Cavity Box - Veritas Medium Shoulder Plane

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I made this box for my Veritas Medium Shoulder Plane 6 -7 years ago. I milled the cavities for extra knobs and the plane. I installed some rare earth magnets to keep the lid closed. It has brass hinges.
On the front face there's a little semi circular recess to place your thumb when opening the lid.

I made a little one as well for my Veritas Detail Rabbet Plane. It's a dinky thing but very useful. 

Thanks for looking. 

Feel free to comment, ask questions and thumbs up if you like it!

Cheers!
MrRick



13 Comments

Nicely done. 👍🏼

Ryan/// ~sigh~ I blew up another bowl. Moke told me "I made the inside bigger than the outside".

Nice storage Rick. What was your process for outlining, and milling out the detents for everything?
Like it!   I would need a label on the front to remind me what was inside.    

Ron

Good design, protects while minimizing the required space to store it
Nice work Rick.

It appears the box has 3 pieces: the lid, the main compartment and a glued on bottom.
Correct?
I can see several ways to accomplish this:
milled out by hand using a using drill, coping saw and files, scroll saw, router and various chisels.

How did you get it done?
GeorgeWest
Nice storage Rick. What was your process for outlining, and milling out the detents for everything?

Thanks George. The top half is made of 1"x 8" pine finished at 1/2" thick and the bottom half is made of 2"x 8" pine that is cut into 2 pcs. One which is the absolute 
bottom is finished at ~ 1/2" thick and Second is the cavity body ~ 3/4" thick ( this has to equal to or greater than the plane body thickness) I traced the plane and knobs shape onto this piece and then scroll sawed them out. Afterwards I laminated these two pieces to make a completed bottom.  (When I cut these two pieces I used a thin kerf blade, grain matched, and dressed to perfection)You can't even see the line. It looks like it was milled on a CNC.
987Ron
Like it!   I would need a label on the front to remind me what was inside. 

Thanks Ron! I deliberately do not label. I don't want anyone to really know what's in them. I know each box shape and what's in them. After a while it becomes easy. 
SplinterGroup
Good design, protects while minimizing the required space to store it

Thanks SplinterGroup! Good observation. That's exactly why I did it this way.  
Thank you very much Oldtool!
Thanks Gary G! You are correct. It's 3 pcs. Good observation. See my response to GeorgeWest.


Certainly better than my pathetic attempt,

stabilised by a black felt dot

though my next attempt was a tad more upmarket,

If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD