All language subtitles for Hand Tool Tote with Hand Cut Dovetails How To Build - Woodworking

what's going on everybody I'm Johnny

Brook welcome back to another crafted

workshop video in this week's video I'm

going to be building this hand tool tote

so last week in case you didn't see on

my social media I attended a woodworking

class of the John C Campbell Folk School

and I needed a way to bring some of my

hand tools with me to the class so I

also wanted to get a little more hand

tool experience before the class because

I knew we'd be using some hand tools as

part of the build so this was a great

project for me to both practice my

skills as well as be able to kind of

transport my hand tools nicely it holds

a surprising amount of tools it's

actually pretty dang heavy but it turned

out really really nice so let's get

started I started this project by

digging through my scrap pile and found

a piece of maple and walnut to use for

the sides of the tool tote i milled

these pieces square on the jointer

planer and table saw

and then rethought the walnut' on the

bandsaw

the final thickness of my sides were

roughly 3/8 of an inch which is actually

a bit thinner than I think is ideal

next I have roughly drew the shape I

wanted for the tall sides of the tool

tote and then cut all the pieces to

links at the miter saw with all the

pieces to their final size it was time

to lay out the dovetails so I started by

setting the depth of my marking gauge to

match the sides and then I transferred

this line to the end of the walnut

boards I also traced the line with

pencil to make it a little more visible

to set the width of my dovetails I used

a divider and just walked it across the

end of the piece until I got a nice even

spacing so I'm using the David baron

dovetail guide in this video and it's a

perfect beginners tool for dovetails it

uses a magnet to keep your saw at the

correct angle and basically makes

cutting dovetails pretty foolproof this

isn't a sponsorship or anything it's

just a pretty cool little gadget in this

project I'm cutting my tails first so I

set the guide on the side sod to the

base line and then turn the board around

and did the other side so I'm

left-handed so I had my saw on the left

side of the guide and I also made sure

not to go past my base line especially

on the outside face of the board since

that will be visible in the final

project

next I remove the majority of the waste

with a coping saw or fretsaw and I made

sure to stay proud of my bass line so

for the waste on these sides I turn the

board on edge use the chisel to form a

small groove and then use the saw to cut

away the waste with most of the waste

removed

I then chiseled to the base line going

halfway through then flipping the board

this is important otherwise you can get

blowout on the opposite side I also

slightly undercut the inside of the

dovetail meaning I had the chisels at a

slight angle towards the center of the

board since this can help with dovetails

fitting later on I clean up any areas

that didn't get chiseled out and then

traced the tails on to the adjoining

side using a marking knife I trace the

lines with a pencil to make them more

visible and also use the marking gauge

to establish a baseline on this round of

cuts I use the opposite side of the

dovetail guide and this allowed me to

match the angles of the tails here on

the pin board once again I made my cuts

flip the board and then made the cuts

from the other angle I also remove the

majority of the waste with the frets off

here though is that the sides of the

waist area are angled so make sure not

to cut into your pins

once again I chiseled away the waste in

my base line but this was a little

trickier because of the angled side

eventually got it cleaned up and the

dovetails fit really snug they certainly

weren't perfect but they were good

enough for a tool tote I don't want to

take a quick second to talk about the

sponsor of this week's video the Johnson

Campbell Folk School so as you might

have heard I spent all last week there

taking a woodworking class we built a

beautiful Arts & Crafts style bookcase

and I had a ton of fun it basically like

summer camp for adults it's an awesome

school they have classes on

blacksmithing woodworking art clay I

mean you name it they have classes on it

just a super interesting place it's

located in Brasstown North Carolina so

it's only about two hours from Atlanta

Knoxville Asheville

all very centrally located in the

southeast and really easy to get to so

if you want to learn more about the

classes they offer check out their

website at Folk School org I'll also

have a link in the video description

below alright let's get back to the

project next I laid out the exact shape

I wanted for the sides where the handle

connects I used a few random round

objects to get some nice rounded edges

and then cut the waste away on the

bandsaw I had a resaw blade installed so

I had to make quite a few small cuts to

get into the curves but I eventually got

it nice and cleaned up I also drilled a

one-inch hole using a four serve it at

the drill press and this is where the

handle will attach next I refine the

curves using a few different spoke

shaves a round file and some sandpaper

and these spoke shades from H and T

Gordon are just so much fun and it also

really helps to chamfer these outside

