Here's the scoop on my Montgomery Wards 45 box:

Funny enough, I just noticed the green "Stanley combination Plow and beading plane" sticker on one end of the box.

Overall length: 12 1/16"
overall width: 5 3/4"
overall height: 6 1/4"

sides and ends are joined with a box joint 1/8" x 7/16"

top slides in a groove plowed out of the sides. No groove in back which is full height. top has a rabbet on each side 1/8" x 3/8" for the groove. There is a "D" shaped cutout in the top to make it easier to slide. Top is flush with the sides. Mine could use a swipe or two from a shoulder plane to loosen it up.

Bottom is nailed on and is full size to overall width and depth. About 1/4" thick.


Sides and ends are about 1/2" thick.


Overall quality is horrible with enormous radial machine marks on all surfaces. Best guess at the wood species is oak (wood ID is not a strongpoint).

That ought to keep you busy for a while.



Carl

I took an old chest of drawers, put it on casters hung some vises on it and put a marble/granite tile top on it. Works well. I wrote a blog about it Here

I've been turning off and on for a few years - mostly bowls but some spindles - and have never tried a skew. Its time to take the plunge. What size do you all think is the most useful for a new skew user?
Thanks.

Perhaps nostalgia?

I just leave my tools amongst a smothering pile of shavings on my bench. I keep one corner clear near the front vise and a not-wide-enough swath along the front dog holes to do actual work.

Over the years there have been so many amazing homemade tools posted here one at a time
Unfortunately, most of those pics are long gone.

It would be great to have a thread documenting so much of the cool stuff that you all make at home.

I hope this takes off

A couple of mine..........

I am in the market for some spokeshaves and I was wondering which ones you guys like and why?

Thanks!
John

Wow!

Another stunner!

I never get tired of looking at your saws.

Post as many as you like.

I sprayed most of these just this morning. A couple of the dyed ones I may have posted before, not sure. Skew only on the finials.






Steve K

Looks a lot better! Why plug every other through dog hole?

SSolomon said:

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I've built a few projects so far, including a humidor, some bookshelves, the shipping crate from the Joiner and Cabinetmaker (it holds my granite surface plate), and a box for my wife, but my most ambitious project is currently a work in progress. I'm building a shaker-style workbench like the one in Scott Landis' Workbench Book. I'm using European Beech for the top, legs, stretchers, etc. and poplar for the back and side panels, drawer fronts and bottoms, and doors.
Sean

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