Had some scraps laying around (still) and wanted something to put a set of chisels in.    Had some 1/2" plywood, drilled a few holes, then made a slot into each hole.    Forstner bit and a scrollsaw.  Power tools weren't done, just yet.   Wanted to roundover the slots.    Router table was still set up, so

That is the $3 router, hanging from a $20 table.   Ok, holder is started.   Used a piece of barn wood fir to make the two sides, and cut a dado across in the middle.   Just wide enough for the holder to slide in.  Router bit?  Ah, nope.   Had an old school tool This is a Disston No.7.    Seemed to make a few decent cuts.   Knocked the waste out with a 3/8" chisel.    Used a couple other chisels to cut a stopped dado at each end of the base.   Base is a 1x4 scrap of pine.  That "dado saw" cut it to length.   Marked out where the stopped dados were to go, and chopped them out.   Used a rebate plane to cut a rebate along the back side of the base.

Base was about done, I did run the front edge on the router table.   Now a bit of assembly work.   Nails, glue, and a clamp

While I had it clamped up, I nailed a back onto it.    base did fit, but needed to be a bit flatter, to sit on a benchtop without falling over.    Got out a handplane to dress the bottom flat

 

Checking with a square until done.   Some of the shavings were a might thin.   That is a $1 jack plane.

 

Ok, everything together?   Time to "Load'em up!"

 

another look..

 

Nothing real fancy, chisel wise.   Just a means to organize them a bit, rather than just toss them in a drawer.   Rack will go into Tool Chest #1, as soon as i can get in it...might have to build a stand for the router table?

Looks great to me Steve, functional, and you had some fun with the hand tools. Nice shavings too!

I think I have that same router table top!

 

Like the chisel holder, too.

Very nice Steve and a great display of those fine chisels. You do very nice work with the hand tools.

Ya don't often see the whole set of those Stanleys

Nice rack