So, I built another box to hold my custom moulding planes. It's made out of Pine. My first one only holds 8 planes. I designed it to fit nicely in my shop upper cabinets.
I now have made 11 custom moulding planes. Half of them are various sizes of Hollow and Round moulding planes. The rest are Beading and Ogee Moulding planes and one rabbet moulding plane.
Before I get into here, I want to mention that this entire box was done with hand tools only. All of it. From cutting up the stock to the finished completed box.
I started by making a handcut dovetailed box with feet. Just like the first one.
After it was assembled, I started making the lid. It is made up of a center piece framed by custom moulding that I made with my various moulding planes. This is different than the first one but similar. The first one had a Shou Sugi Ban center and the custom moulding was different.
The mitered frame is 3/4" thick x 1-3/4" wide. I made it using three of my moulding planes. The Ogee, Hollow, and Side Bead. Here is clamping the frame up in process.
Here’s a corner detail of the handcut moulding.
Next, I glued in the mid section. After this was done, I installed the brass hinges for lid and body. I also added a centering pin for the lid. This will always center the lid to the box even if there is misalignment.
Here are views of the completed box. Note in the first photo the indiscreet dowel I added for the handle (zoom in). I did this with my first mouldin plane box and it looks nice.
Now the only thing left to do is apply a finish. I was going to blonde shellac it but want it to remain the way it currently looks. I was thinking of spray lacquer. Any suggestions?
Nice box and beautiful dovetails. Why do you need a pin to align the lid when you close it. Sloppy hinges? Get so cheap Splinter hinges. 😏 A rare earth magnet would work. As for spray lacquer, that sounds good.
Thanks DrQuackner..... I'm pretty picky about installing hinges but they are not Brusso and have a little side to side play. I peened the ends a little to tighten up but as well have done this centering pin technique to always ensure centering and flush alignment of lid to box. Even in the event wood expansion and contraction occurs.
Very nice work, used the molding planes for lid details, and the all hand work makes this the most appropriate storage box for the planes. Nice looking dovetails too.
