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Mystery Tool Tote

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The point of this project was to practice my joints, Dovetails on this project. I fail to see the reasoning in practicing joints just so you have more fire wood. It also includes finger joints (which did not work out too well).

Hardly fine furniture or creative box making but a handy accessory none the less. Includes numerous ‘design features’ that I couldn’t be bothered fixing. This was mainly due to the ends are held to the bottom by dovetails and these were the first dovetails I had ever cut. So when errors started appearing in the finger joints that holds the sides on I was not going to recut my very nice FIRST dovetails to fix them. Hence the inclusion of a couple of unintended design features.

It works, a bit too heavy but it does the job.

I am currently working a small version that will be a ‘toy’ for either my son or one of my nephews. If it works out, I will make one for each of them.

Cheers

-- Life is about solving problems and trying not to be the cause of those problems in the first place


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Karson

25793 posts in 1293 days


posted 142 days ago

A great learning experience. And a project to boot.

Good job.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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patron

2376 posts in 234 days


posted 142 days ago

first dovetails i ever did ,
i put them every where on box,
sides , ends , top and bottom !
i had a hell of a time getting it to fit .
i found it years later ,
and had to laugh at the clumsy work !
i don’t make them now ,
to much time !
but you got a nice box out of this deal.
and learned allot too !

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

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TopamaxSurvivor

3014 posts in 569 days


posted 142 days ago

Nice tote for your tools. Usually the dovetails are side grain to side grain because the glue doesn’t hold too good on end grain.

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

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a1Jim

16684 posts in 470 days


posted 142 days ago

Good practice piece looks fine

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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Splinterman

4827 posts in 254 days


posted 141 days ago

  • A…* for effort woodfix….....it’s better than some I have seen…....good job.

-- I will just keep doing it till I get it right.

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Mark Shymanski

1555 posts in 605 days


posted 141 days ago

A nice looking toolbox. Did you have problems with the DTs breaking off across the long grain as you were cutting them?

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

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Occie gilliam

308 posts in 189 days


posted 135 days ago

Nice tool box, i need about ten of these, i think i will make ont today

-- Occie down in Costa Rica. come down and see us some time. I'll keep the light on for you Occiegilliam@yahoo.com

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