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I built this tool tote for my 4 year old daughter. She wanted someplace to keep all of her power tools! It gave me a chance to try inlaying and constructing angled dovetails. The carcass is scrap red alder and the inlayed Q is black walnut.
The second project is the result of the first. One day she said she wanted to go build something. I asked her what. She said…”A heart on a stick!”. She sketched a heart on a piece of pine…I cut it…now what?...”Now it needs a stick”...where?...”Here”...now what?...”Now it needs lace”...how?...”like this”...I cut it…how is it going to stand up?...”It sticks in a moon”...okay…how?...”Like this!”...I cut it…”No Dad that moon is not smooth”...okay…”Now I want to paint it with polka dots!”
She had a vision. When I asked her why we made a heart on a stick, she said, ”because my heart is over the moon with love!”. I naturally thought that it was because I made her a tool tote…
”Now let’s give it to grandma!!!” Oh well.
14 comments so far
JuniorJoiner
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posted 214 days ago
great story and project
-- Junior -Quality is never an accident-it is the reward for the effort involved.
WoodSpanker
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posted 214 days ago
Grandmas always get all the credit!
-- Adventure? Heh! Excitement? Heh! A Woodworker craves not these things!
Barto
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posted 214 days ago
Love it!
-- Bart, Waimauku NZ
bowyer
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posted 214 days ago
Daughters are the best. Nice job on the tote and the heart on a stick
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ND2ELK
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posted 214 days ago
Great job to the both of you. Thanks for posting.
God Bless
tom
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Rustic
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posted 213 days ago
Good job on both projects. Grandma always wins
-- There is no such thing as a mistake. Its called a design modification Rick Kruse, Grand Rapids, MI
mtnwild
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posted 213 days ago
Thank you for that! Very cool!
-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.
Built2Last
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posted 213 days ago
Make sure you remember this on the many, many, many occaisions when you feel like ringing her sweet little neck. Say starting about 13 or so!!!!!! LOL
Without my sweet little girls (and grandkids) life wouldn’t be worth living!!!
-- BUILT TO LAST WOODWORKS, West Blocton, Alabama
Chris
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posted 213 days ago
Your inlay and angled dovetails certainly don’t look like first efforts – nice work!
-- Chris
clieb91
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posted 212 days ago
Both are are good looking (really nice job on your first time out on the inlay) projects and even though you did not get the heart you got the pleasure of building it with her. So looking forward to doing projects with my daughter soon.
CtL
-- Chris L. "Don't Dream it, Be it."
a1Jim
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posted 211 days ago
Hey Doc
That’s a really nice box and I thought it was wearing you hart on your sleeve not on a stick. Great fun and wonderful story.
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop, custom furniture ,maker, woodworking school, heirloomwoodshop.com
Griffindork
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posted 194 days ago
Great job on both, good storytelling too.
Woodfix
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posted 175 days ago
Outstanding. Love the Tool Tote and the story.
Cheers
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daltxguy
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posted 175 days ago
She’s a genius. Nicely done to help her realize her vision. I hope she lives her entire life like that!
-- Steve, New Zealand, www.steveracz.com