A Fitting Home For My Old Friend Stanley Bailey-A Box

This Stanley Bailey push drill was sitting on a shelf in the cabinet stand for my bench type drill press. It was in almost perfect condition and I wanted to give it a safe home and no it's isn't a rest home he'll be gainfully employed.

I saw this style of box on line at Popular Wood working.
Their box was made of curly maple. Mine is made from a mix of cut offs from several species of wood.

List of wood species
1. Cumaru, splines
2. Gabon Ebony, lid handle
3. Hard Maple, top
4. Mahogany, front, back and bottom of box
5. Pine, dividers inside of box
5. Red Oak, sides of box
List of hardware
1. Hortonbrasses solid brass stop hinges, dark     Antique #PB-404 5/8"
2. Rare earth magnet 3/8"
3. Washer 3/8'"
4. Brass wood screw #4-3/8"

Here are a few of my work process photos. I’m not going to bore you by adding a lot of description or text only where I think it's needed.

Cutting the 45's on the front, sides and backs of the box.

This is how I cut the shape on the top. Here I'm cleaning it up with a chisel.

I printed this from a photo on line.

I mix my own colors using high quality artist oil paints. Here I'm mixing burnt umber with prussian blue to make black. This way and can control how cool or warm the color is. Here I wanted a warmer color in case I painted out of the recess, If I did I cleaned it off with turpentine and a small brush.

Matching up the yellow of the Stanley logo.

It still needs more touch up.

The glue up.

Cutting the slots for the splines on a sliding jig I made. This jig doesn't have an open bottom and avoids tear out.

Leveling the splines.

Cutting open the box. I try to leave a paper thin piece of wood to keep the box from moving. Then cutting the rest of the way with a sharp utility knife.

This is a miniature Veritas jack plane I bought when they had their second's sale. It works very well for the final clean up.

I put a backer board behind the hinge mortise to prevent blow out. If your using one clamp put the crown facing the top of the clamp. Don't ask me how I know this. lol

It's a good fit.

While cutting the 45's a piece of mahogany chipped off. I mixed some white oak Timber Mate with Mahogany dust I saved from my belt sander to fill in the void and mixed some burnt umber oil paint with poly wipe on to emulate the grain in the wood with a pinstripe brush.

I used a small Vix Bit centering it on the screw hole on the hinge and tapping it with a hammer to find where to drill the screw holes.

He's helping build his new home.

Drilling a hole for the rare earth magnet that will be epoxied in place.

After I put about 10+ coats of poly on the top and bottom of the box I put the final coat of yellow paint on the lettering using a mixture of oil paint and poly.

I ask my wife Abby if we had any black foam around. She said use the foam form the Harbor Freight floor pads.
I sprayed on an STP product called Son Of A Gun to give it some sheen. It's similar to Armor All. I think it looks great.

Thanks Abby!

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