Spring Challenge – 2022

Don Urquhart

Alexandra’s Paint Box

Over the years, I’ve involved my daughters and grandchildren in making themselves a tool box.  But, my 8 year old granddaughter is an artist – so, an art box.  She was the “finisher” and decided that she would paint one side of the box for “night” and the other side for “day”.

I decided that I would use all hand tools, so to this end, I bought an already milled 1” x 8” x 7’ pine board at the lumber yard, thus by-passing the “flattening and dimensioning the rough milled board” process.

So, beat me up if you want, but I’m a senior and would have allocated this chore to an apprentice, anyway.

Tools used: bench hook, pencil, square, back saw, tape measure, shooting board, jack plane, rip saw, bench vise, brace & bit, flush cut saw, sanding block & sandpaper, hammer and nail set; anyway, none with motors.

The pictures, in order, more or less document the process.

Back saw and bench hook
Jack plane and shooting board
Jack plane and bench vise
Rip saw and sawhorse
Brace and bit
Hammer and nail set

It’s finished with shellac, podge, and acrylics.

Tool box
Art box

Rick Lloyd

Starting the process – step #1
Brace and bit – step #2
Nearly there – step #3
Cutting out the mirror box – step #4

Here is my hand made project. Mahogany I think. All by hand and eye. No tape measure but pencil scale. Eventually it will have a small flower pot holder on the bottom but that will necessitate a power tool I think.

Frank Letchford

Boot Jack

Don Gray

Elm Chisel Box with lid, mitered dovetail frame.

Dany Coulombe

My project was to build a box for my Stanley 46. It needs to be stackable since I will be making two more later for my 45 and the router plane.

I had a thick piece of alder that I got from the mid-Island Guild a few years ago. Cut to planks on the band saw and plane to thickness. I had just enough for the 4 sides and the bottom.

The lid is also alder but from our Guild. The joints are hand cut dovetails. I used the 46 to cut the grooves for the lid and bottoms and to fit the lid and bottom into their grooves.

I used a template to mark the number 46 and carve them with chisels. Some 5 minutes epoxy with black leather dye to fill in. That was a mistake, the dye did run into the end grain to mess it up. Lessons learned.

Bruce Thomson

This is a commission from my granddaughter.

A piece of cedar 2″ X 5″ X 12″ was used and a coping saw to cut the pattern
Every possible hand tool that could be used to carve out this couple was used. I gained a new respect for my power tools and for wood carvers!
One might ask, what does it do? It will put a smile on my granddaughter’s face. I don’t need any more than that!

Eric Koob

It’s my Equally-Spaced, Randomly-Shaped Dovetail Book Stand.  I didn’t finish it as I’m going to give the Dovetails another try!

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