I was cruising the Key elements of this project that I wanted to work on:I found a few boards of relatively flat, and somewhat knot-free Spruce in the 1 x 12 size range, and started mapping out my cuts. I have a decent selection of molding planes that are looking for a place to live. Its exterior dimensions are: 39-3/4″ wide x 23-1/2″ deep x 24-1/4″ high (including the battens – aka rot strips – on the bottom). Like your thinking outside the box.
I’m a good way through a project that I’ve drawn the inspiration from his fun essay on tools as well my own personal research into historical forms. I had to glue a couple blocks back in to make up the difference, but it came out just fine after that and I haven’t made any serious flub’s since. I’m glad I did this, as it really made a difference in the fit and finish of the final box.The lid was sized to the box length, and made to fit exactly as I could, so that there was no overhang that I could saw into easily.
I had to get 4 boards of 6 foot boards because all the 8 – 10 foot boards I found were simply AWFUL looking. It’s a standard design six board chest, but it’s also built to store saws as well as be a saw bench for those saws. And perhaps, how is this anything to do with the word “anarchist”?To the former, I had intended to put the molding planes on edge along the other side of the bottom, like in Chris’s tool chest, but they took up too much space. Update: this one has sold. The hand-forged hardware is the new “If you’d like to see more (including entirely too much on dovetail how-to) and outfitting the interior, check out my Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.In which 1snugthejoiner writes about woodworking, publishing, house renovations, cats and Shakespeare (don't worry – that last one is rare). I do find that they just gather loose items from around the shop.A bench like yours, even if it’s not used for saws (I have the “used to be” fashionable saw till which I still like), would be a great way to make storage more purposeful.Great post on a saw till box. I really over thought this part, and after I was done, and looking at doing the same with the bottom, I figured it out. Glad you liked it. Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)
The tool rack is slightly different than what is shown in the “Anarchist’s Tool Chest” book; I bump it out from the front chest wall to allow for the hanging backsaws behind the chisels, screwdrivers and other tools in the tool rack. Kind of interesting if you ask me.)
First on the list is to draw up in Sketch-Up. These boards really needed precision to make the rest of the box come together flawlessly.
For the height, I measured the height of my current saw bench which fit my knee just about perfectly.
Plus it would have interfered with the tool tray.As for the “Anarchist” question… I looked the the book as a “call to arms’ as it were to think differently, to think past the standard knowledge of today, and apply a different perspective while keeping with some of the ideals of our theoretical craftsman fore bearers.This box is not a new idea, but it’s a different application of an old idea. I’m really enjoying the blog. Also, a small portable box at a good sitting height might make a good portable tool chest for taking to job sites (I am a volunteer handyman for my sons school. After I finished the case with doweled glued joints, I had a thought that it would have been much easier to rabbet the side rails for a better fit (it would hold it self square much easier, and the pegs were a pain to put together. I added an additional removable saw till for the smaller saws and such.