Clark Kellogg and Asa Christiana wrote in different issues of Fine Woodworking magazine of modular shop cabinets like these. The sides, back and bottom/tops are glued and screwed together and the back and bottom can be fastened to the wall and floor. The shelves are not fastened and can be placed based on the size of tools and/or tool sustainers and cases.
This is a box inlaid on the Top with cartoon character cat/fox heads. I initially was going to incorporate the ears into the dovetails, but they would have been “duck tails” that don’t interlock. So, the dovetails are spaced inbetween the inlays.
Edit: A. Inlaid Box #2.skp
One of the simplest ways to start a garden is the Lazagna Style Raised Bed. The soil mix can be a mix of garden soil, compost, and additives or a commercial potting soil mix. When there are heavey Spring rains, this keeps the bed from eroding, higher, and a little drier
Grooving Handplane is modelled here with guides and a stop. There’s no cutter, so a marking knife and chisel should be used to start the groove. I would start with a chisel anyway. Especially on the ends of a workpiece to prevent blowout, it’s good to start with a chisel. Edit: I know routers are faster but handplanes are much more fun to use.
Pulled out and used one of my Clifton shoulder plans (don’t remember the # but can be used as a bull nose) today, “finessing” a rabbit on a door jamb I’m making. No noise, no dust, the thin curls of wood. Soooo satisfying.
@DaveR showed in another thread how to make rounded finger joints with cutters. I thought the box looked cool, so I made this model. I did not use cutters but rounded over before cutting the finger joints.
Edit: I noticed that I forgot to use the trim tool to cut the pins to the D.Back. I made the change in the updated skp: A. Rounded Finger Joints #2.skp (221.2 KB)
This has been uploaded as public to the warehouse.
I drew a line across the inside face 3/4" from the top, pulled a copy of that line out, divided it 12x, made guide lines, and erased the divided line. I drew straight lines up from the guideline intersect inference to the top. I copied/arrayed the outside edge arc over to the lines. I erased unneeded edges and drew the inside lines to complete the finger joints. It takes me longer to explain than just to do it. I used trim to do the finger joints to the Bottom/Top parts.
Edit: I copied/arrayed after just doing one finger joint to make the others.
I started this model with a profile of the case and then started improvising and adding features that were interesting to me. That takes longer when you don’t really know from the start how you want it to finish up. The grooves for the tambours may need to be widened in places with a chisel due to the curves and to keep the tambour slats from jamming. I used texture to simulate the textile backing. The textile would be one piece glued to the back of the tambour slats, but I explain in one of the scenes how I simulated the textile.
This model is similar to one in Woodsmith Magazine, vol. 47, no. 280, “Industrial Shelving” by Phil Huber and Dillon Baker. I added a Bottom/Top Shelf and the trim that goes with that shelf. I would also change this and add legs and aprons before building, because I don’t like a shelf right at the floor. The trim in the article was made from aluminum angle wraps. MDF was used to make the faux I-Beam Uprights. Paint was used to give the MDF an appearance of steel.
I had to redo a tool chest box. The first one was made with a tongue in groove bottom. The bottom kept falling out under the load of tools. By orienting the grain differently, foxtails can be used to make a stronger mechanical lock for the bottom. That’s why I used textures instead of tags.
I was watching the Japanese channel on PBS about composting. This model wasn’t on the show but I thought something like this would be appreciated there.
I am attemping to get better organized. I made this file and saved it in Trimble Connect, Projects, Templates and with the file name Hinges. Instead of making hinges every time I model something, I can pull it from the file. I know for those who have Pro, a library of these parts would be best. I need to re-look at the piano hinge that was in one of Aaron’s recent Friday videos and add it.
This model has twelve pulls that I have modeled before in one file. A sample of them is shown in the screenshots. This will help me speed up my process in the future.