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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