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I had finally had enough dumping out all the cutters to find the one I need…so I made another Dremel tool box for my Grand Rapids shop. The last shot shows the "before" case.
This one is made from female box elder ( I call it sponge wood because it soaks up finish like crazy). The body is 3/8" thick and it was lock-miter joined all the way around - top and bottom included - and then cut apart on the band saw. I put in 4 walnut splines for the tray to sit on. I was going to make the tray out of box elder but when I put it through the planer to get it 1/4" thick, it blew apart in lots of pieces …so I used 1/4" maple plywood for the tray. Inside the tray are 3 cutter holder blocks of 3/4 maple plywood with a box elder handle in the center of each one. I still need to find six square plastic containers to hold the extra sanding drums and discs in the bottom of the box.!
I had to get some lathe time on this project so I turned the center of the handle and then shaped the ends and installed 2 - 1/4-20 threaded inserts to accept the handle bolts
It is 8 1/2" x 12" x 6 1/2" high and finished with 3 coats of sanding sealer and 3 coats of clear semi gloss lacquer.
A couple things I learned on this project: without seeing the cutters out in the open I have purchased duplicates when I didn't need to. Also, on the sanding sealer, I have looked at the shellac for years at Menards , trying to find the wax free stuff. Well, this sanding sealer is the WAX FREE shellac!
I added some process shots below taken during the work on this box: I had to make an edge preserver board to clamp on the piece when I ran it flat across the lock miter bit. Without it, the edge that is cut to a point can collapse and dip into the cutter causing a crooked cut edge.
Cheers, Jim
This one is made from female box elder ( I call it sponge wood because it soaks up finish like crazy). The body is 3/8" thick and it was lock-miter joined all the way around - top and bottom included - and then cut apart on the band saw. I put in 4 walnut splines for the tray to sit on. I was going to make the tray out of box elder but when I put it through the planer to get it 1/4" thick, it blew apart in lots of pieces …so I used 1/4" maple plywood for the tray. Inside the tray are 3 cutter holder blocks of 3/4 maple plywood with a box elder handle in the center of each one. I still need to find six square plastic containers to hold the extra sanding drums and discs in the bottom of the box.!
I had to get some lathe time on this project so I turned the center of the handle and then shaped the ends and installed 2 - 1/4-20 threaded inserts to accept the handle bolts
It is 8 1/2" x 12" x 6 1/2" high and finished with 3 coats of sanding sealer and 3 coats of clear semi gloss lacquer.
A couple things I learned on this project: without seeing the cutters out in the open I have purchased duplicates when I didn't need to. Also, on the sanding sealer, I have looked at the shellac for years at Menards , trying to find the wax free stuff. Well, this sanding sealer is the WAX FREE shellac!
I added some process shots below taken during the work on this box: I had to make an edge preserver board to clamp on the piece when I ran it flat across the lock miter bit. Without it, the edge that is cut to a point can collapse and dip into the cutter causing a crooked cut edge.
Cheers, Jim