I’m making a tool chest for my larger carving tools that are currently floating around in the shop.  An ax, and adze, etc.  If things go right, the small chest will hang on the wall when not being used to transport these tools.

It’s a modification of the Japanese tool chest but I’ll be using the mitered dovetail should for the joinery (video below).  I like this joint because I can plow through the slot for the bottom to fit into but it doesn’t show.  If that’s confusing, keep an eye out and you’ll see what I mean.

http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/chris-schwarz-blog/video-mitered-shoulder-dovetail

I had a chance to make some more frames with some inlay this time.  Mahogany with yellow heart inlay.

First I created a simple profile.

Then I cut to fit the print on my mitre box.

And final trim on my shooting board.

Then I added the yellow heart inlay and trimmed to length.

Matching the corresponding miters using my finger to determine by feel that they are even.

Then I used my pinch sticks to make sure the frame is square.

Brand and ..

.. hang.

The last photo for the School Box.  See my Instagram profile for more info.

Bottom moulding.

Iron black on barn red milk paint.

The box.

Inside

Top moulding.

I finally finished up my School Box / Carving Chisels Chests.  I’ve been posting along the way on Instagram, so I thought I’d put the whole thing, minus the finish which will be in the next post.  Here’s the blow by blow in the captioned pictures.

Making the Carcass

Milling popular for the chest back and sides.

Dovetail lay out.

My amazing Badaxe stiletto dovetail saw.

Tails first .. always.

Sawed out the waste and chiseling out what’s left.

It’s a box with wrap around grain.

Flat enough, now makin’ it pretty.

Trimming down the dovetail ends.

Cleaning up the final outside.

Spacing out the tongue and groove and gluing.

Fitting the bottom and dividers

Making pilot holes for the bottom nails.

Trimming the bottom.

Fitting the dividers.

Making and installing the molding

I used my hollows and rounds to make my mouldings.

Trimmed with my miter box saw.

Nailing through the miters .. w/o splitting the molding. 🙂

For more on my the box:

Carving the top of the School Box / Carving Tool Chest

Milk paint finish on the School Box / Chisel Chest

I find manufacturing process fascinating.  An now that John Hoffman, Raney Nelson and Chris Schwarz are make tools that I use .. how could I resist posting this?