A Toolbox

Carpe Diem!

This toolbox I made as an example to show my Workshop One (beginning) furniture design students. It was the semester that the pandemic came to the states. Within a few days after starting on their own version all classes were kicked out of the building and held online after that. Sadly no student had a chance to finish their own toolbox design. 

The handle was turned on my lathe. End tenons join into round mortises drilled into the sides.  Plywood ends.  The sides join into the ends with pseudo dovetails cut using my CNC. The divider is walnut.  The text was V-carved into it using my CNC. A 1/4" thick plywood bottom is trapped in slots cut near the bottom edge of the sides and ends.  The slots in the angled sides are also cut at an angle. 

Pseudo Dovetails

One advantage of using the lathe to cut the handle was that the center grip was tested as it was being turned to make sure it was a comfortable grip. 

The divider helps separate box contents for organization or just keeping the oily tools away from the dusty tools. 

Comments and question always appreciated!

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