I previously posted a few pictures about the dovetail carcass but here is a glimpse of the build. I started with 1x8 pine and made the carcass 36" x 36". Kind of big but i needed the room. The carcass is held together with dovetails and glue, with the tail boards being the vertical sides.
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A dado was cut in the side boards to hold a divider. This will be the bottom of the main till and there is plane storage underneath for my specialty planes. I cut down to depth using my Great Grandfather's back saw, chiseled out most of the waste, and then used my Stanley 71 1/2 router plane to get the bottom of the dado flat. This was a fairly quick process and i forgot to take pictures.
I was originally going to use a french cleat, but I decided against it. I mounted a 1x4 flush with the back and this is what will attach it to the wall. I pre-drilled holes, countersunk, and then used brass screws to hold this board in place. I used a millers falls no 1 eggbeater for the pilot hole, a brace and bit for countersinking and screw driving, and some london pattern turn screws for the final seating.
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And they had dewalt impact drivers at the turn of the century right? In all seriousness i went modern here and drove some 3" screws right into the studs to mount this bad boy.
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I loaded up a few planes just for fun and it seems solid. Tomorrow i have to run to the home center and pick up some wood to make the plane bed and some lips to keep the planes from accidentally falling out.
All in all this was a very educational build for me. It is far from perfect but I was able to practice and build skills and its just a shop project right?
Im debating adding one more divider in-between the bottom shelf and the bottom. It would be narrow and able to hold cigar boxes with extra parts and accessories.
Thanks for reading!
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Originally Posted by Dave Anderson NH
