Riffler Rasp Carrier- 2x4 Challenge

Nice job! Very good execution.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Ahhhhh, I was wondering what you had scheming. Really neat use of the wood!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Nice! Just plain nice. Good job.

-- Maplewood, MN

Another great use of a 2X4.

-- Andy Stark

exellent job ! good luck

Nice job, Neil. Useful as well.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

Great and with those measurements you can enter it in the box challenge also.

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

Neil A great carrying case. Nice job and congratulations on finishing.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Good thinking. I like it.

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

A good looking box that should serve it’s purpose well. Very cool.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

I like it simple but usefull. 5 stars

-- Do it right the first time. Becuase fixing it is a wast of time.

Nice – that’s a handy project – looks like you had a nice clear 2×4!

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Vincent Van Gogh -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

Neil,
Simple and ingenious design, nice work. Hope you make it to the picnic this year.
Bob

-- Bob A in NJ

Great job!

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

I’m still being amazed by all of you guys (and gals) uses for a regular old 2×4. Great implementation.

-- Still learning everything

Good design, project and thinking. It’s amazing how creative some of our members are. Some of these 2×4 projects are really creative – well actually all of them are.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Neil -

Excellent! Simple & functional design. Great collection of rifflers & rasps.

What do you think of your Incra 3000SE?

-- http://foldingrule.blogspot.com

Good lookin’ piece of work; those rasps gonna be happy now.

Whiskey

how wonderful!! and all the “challenges” met with finesse. Well done

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Nice carrier.

-- Jiri

Good idea. well executed and nice looking use of a 2×4. mike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

Thanks everybody for the comments….....as I’ve mentioned before, these challenges are important to anybodies woodworking, so participating and reading comments is more than half the fun. I find that I’ll spend more time commenting while I check up on the challengers…...I want that chair for my shop, and the bird house would look nice out my kitchen window. My brother could use that the music stand all fun stuff.

For those of you not familiar, Stanley way back in the 50’s/60’s used to make really nice plans available, this tool box is an off shoot of one of those plans that became a standard in 7th grade Wood shop hand tool project. The kids would get 2 square pieces of 3/4 pine, 2 pcs of 1/4” plywood pre-cut for the sides, another pre-cut for the bottom and an oversized dowel. It was about using measuring tools and cutting the angle one free hand the other in one of those metal mitre box saws. Sanding, fastening, finishing….....we’ve all been there…..except maybe Ms Debbie and Betsy they had Home Ec. OH those were the days.

I’m glad though, that a few telltails of kick’in it up a knotch shows…...... got the 2×4 at a Big Box store and hung out at the KD fir bin and drove the contractors crazy…....they weren’t buying that this was for the LumberJock 2×4 Challenge. But I did get the prettiest piece in the bin…....real clear as Scott noticed, the only big knot was the piece I got the handle out of.

Originally my intention was to make a bench hook and a shooting board, but the ROAR!!!!! of my beautiful Unisaw won out. And running my Incra through the nines was the main reason as in the future, I want to do some smaller work. Maybe Gigi..my better half will finally get a nice jewelry cabinet. She may have to wait though, I just got done assembling 3 $39 furni-kit bookcases. Everybody else has all my good stuff, but Gigi is patient after all she got a house.

As for my bandsaw, I tuned it up and used the WoodSlicer from Highland, worked well the the true test is coming up when it has to resaw some maple.

As for David’s question on my test run of the Incra Mitre guage, I did have a problem with it on arrival, out of the box, it set-up well, slides great, went through the calibration and it was spot on, no adjustment needed, but I fealt there was too much play with the pin that the protractor head rotates on. Called customer service, and was dealt with magnificently. My whole attidue was, I’ve built enough TS sleds, and use more than I can remember that you had to emphasize right-hand pressure on the cut or vice versa and wasn’t going to do that with my new Incra….after all we’ve read so much about them. So I gave it a good test and sure enough, the hole in the protractor head is hand reamed off a laser cutter and it was reamed too much. 2 days later, UPS delivered a new protractor head and the bolt it spins on. WORKS PERFECT!!! I like the feel of it, got some bulk behind it, and setting up angles is a dream, you do have to have that screw driver they provide handy though…....it’s probably going to be like a pencil and I’ll always be looking for it. The shop stop takes a bit of getting used to, but I also like the feel of repitive cuts. No complaints.

So here’s to all the Box Builders and 2×4 Constructors….....I think its time to crack open one of those bottles of wine in Don’s wine rack.

amazing what a 2X4 has lurking inside

-- Marge, Colorado

Nice work as usual, Neil.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/