Posts Tagged ‘Making a toolbox’
Making My Toolbox – Truing and Sizing My Wood
I’ll be making a couple of these toolboxes, one for this blog and the other for the filming. The methods will be about the same although there may be some variance if I see the need for some practical or necessary reason of improvement. To start with, in this blog I am using up a…
Read MoreMaking My Toolbox – Laying Out the Dovetails
I glued up my toolbox build yesterday afternoon before I left the Penrhyn Castle workshop for home. Multiple dovetails demand your full attention and of course you must drive yourself so as not to procrastinate and so fail to set the tails home into the glued recesses. Dismantling the original toolbox we’re copying is still an…
Read MoreMaking My Toolbox – Coping With Dovetails
Cutting the dovetails and coping saw usage It’s not the best way, using a coping saw or a fret saw, but it can speed up the operation if you are in a hurry or making a beehive. On finer joinery it’s not really accepted. That said, a tool box of this type would not generally…
Read MoreMaking the Toolbox – Pare and Chop Dovetails and Pins
I said recently that using the coping saw is less acceptable for removing waste from tails and pins and that I felt it was less the way of the craftsman. I see it much the same way I see it when woodworkers ask if I ever gang up the dovetails to cut four at once…
Read MoreMaking the Toolbox – Skirting , Lock and Hinge Rails
Dovetailed Skirting and Lock and Hinge Rail Misnomered as Trim There is more to it than that. The skirting boards protect the box from damage or at least reduce the risk of main-box damage, that’s true, but it more importantly thickens up the base area corners to make for much increased structural stability and solidity…
Read MoreFilming the Toolbox Making Videos
Working on the toolbox build Yesterday and today we filmed making the toolbox for the start to the New Year series to start 2015 with. I have a feeling that this could be as popular a series as any we have done so far and as far as conservation goes it’s important to me as it means hundreds…
Read Moreon Thanksgiving!Hello Paul, Thanks for the kind words about Texas! It’s been my home for 60 years! I will be visiting the UK in June and I’m so looking forward to it.
on 12 Years Ago. . .Paul, As you mentioned in your blog post 'A White House Design' back in November, there appear to be articles of unknown origin. This got me wondering, in what manner did you leave…
on A White House DesignI was think the same thing. Paul, did you stamp it, pencil it, truly hope your name is tied to it for eternity. Thank you for your work on those pieces, and the work you do for us.…
on Thanksgiving!I’m from England and now live in the North East of the USA. The people here are very welcoming. Just like in many countries, away from the big cities people are friendly, helpful a…
on Orderliness Without Excuses!If life weren't too short I would compile a photo album of workshop messes. A glossy coffee table book for the reader to infer which pieces of finished furniture generated which se…
on In An HourBeautifully said, thank you for sharing your experience and insights. Very encouraging.
on In An HourPaul, always good content and wisdom! Here are two of my thoughts on cleaning up! What do you think Paul! 1. Use a push stick vs a broom to gather chips. (If you have finished floo…