This is an example of a shop made box clamp. Robert Wearing’s book, Making Woodwork Aids & Devices showed something similar with string instead of threaded rod. Doug Stowe uses them in box making but with store bought star knobs. I may have modeled something like this a couple of years ago, but this model has better scenes.
I have not modeled a couch frame yet. So here goes. The cushions are just shapes to give an impression of what it would look like with cushions. The real story here is about the other components.
I use an oversize footlocker as a tool chest. I need to make these boxes that slide from side to side for tools. There is space under the boxes for larger tools.
This is a simpler jig than one I modeled before. It has the advantage of enabling the use of a moxon vise to secure the workpiece and wide enough chops to support a six inch diameter router. The disadvantage is that more Spacers and Sliding Arms have to be made for different sized mortises. Then another box or bin to keep the parts organized and help them from being misplaced.
The image is based upon an article in Woodsmith Magazine, Vol. 47/No 279, Tool Stool (display until July 22, 2025) by Phil Huber and Dillon Baker. I liked the idea and the fact that the tool stool has storage, serves as a saw horse, and has cool features like mitering holds and a shooting board. The only thing I don’t like is sitting or stooping to use it. That’s why I modeled a basic sawhorse for it to rest atop or to use adjacent to it. I guess it could sit atop a tailgate but sawhorses are meant to be used in tandem with another one.
This table may be a bit over the top for me. It is easier to model than it would be to make. There are lots of curves and joinery. 1/4" plywood templates would be needed to bandsaw out and rout the shapes of legs, arcs, etc. It violates the “rule of three” focus points probably.
This was based on another thread about drawer pulls. I wanted to practice what Dave R. and Box did. Don’t ask me how these pulls are connected to the drawer front, though.
Because the model became heavy (due to the chain links), I divided some of the contents of the chest into another file. I did not try to paste the contents back into the chest model. That might work, but I didn’t want to risk overloading. I modeled this chest for some specific tools I have. I did not model all the tools like the saws. The tools I did model helped me make the tool holders in the chest.
The tag folders (case and lid) somehow merged. Lid became a subfile. I did not figure out how to separate them and I couldn’t move tags between Case and Lid correctly.
This model combines a small shooting board and a sticking board into one handplane aid. You can either use the shooting board on the right side or the sticking board on the left side. It mounts into my Moxon Vise.
This is similar to the laminated mallet in the Robert Wearing book. A hard wood should be used for the parts of the head of the mallet. I would use Epoxy instead of glue to laminate.
These are also known as Sash “Cramps” in UK. There are different versions of these. I modeled what I thought was easiest but practical. The chain only had 24 links and didn’t bog the file down too much. When I used “follow me,” I scaled by the “Dave Method” to avoid the tiny faces issue.
