Reclaimed Wood Toolbox, Mostly

Looking good. I think that what your doing is probably a shop credo for most of us. " Let nothing go to waste ". Cheers, Mike

Thanks Mike,
yes sir, if you are going to live by an ideal- letting nothing go to waste, would be one to adhere to.
when you believe in possibility, many things can happen :grin:
 
i did some more work since the last act, but i thought it would be interesting (maybe for someone),
to see the original sketches of the toolbox while i was still in idea development phase...
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I made some progress on a drawer for my reclaimed wood toolbox.
the front, rear and sides were pallet wood. i cut grooves to slide the 1/4" sanded plywood into. i used wood glue, screws, and crown staples to hold it together.
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i fitted the drawer the other night.
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My toolbox needed a place to hang tooling.
I chose a 1x2 furring strip (scrap, new wood) to make the holder from.
using some clamps and some scrap wood i made an impromptu jig for the drill press.
i laid out the furring strip to bore a series of holes in the holders' centerline.
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after boring the holder and fitting the tooling, i installed the holder in the toolbox using screws and started filling it up.
so far ,the tooling in the box consists of :
vintage yankee drills, vintage chisels, forstner bits, screwdrivers, 1/4" hex driver extensions, hinge drills

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thanks for looking, :)

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Looking good! I still want to see a few more tools in it though.:) I'm still wondering what the 5" radius cutouts are for at the base? Hand holds? Rodent passageways?
Those are some great CAD drawings, what program do you use? :cool:

CHuck the grumpy old guy
 
great work there Mike, that'll be a very useful addition to the shop. One thing I would suggest is wherever possible to add corner supports and staple/ screw the outside to that, rather than the ends of the boards they meet. Plywood in particular delaminates at the end at the drop of a hat and when this is loaded the tools will be pushing outwards against the boards (or you'll be pulling on them to move it around). I tend to go belt'n'braces, corner supports, screws AND glue as it's a pain fixing stuff in wood - much less forgiving than metal in that regard.
 
great work there Mike, that'll be a very useful addition to the shop. One thing I would suggest is wherever possible to add corner supports and staple/ screw the outside to that, rather than the ends of the boards they meet. Plywood in particular delaminates at the end at the drop of a hat and when this is loaded the tools will be pushing outwards against the boards (or you'll be pulling on them to move it around). I tend to go belt'n'braces, corner supports, screws AND glue as it's a pain fixing stuff in wood - much less forgiving than metal in that regard.

funny that you said corner supports, i have already purchased them but have not installed them.
thank you for the tips-much appreciated! :)
 
DR. U.
Looking good! I still want to see a few more tools in it though.:) I'm still wondering what the 5" radius cutouts are for at the base? Hand holds? Rodent passageways?
Those are some great CAD drawings, what program do you use? :cool:
CHuck the grumpy old guy

Thank You Chuck!
the CAD never seems to break, but sometimes makes mistakes :confused:,
it's Playschool CAD, Junior version 2.0- (the same level as my qualifications as a woodworker!;))

as for the 5" radius circles...
my father used to pull this one on me....

How do you keep somebody in suspense?
I'll tell ya' later.....
 
well, i made some more progress,
here's what the cut out's are for...
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to provide rolling clearance for the wheels that were cut from a scrap 2x8, using a 6" holesaw.
i used a router with a 1/4" round over to finish it off. i'll fit the wheels in the next episode!

i also utilized the drop from the wheel op to construct the handles for the sides of the chest.
i attached it with screws.
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more fun to come!
stay tuned!!!

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