My revised Handy Randy tool tot

Hello again!

After I built my little halloween tot, (poste yesterday) It just sat on my work bench and became a catch all for all the things you need close by but don’t want to spend 2 hours searching for it. Well, in a month it was over flowing and I still had to search for things. So I decided to divide it up and make it more orginized.

I started with a cutoff piece of red oak for the base…I wanted something I could put a paper towel roll and a pencil box. I made all the dividers out of 3/16 “paneling that I had from another project. Because, the tot was made out of very thin and fragile plywood, I decided to reinforce the handle holders with 1/2” red oak slates…

This is when I noticed the contest for the yin and yang thing. I decided I would paint all they plywood black to a smooth finish and oil the oak and than poly the whole thing for the glossy effect. I also added some brass hardware to make it a little more eye catching. (Not to mention just get a good feel for how brittle brass is.)

Unfortunately, I didn’t finish it untill 10 pm last night and it was too late to post for the contest…not that I thought it could win but, I would have loved to see how it would have been judged to grade my skill level.

Some of the compartments were measured out for a specific purpose. IE. a place for my glue brushes to sit and not get hard, a place for my gloves, and pen/pencil compartment…Others are just good for holding little things like those small clamps that fall into every nock and cranney.

This was by far the most fun I have had just dreaming stuff up and slapping it together…and the best part is it permanentlly resides on my work bench.

-- Semper Fi, Randy Sr.