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What is the difference between an introvert being required to work from home and an introvert who goes in to the office? The introvert at home doesn't feel as taxed by interactions and is finally willing to go to the store and pick up wood for a project long overdue.
Seriously, this project has been on the docket for years. A few years back, I picked up a Gerstner full of machine tools, and recently a Harbor Freight wood tool box. They have sat on 2x4's on my mechanics creeper since then, namely because my car project is too low to use the creeper, and I didn't have the room. It was made from 2x4's, 2x6's, and plywood. All of the joints are half-lapped at the corners. The legs (2x6's) were only lapped on the 1.5" side for the two shelves.
For the legs, I just clamped them together and made all of the kerf cuts at the same time (this will keep things in the right distances). I used a hammer and chisel after the saw to get it flat.
Glued the legs on (the front two were glued to the top shelf, and the back two legs glued to the bottom - this would allow me to assemble and glue everything together in two parts later).
I did the same for the cross brace in the back.
All glued together :
I need to get it anchored to the wall before we experience another earthquake, but I finally have the tool boxes off of the ground and room to walk around.
It is definitely stout. The lower shelf has my indexing head, angle vise and tooling for the mill. That's a bag of green sand for casting (when I finally get around to that).
Seriously, this project has been on the docket for years. A few years back, I picked up a Gerstner full of machine tools, and recently a Harbor Freight wood tool box. They have sat on 2x4's on my mechanics creeper since then, namely because my car project is too low to use the creeper, and I didn't have the room. It was made from 2x4's, 2x6's, and plywood. All of the joints are half-lapped at the corners. The legs (2x6's) were only lapped on the 1.5" side for the two shelves.
For the legs, I just clamped them together and made all of the kerf cuts at the same time (this will keep things in the right distances). I used a hammer and chisel after the saw to get it flat.
Glued the legs on (the front two were glued to the top shelf, and the back two legs glued to the bottom - this would allow me to assemble and glue everything together in two parts later).
I did the same for the cross brace in the back.
All glued together :
I need to get it anchored to the wall before we experience another earthquake, but I finally have the tool boxes off of the ground and room to walk around.
It is definitely stout. The lower shelf has my indexing head, angle vise and tooling for the mill. That's a bag of green sand for casting (when I finally get around to that).
