| Project by Roger Strautman | posted 03-31-2007 03:21 AM | 10111 views | 7 times favorited | 22 comments |  |
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I received an old machinist tool box from my grandfather after he got to were he couldn’t use it anymore and I liked it so well I reproduced another like it with a couple changes. I made this out of African ribbionstrip mahogany that was left over from a church trim job we did and I used Deft spray lacquer to finish it. Instead of using wood bottoms in the drawers I used 18 gage sheet metal to gain more space in the drawers. I used contact adhesive to hold them in place. This was one of those projects that I had to really had to make sure everything was just right or I would have been in real trouble.
-- " All Things At First Appear Difficult"
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Obi
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#1 posted 03-31-2007 03:24 AM
On a scale of 10… you get a 10 1/2
That’s the stuff that put Gerstner on the map. And they sell theirs for about $1000.00
So how much time and money do you have invested in this item?
Chip
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#2 posted 03-31-2007 03:34 AM
Really beautiful Rog. Another great piece. One question though, where’s the carving? Or is this a bit of a break for you?
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Roger Strautman
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#3 posted 03-31-2007 03:49 AM
Obi, I made this about 18 years ago and at that time I probably had around $30.00 in the hardware and the wood was FREE! I think I spent around 2 weeks in the evenings and on the weekends.
Chip, this piece I made before I started the chip carving thing but I will have to admit that I have been eyeing it for sometime now and my knife keeps getting closer and closer.
-- " All Things At First Appear Difficult"
MsDebbieP
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#4 posted 03-31-2007 03:55 AM
gosh golly..
amazing!
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dennis mitchell
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#5 posted 03-31-2007 06:06 AM
Beautiful work
David
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#6 posted 03-31-2007 06:12 AM
Beautiful!
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DrSawdust
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#7 posted 03-31-2007 07:11 AM
Wow. I have always wanted to make something like this. I can only imagine what the original piece from your grandfather must mean to you. My older brother has my Dad’s very first workbench that my Dad made. I have made him promise me that he will never throw it out (my brother is not a LumberJock, but he promises me he is taking good care of it.)
The Tool Chest is amazing. Way to go!!!
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oscorner
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#8 posted 03-31-2007 01:32 PM
Sweet!
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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#9 posted 03-31-2007 03:16 PM
That’s one of the nicest tool chest’s I’ve ever seen. It looks like new yet.
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#10 posted 03-31-2007 08:19 PM
Great Toolchest Rog.
-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Appomattox Virginia [email protected] †
CharlieM1958
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#11 posted 04-02-2007 04:10 PM
Great job! I did a less-sophisticated version and I know how it hard it is to get everything lined up just right with that kind of drawer/slide combination.
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Jon3
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#12 posted 04-03-2007 10:10 PM
This is definitely on my to do list! Fabulous!
Diane
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#13 posted 04-19-2007 01:18 AM
So beautiful, it does still look new!!
Diane
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#14 posted 04-19-2007 02:22 AM
Picture three says it all.
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#15 posted 07-22-2007 04:22 PM
Wow
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