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Scrap wood tool tray

Project by psolver1 posted 501 days ago 1061 views 1 time favorited 17 comments Add to Favorites Watch

My goal with this tray was to do dovetails the Hans way, which is to “Just cut, no need to measure”. So I cranked out this tray in a Saturday morning out of scrap mahogony that was a brace from a boat we had just finished. So I marked the depth of the cuts, cut the pins, scribed the cuts on the tails side by holding them together, and “vioala” the tray sides were done. Well actually I cut the first set of tails backwards, which shortened my box by an inch and a quarter, but the second set came out nicely. Not having enough scrap plywood around for a one piece bottom, I cut a dovetail in the bottom of the rabbet grove and made a center stringer. There is a rabbet grove for the handle in both end pieces of the box, so there are no fasteners or glue in the whole tray. I did however pin the dovetails with a dowel to keep any tools from inadvertently spreading the dovetails and causing a catastrophic failure of tooltray. I then finished it with boat sauce for longevity and it is ready for use.

-- "No need to measure, just cut" Hans


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lew

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posted 501 days ago

Sweet!!

Lew

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SwedishIron

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posted 501 days ago

Great piece and I really like the simple design, especially the handle. Excellent use of scrap mahogany. :)

-- Scott, Colorado

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scopemonkey

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posted 501 days ago

Simple, Elegant, and well done. Semper Fi!

-- GSY from N. Idaho

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Dusty56

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posted 501 days ago

very nice design

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

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Napaman

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posted 501 days ago

HEY…welcom to LJ’s…as a newer member you may not know there is a contest on RIGHT NOW…called the Summer Awards” (link top right of screen)...one of the contest is for a serving tray…and what better to serve in the summer than tools!!!

great project…

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

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thetimberkid

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posted 501 days ago

Nice idea!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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Sac

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posted 500 days ago

Nice idea. Good work. I’ve never heard of boat sauce before. I’ll have to look into that.

-- Jerry, Set in the foothills of the Smokey's

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sharad

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posted 500 days ago

Very elegant tray for holding a few tools. Joinery is very unique.
Sharad

-- patanjali

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Garyb6

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posted 500 days ago

Another reason not to throw away scraps of wood! Good job!!

-- Garyb6, “Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler” - Albert Einstein

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BobR

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posted 500 days ago

Nice tray – well done. Your scraps are better than my scraps.

-- Bob

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Scotach

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posted 500 days ago

That is a fantastic tool tray…you beat me to the freebies again!

-- Brian S. --- "If you’ve worked on the building of a boat, it belongs to you the rest of your life." -Bob Prothero

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RChadwick

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posted 500 days ago

Looks great, now you just need a matching tool box :)

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Chip

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posted 500 days ago

I love pieces like this. Great job.

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

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beaudex

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posted 499 days ago

Excellent work, Love the pins.

-- Derek Tay, Venerate the Tree Design

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Bradford

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posted 499 days ago

I like the design and the sheer honesty you employed here. Not many of us will go to this extent to share a wood journey. Thanks.

-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford.

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Chris

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posted 499 days ago

Nice work… What is it made of?

-- Chris

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Grumpy

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posted 474 days ago

Great job. Good luck in the contest.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

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