February 16, 201511 yr Well, went and dug out a few other toys this morning. A "better" dovetail saw, for one the one on the right is a Sheffield "Crown" Gents saw. Seemed to cut a might bit better. Should, I don't think it has been used til now. Dug out a narrow mortise chisel, too. Plan was just to saw down to a line, then chop out the waste. Each set of tails seemed to look better than the last set, so there was some progress, at least. Tried the fit out by putting the box together Not too bad? Next, scrounged a plywood bottom for the box. Had some good 3/8 cabinet stuff, but wasn't the right size. Had to use some old 1/2" stuff. Decided to add a rebate around the edges, so a Wards #78 plane was dragged out and set up. Plywood isn't exactly a wood of choice for this, but I think it will do. Didn't even add any glue to this thing, just knocked it together and nailed the bottom on. Figured I would just keep the box down in the shop, as a catch-all for tools on the move Like a set of chisels. I can even set other trays on top, if needed Like my router bit tray. I even found a place to stow all them brace & bit sets Four of them on this side, and the other two are on the far side. Was going to hang them from the overhead joists, but thought it safer for my head to keep them down low. Just taking things easy, an hour here and there at a time. Trying to place things back in their places in the tool chests. Or, somewhere easy to find them....
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