edges before filing to help prevent and

blowout with the sides shaped I raise

them and then sanded all the inside

surfaces of the tool tote up to a 120

grit and then glued the sides together

since this was my first time gluing

together a box with dealt out corners

took a little trial and error to get the

order of assembly right but I eventually

got everything clamped up next I cut the

bottom to size from quarter inch luan

plywood and glued and Brad nails on if

you have any question about the strength

of glued on bottoms go watch Matthias

Wandel video on strength testing glued

on drawer bottoms I flushed up the

bottom to the sides with a block plane

and also chamfered the bottom edges

while I was at it

next I glued in the handle which is just

a one-inch hardwood dowel poplar in my

case that I got at a home center with

the structure of the tool tote finished

it was time to work on the organization

inside the tool tote so first I cut some

of the scrap maple to make a chisel rack

and I just cut strips of quarter inch

plywood to serve as dividers and just

played with spacing until the chisels I

wanted to bring with me fit nicely and

the handles didn't bang into each other

you can see here how the chisel rack

will be attached to the outside of the

tool tote and I just glued and Brad

nailed it onto the side of the tool tip

next I cut some more strips of quarter

inch plywood to serve as dividers for

the hand planes inside the tool tote I

added a little glue then set the plane

on top to provide clamping pressure

off-camera I also created a few pieces

to hold my dove tail and crosscut saws

by cutting a few blocks of wood and

adding a kerf on the table saw I also

created a hanger for my marking gauge

from a few pieces of scrap maple for

finish I sprayed on a coat of shellac

let that dry for about an hour and then

added three coats of spray polyurethane

now I'm a total beginner with dovetails

and there is tons more info out there on

cutting dovetails by hand if you want to

get more into it I'll leave a couple

links in the video description but I'd

highly recommend Paul sellers James

Wright from wood buy right and shannon

rogers from the hand tool school and

renaissance woodworker all three of them

are huge resources for hand tool

woodworking if that's something you want

to get more into alright hopefully you

guys enjoyed this one this is a fun

project definitely quite a learning

experience dovetails are a lot harder

than they look there's a lot that can go

wrong you know if you cut on the wrong

side of your line there's just a little

bit of wood in any of the little corners

it can all kind of prevent the dovetails

from coming together nicely so I have a

lot of respect for guys who can do this

consistently and accurately and and I

hope to get there one day so I want to

talk about a few of the things I didn't

kind of show on camera one you might

notice these will apply wood supports

here so these sides here they are the

grain is running in this direction so I

knew that might be an issue

because that's obviously the direction

in which the green is the weakest it's

going to tend to break along its grain

and with the woods so narrow up here

towards the handle I kind of figured

that might happen so it did happen but I

was able to glue back together and I

just added some little pieces of plywood

to reinforce this if I were going to

build this again I actually might build

the whole thing out of plywood because

then I could still get the kind of thin

walls but also a lot more strength that

you know something like half-inch

plywood would be much stronger really

than a half-inch thick hardwood because

of the opposing grain direction I also

wanted to show you some of the tools

that I could fit in here obviously I've

got five chisels I have a quarter inch

up through three-quarters of an inch

I brought two saws these are the Veritas

saws this is there dovetail saw I also

brought their crosscut saw which is

awesome I brought a couple of planes

I brought my Veritas low angle Jack

plane which is one of my all-time

favorite planes in the fridge this is

going to tip off but I don't think it is

yeah the low angle Jack plane also

brought this old stanley number for I

believe or four and a half a kingdom

remember I kind of had this set up as a

smoothing plane I also brought my HMT

Gordon block plane which I'm sure you've

seen me using some of my videos also

brought a marking knife a glue spreader

and a burnisher for my card scraper I

also brought a card scraper here on the

side I have a little hanger for my

marking gauge which is kind of perfect

to have it right there and then last I

brought a little mallet so that served

me really well I use pretty much all of

these tools this week I think besides

the divider very useful to have all

these tools with you so if you're going

to be taking any sort of class or going

over to a friend shop or anything like

that where you want to bring some hand

tools this was kind of a good kind of

the bare essentials I did also bring a

combination square which kind of just

sits down in here which is obviously

super useful all right so hopefully you

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links to all the tools I used in this

project down in the video description

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watching guys and until next time happy

building