My Walnut Tool Box
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- Опубликовано: 13 окт 2024
- I took advantage of the long weekend to clean up my walnut toolbox. For those of you that think I just glue broken totes back together, I thought I would take the opportunity to showcase my “overall” woodworking skills. 👍
I have a son and a daughter…. I have promised this toolbox to my daughter because she can use it however she sees fit, then hopefully pass it on to future generations. (no grand kids yet! 😊)
My son has been promised my wall cabinet. It’s a purpose built cabinet that will always be a part of someone’s wood shop so it seems more fitting for him. Anyway, here’s a quick video showing my annual cleaning and during the video I take the opportunity to talk a bit about the box.
Thanks for watching!
amazing work
Thank you Derek. 👍
I love it. Such storage box typically commands a premium price. I have been eyeing for a map/drawing cabinets. Every time, I see something, it would be gone. I will like built my own our converting an old dresser into one.
@@HHH-nv9xb Thank you for watching and thanks for taking time to write. I’ll pass this down to family members and hopefully it will store jewelry, or tools…. Maybe even maps! 😊
Maybe a compilation video sometime of your many projects. Your plane till, now your tool chest, and you mentioned a table. I would love to see what else you have done. Amazing craftsmanship on everything you do.
@@ronaldpayne93 thank you! I’ll give it some thought and see what we can come up with. Several of my most favorite pieces were commissioned and therefore no longer within my reach. I do have a loooooootttt of picture though.
@@gordonaddison307 great, please do give it some thought. I’m sure I’m not the only one who would like to see some more of your work.
Very nice!
Beautiful!
Thank you Rick!
very pretty toolbox
thanks Ken!
I really like your design, especially the hidden drawer, except if you remove the tray can't you see the contents? Maybe I missed something, like a lid on the hidden drawer? Not to be picky, as I have never made such a nice piece myself, but are the lid dovetails cross grained? I would thing a "breadboard" type joint on each end of the curved lid panel would be needed for something that is expected to last for more than your lifetime. All in all, very nice, and you have given me some ideas for my own project.
You're paying attention! I have thin panel between the hidden drawer and the tray, but when you lift the tray out and tap on it, it flexes like a drum. I would prefer something thicker so it doesnt make you think "huh, I wonder whats under here?" Once I started the video and lifted the tray out I realized I had removed it... I didnt want to start the production over so I just ran with it. Good eye! As for the dovetails, they're inverted so you're looking at the small end of the tail. Kinda like a fox wedge. The box is now two years old and no signs of movement at all. Again, you make complete sense and I appreciate your knowledge of wood movement. In the end, I just couldnt get the "look" I wanted with other joints so I just put it together. For what its worth, the arched top is thin and the perimeter pieces are quite thick. I guess I was hoping the thicker framework would overpower any movement in from the thinner shell.
@@gordonaddison307 thanks for your reply. A tool chest wirh a raised panel carcass is something that I would like to build in the future. I would like to use walnut patent plaques that I received during my career for the panels. You have given me some good ideas.
Phenomenal work Gordon! Perhaps after I finish a chest for my woodworking tools, I'll try my hand at something like this for my machinist tools.
Were you able to source the bocote locally in Southern California? I'm in Van Nuys and haven't had the best of luck finding exotic wood, aside from Rockler in Pasadena.
Greetings from the east coast! Thank you for the kind words. I appreciate you taking time to write. So, my employment took me to the east coast now and I landed in North Carolina. I’m still learning the “local suppliers” and I’m still using my favorites. I traveled a lot while out west so Peterman Lumber, Fontana, (meh) Gilmer, Portland OR (amazing). I visited a hundred different shops on the west coast but I know I stopped at a Rockler in Pasadena. My personal favorite is Johnson’s Workbench in Charlotte MI. Whew! All that to say “I bought my Bocote” at Johnson’s in Charlotte MI. Both Gilmer and Johnson’s will ship. I do have lots of contacts in CA so I can ask for more “bocote” locations. 👍
3:20 "my buddy Norm Abram signed my hammer for me." THE Norm Abram? The New Yankee Workshop, Norm Abram? Author of several woodworking books? THAT Norm Abram?
Yessir. He’s legendary and is clearly one that made a huge influence on my life. When his NYW shows first aired I would record every one and then watch them repeatedly. ❤️
Gordon,
Great job. I plan to build a box similar in size with some of the same designs. Did anything inspire you to build it this way? Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! Yes I do admire the Gerstner & Sons products but they are traditionally found in the machinist realm. So I have to say it’s the Gerstner product that inspired me to build a solid wood tool box. Being a woodworker I also designed my drawers all full width because i like to lay out my tools ‘dental style’ and on the contrary, I tend to fill “little cubbies” with junk. Plus, I do pull the whole drawer and set it on my bench sometimes. As for the arch top, just something different. (Gerstner boxes are flat top) I do have a sketch/design now for a “lower” cabinet and this one will sit on top. Lot of other things gotta get done before I move on to that however. 😊
I can’t believe it’s not entirely made out of rosewood.
Jokes aside, frame and panel construction is so much better. You can pretty much ignore wood movement or counter it with this. It does not save much on material vs board to board dovetail or butt joint, but much better structural integrity.