Stanley 45 & Box

[Richard Gillespie]

From time to time, I've posted several threads referring to the Stanley 45 with blades, my neighbor gave me plus the box I've built for it. The box was built entirely with hand tools, including the 45. I ripped 5/4 Ash and ended up at 3/8" panels; much more waste than I expected.

The box ended up being 9-3/4" x 12-3/4" x 6-1/2". I used hand cut dovetails with mitered corners on the upper and lower edges. The top is a raised panel that slides into a dado. I've included some pictures to back up my story.:rolleyes:

[Steve Clardy]

Looking good. I like the sliding raised panel top.

[Steve Beadle]

I bought a 45 about a year ago, and it's still rattling around in a scruffy cardboard box--shame on me! I want to make a box similar to yours, including some sort of compartment for the cutters and miscellaneous parts. Have you made any provision for the cutters?

[Roy Wall]

Great job Richard!!

Now the old workhorse has a tidy home!! Thanks for the project!

[Mark Stutz]

Nice job Richard! I like the raised panel. I'm practicing on one for use in cabinet doors. What technique did you settle on?

Mark

[Richard Gillespie]

Thanks for all of the kind comments. It was an interesting learning experience.

To answer your question about the blades Steve, no, not at the present time. The set I was given is incomplete and I want to wait until I have a more complete set before I make anything. The set given had been taped across one side and that holds them together for the short term. I'm open to any and all suggestions though. I like the original method Stanley used for the blades.

Mark, Dave Anderson replied to my raised panel thread and gave me several tips that I used. Most of the wood was removed with my LV LA Jack. I then marked the outlines of the raised area with a marking knife (utility knife). I used a chisel to remove about 1" of the end grain back to the line. Long grain I used a guide clamped to the piece and used a skewed woodie to remove that area. I then used a #4 Stanley and a LA block to clean it up.

[Gabriele Piccini]

Hi Richard,

I'm quite new in this wonderful world of the wood and by my little experience i can say that your job is a great.
Now, in these celebrations days, I tried to enhance my "tool chest" sailing on ebay.
Plus what I had (Stanley #3,#4,n° 2 #5,spokeshave #151 ,sorby drowknife and some Bacho saws) I have bought:

JOINERS TRY SQUARE (http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c355/dafrasaga/ec_1_b.jpg)
STANLEY 'SW' #40 SCRUB PLANE (http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c355/dafrasaga/67_1_b.jpg)
Stanley No 78 Rabbat Plane w Fence (http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c355/dafrasaga/4f_1_b.jpg)
RECORD PLOUGH PLANE - 044 WITH 8 CUTTERS (http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c355/dafrasaga/43_1_b.jpg)
RECORD No 4 1-2 WOODWORK PLANE (http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c355/dafrasaga/501931recfh.jpg)
BRASS ECLIPSE NO_ 77 SAW SET (http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c355/dafrasaga/eu1.jpg)
Brass Backed Tenon Saw (http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c355/dafrasaga/eb_1_b.jpg)
BRASS BACKED SAW BY F_LITTLETON LONDON (http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c355/dafrasaga/23_1_b.jpg)

Hence, because they haven't their boxes it could be a good idea to make boxes by myself.
That could be a good way to learn techniques, but the time is always too little and I thought to make them out plywood.
Do you have any advices about joints?

[Mark Singer]

Richard,
Great job...a fun project and challenging

[Maurice Metzger]

Great job! I'm feeling a twinge of ... oh, what is it - jealousy, envy...

Any problems with tearout with the 45? I'm assuming you used it for the grooves and dados for the top.

Maurice

[David Scarborough]

Very nicely done. How do you plane to support the plane in the box? I have a trusty 45 and a good box is on my to do list.

DS

[Wes Harper]

Nice job and kudos for ripping by hand. Who needs to go to the gym, right?

But what I would really like to know is who painted that Bailey plane in the first pic? Is that color called "Butter Jack"?

[Robert Weber]

Hi Richard,

Do you have any advices about joints?
A recent piece of advice given over on The Porch (http://www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu/%7Ecswingle/archive/faq.html), "dovetail boxes for all your crap until your dovetails don't look like crap" :D