemick
Mark Shymanski
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posted 269 days ago
Great looking toolbox.
-- ...it's rennovation time!!!
Tony Ennis
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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
a1Jim
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posted 16 days ago
great job
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon