Viking tool box

[daddo]

They found one.
 Wonder what they will think of ours 1,000 years from now?

http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/too...t/?slide=2

[Bill_Houghton]

They'll think we had too many tools.

[hbmcc]

If I remember correctly, you will need some grumpy fellow sea salt toss it overboard some night. Or, was that the gun that ended up in a military latrine?

[identity_crisis]

Someone on this board did an awesome build along a few years ago of the mastermyr chest

[AHill]

I found the tool chest more "modern" than I would have thought.   The inclusion of files was surprising, but files have been around for quite some time.  The Viking civilization lasted quite some time as well.  There's a danger in comparing carpenter's tool chests to cabinetmaker's tool chests.  A carpenter typically carried fewer tools than a cabinetmaker.  The Viking tool chest was more likely for a carpenter.  It's kind of like barn finds on tool chests.  Most farmers and/or ranchers had only a small set of tools to do the job locally.  Maybe 2 or 3 planes, 4 or 5 chisels, 2 or 3 saws, etc.  As tools became mass-produced, they became cheaper and thus you'll find more tools in the tool box as the industrial age hit.  After power tools became popular, the trend reversed.

[Stwood_]

They found one.
 Wonder what they will think of ours 1,000 years from now?

http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/too...t/?slide=2

Thanks for the link.

[C. in Indy]

I took a fancy to those Viking chests.   I recently started one, but a poor memory and some constraints of my wood-pile made my joinery styles come out different.  I also had a bag of wrought nails that I decided to start using... I'm definitely pre-drilling holes for them.

Surfaces and edges are mostly planed and shoot-ed by now, and I'm planning an appropriate use of the nice old cherry board for a lid.

   


Chris

[Stwood_]

I took a fancy to those Viking chests.   I recently started one, but a poor memory and some constraints of my wood-pile made my joinery styles come out different.  I also had a bag of wrought nails that I decided to start using... I'm definitely pre-drilling holes for them.

Surfaces and edges are mostly planed and shoot-ed by now, and I'm planning an appropriate use of the nice old cherry board for a lid.




Chris

Have you sold your workbench, or are you just laying down (carpet) on the job?
 

[bandit571]

Seem to remember Underhill having done an episode on The Woodwright's Shop about a Viking Tool Chest..

[C. in Indy]

Have you sold your workbench, or are you just laying down (carpet) on the job?
 

Ha Ha!  Yeah, I get a lot of comments about a carpeted shop....
The basement carpet was there when we got the house, and it has enough smashed-bug-stains and plumbing-mishap stains that it no longer matters if I get it dirty.   It's a great cushion if I drop a tool accidentally!

Sometimes if I'm block-planing vertically, there is nothing like a floor to stop the workpiece from moving.