Hiya Norman Ok!
 Uh, I mean Aubrey. I still have a couple old friends roundabout Norman 
somewhere.
 So anyway, you're new??
See the link below? Go find sawhorses. Take off on that and make up your 
own design as so many have.
 
  Now, as far as what tools to bring??/ Are you kidding????????????////
If we all knew that we'd never have to make another trip home for 
whatever is was we didn't see comin.
 You are never getting past that part as careful as you want to plan.  
Pack 11 toolboxes if you want to (and I've packed a few), you'll still 
be headin out for something.
Unless you are talkin about a 2 1/2 ton truck you can put your whole 
shop in, and even then, you're going back most times anyway.
 yours Scott

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   Scott Grandstaff
   Box 409 Happy Camp, Ca  96039
   scottg@s...
   http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/
   http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/index.html

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On May 23, 2008, at 11:28, Washington, Aubrey O. wrote:

> This leads me to my questions.  What ideas do you have for designing  
> a toolbox to carry a few essential woodworking tools with me?  Also,  
> what tools would you consider essential?  Here are a few thoughts  
> that I have had.  I would like the toolbox to double as a low work  
> bench/saw horse that I could clamp a piece of wood to for drilling,  
> sawing, planing, shaving (drawknife or spoke shave), etc.  And, of  
> course, it should provide convenient storage and access to the  
> essential tools.

I would be hard pressed to live without one of my jointers, but  
they're big and heavy.  I suppose I could live with a #5 sharpened  
like a jointer (mine has a cambered edge that makes it unsuitable for  
general purpose work but excellent for what I use it for, which is  
rough prep), but I'd prefer the #6.

I presume you are implicitly adding layout tools to this, like a try  
square and a marking knife.  I might add a cabinet scraper and perhaps  
my folding rule; oh, and a mallet.  Depends on what sort of work  
you're doing.

What you really want, I suspect, is a portable shaving horse, which  
shouldn't be that hard to make.

Graham
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Greetings, All,

I would like to post a question to the group. But, first a brief
introduction seems in order. I was once an active participant on the
porch but have been on hiatus for about a decade. I rejoined a week or
so ago and have been mostly lurking. I am a clinical psychologist by day
and a blacksmith by night (and weekend). I also have a reasonable
assortment of woodworking tools. Most of the smithing I do is small
stuff such as hardware, trinkets, tools, knives, utensils, etc. I
demonstrate at a few medieval and ren. fairs a year. My son is a jouster
and makes armor, so I am frequently called upon to repair weapons,
armor, etc. at fairs for him and his jousting buddies. These repairs
often involve wood and leather in addition to metal. So, in addition to
my blacksmith equipment, I always take leather and woodworking tools to
fairs with me.

This leads me to my questions. What ideas do you have for designing a
toolbox to carry a few essential woodworking tools with me? Also, what
tools would you consider essential? Here are a few thoughts that I have
had. I would like the toolbox to double as a low work bench/saw horse
that I could clamp a piece of wood to for drilling, sawing, planing,
shaving (drawknife or spoke shave), etc. And, of course, it should
provide convenient storage and access to the essential tools.

Essential tools? Saws (crosscut, rip, gents?) Block plane General
purpose bench plane (#4, 5, or 6?) Draw knife Spoke shave Brace and
bits Eggbeater and metal twist bits 2 or 3 chisels (1/4", 1/2", 1"?)
(What else?)

Any thoughts? Any pictures or drawings of tool boxes? How would you hold
down round stock (e.g., 1 1/2" dowel) for shaving, etc.?

Aubrey Washington Rock Creek Forge Norman, OK
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Who the hell can put their whole shop in a 2-1/2 ton truck??

I'd need at least an 18-wheeler.

When I moved from NJ to VA, I rented a POS U-Haul with a GVWR of 18,000 lbs.
to move my shop and exceeded that.  The springs all the way around were
completely flattened and I drove that sucker 300 miles on the bump stops.

And that was before I acquired a lot of stuff in the past year or two.

Maybe I need to get a more portable hobby...

- Bill T.

-----Original Message-----
From: oldtools-bounces@r...
[mailto:oldtools-bounces@r...] On Behalf Of scott
grandstaff
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 2:55 PM
To: porch
Subject: Re: [OldTools] Intro and Question

Hiya Norman Ok!
 Uh, I mean Aubrey. I still have a couple old friends roundabout Norman
somewhere.
 So anyway, you're new??
See the link below? Go find sawhorses. Take off on that and make up your
own design as so many have.

  Now, as far as what tools to bring??/ Are you kidding????????????////
If we all knew that we'd never have to make another trip home for
whatever is was we didn't see comin.
 You are never getting past that part as careful as you want to plan.
Pack 11 toolboxes if you want to (and I've packed a few), you'll still
be headin out for something.
Unless you are talkin about a 2 1/2 ton truck you can put your whole
shop in, and even then, you're going back most times anyway.
 yours Scott

--
*******************************
   Scott Grandstaff
   Box 409 Happy Camp, Ca  96039
   scottg@s...
   http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/
   http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/index.html

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  Washington, Aubrey O. wrote:

> Any thoughts?  Any pictures or drawings of tool boxes?

There is a very cool appropriate sized toolbox that was made by the  
vikings in about 1000 AD a plowed up by a farmer 75 years ago years  
ago.  It was full of tools and had an iron lock.  It didn't open to a  
workbench but it was remarkable anyway.

see it at

http://www.netlabs.net/~osan/Mastermyr/

And let us know what you decide to do.

Ed Minch
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Galoots:

Bill Taggart, responding, wrote:

"Who the hell can put their whole shop in a 2-1/2 ton truck?? I'd need
at least an 18-wheeler."

Remember, Scott is known for miniatures.

Tom Conroy Berkeley

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Welcome back Audbrey!

But therein lies another conumdrum(sp?)...

Living in Norman, OK makes you a Normite by default, right?

(but a good one I'm sure...)

B^)

Ren Tescher
(ducking empty single malt bottles being thrown at him from all over 
the porch)
Pine Island, MN, USA
dona nobis pacem
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Ren,

I confess to harboring a few fugitive tailed beasts. Over the weekend I
was using my 80 year old Mayer Bros. 25# trip hammer to make noise in
the shop. But I do penance by playing on a forge with a double-lung
great bellows.

Thanks for the welcome.

Aubrey

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Welcome back Audbrey! But therein lies another conumdrum(sp?)... Living
in Norman, OK makes you a Normite by default, right? (but a good one I'm
sure...) B^) Ren Tescher (ducking empty single malt bottles being thrown
at him from all over the porch) Pine Island, MN, USA dona nobis pacem
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Thanks to all the Porch Dwellers who replied to my question about tool
box/saw horse design (and essential tools). I got some great ideas. I
think I'll try a variation on the Roy Underhill 1940s toolbox, adding a
peg & wedge top. The fold-down lid should 2 or 3 saws and the till in
the top should keep chisels, bits, and other small things safe. I think
I'll forge some latches and handles to go on the ends instead of the
top, to keep the top clear for a work surface.

Aubrey Rock Creek Forge
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