Re: Input please
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 11:35 pm
Chris,
Here's my walnut toolbox: I eliminated the interior partitions to allow room for long saws I want to put in the bottom. (Yes, the top of the sides are slightly curving inward already.)
For fear of wedges I glued the through tenons to the sides.
For fear of hell tenons I glued 8/10ths of the cherry keys on the bottom, but wedged the tops. I did do the two center tenons in the hellacious manner, and it worked well. I signified these by using ebony wedges, instead of walnut, which I used on the others.
I put an application of walnut oil on it and probably will leave it at that.
I didn't have stock wide enough to do the handle the way you did it, so I laminated some thinner pieces.
Here's a sketch: And here are the parts: A little bit of carving on the top: I screwed rails to the side and dropped the ends of the tray 1/4" below it's sides to hold it in place and used what I have been told is a katagi sakuri kanna for the sliding dovetail: After initial planing to rough thickness, no machines were used in the making of this toolbox.
With apologies for the photo quality.
Here's my walnut toolbox: I eliminated the interior partitions to allow room for long saws I want to put in the bottom. (Yes, the top of the sides are slightly curving inward already.)
For fear of wedges I glued the through tenons to the sides.
For fear of hell tenons I glued 8/10ths of the cherry keys on the bottom, but wedged the tops. I did do the two center tenons in the hellacious manner, and it worked well. I signified these by using ebony wedges, instead of walnut, which I used on the others.
I put an application of walnut oil on it and probably will leave it at that.
I didn't have stock wide enough to do the handle the way you did it, so I laminated some thinner pieces.
Here's a sketch: And here are the parts: A little bit of carving on the top: I screwed rails to the side and dropped the ends of the tray 1/4" below it's sides to hold it in place and used what I have been told is a katagi sakuri kanna for the sliding dovetail: After initial planing to rough thickness, no machines were used in the making of this toolbox.
With apologies for the photo quality.