I thought it would be nice....to make small boxes, to house a few Block planes in....one of the OEM boxes is looking a little ratty, anyway
Block Planes, New in Box.JPG
And, not really wanting to do a fancy one...
Block Planes, Millers Falls 1455.JPG
Just simple ones out of pine will do....Oaks and the like don't play nice with cast iron, or steel. Had a stack of Pine scraps to use up, anyway..ripped the wider scraps down a bit, don't need WIDE parts..
Then, I set up the plywood zero clearance overlay on the tablesaw....Raised the blade all the way up. Set the fence to 1/4" between the blade and fence....and started running about half of the pine scraps through....one pass for a 1/4" thickness, flip over...to get a part at 1/4"...set that aside, repeat...and set a second 1/4" part aside, and a 3/16" leftover. Continue for a while..
Block Plane Box, wider parts.JPG
Left some wide...for the lid of the box...also ran a scrap of 1/4" plywood through for width...another stack was narrowed down a bit..
Block Plane Box, more parts.JPG
Crosscut a couple end pieces, and 2 sides...
Block Plane Box, stack of parts.JPG
Ends..
Block Plane Box, 5 parts.JPG
Sides and bottom. When assembled, these are to match that OEM box....this is the inside one. Finger joints for the corners, and then glue the bottom in place...
Then repeat for the matching top...so that it will slide down over the inner box....then do a label on the end...
Have about 14 block planes to try to make boxes for....then I can stack them up in the plane til.....where I can read the labels.
Might keep me busy for a few weeks? Will have to see what finish will work best...
Stay tuned...