Project Information
My wife bought her first horse yesterday, and she needed a tote to keep all her grooming supplies in. I was inspired by many of the amazing toolboxes I've seen posted here, and I built her this tote from cedar and walnut. I probably wouldn't use cedar again because it's so soft. The walnut inlay is there to provide some weight-bearing strength on the ends and the handle. I built my first box joint jig for this project, and I'm pretty pleased with how that came out. Also my first time doing through tenons. I don't expect it to be very durable, but I learned enough on this project to make the next one out of something harder like cherry or maybe all walnut. The bottom is 12mm baltic birch rabbeted all the way around. I cut some stopped dados in the end pieces with a router to avoid having the dados stick out the sides. It's finished with a few coats of General Finishes poly.