Dec 04, 2018 Roy Underhill Tool Tote See More. Tool Tote Plans - Workshop Solutions Projects, Tips and Tricks - Woodwork, Woodworking, Woodworking Plans, Woodworking Projects. Maybe you could be a bit more specific about what you are considering. I have a couple of tool totes that I use. I do not think many pictures other than this were taken.
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- Roy Underhill Tool Tote I've been watching the Woodwrights shop as long as I can remember and have always been a fan. I thought it would be fun to try and make the tool tote Roy carries with him during the start of the show.
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The design of this tote is a classic, outstanding in form and function. It's strength is in the center 'I' composed of the ends and the handle/divider, allowing the long sides to be thin and light. The angled sides make it easy and convenient to access tools. I think that, in different sizes, it is ideal for lots of things other than woodworking tools, from gardening tools to knitting.
I decided to make a prototype from some alder I have. It is too short to fit full size handsaws, which I see as a requirement for a tool tote, but it will be useful for other purposes. I also decided to angle both sides because I don't like the look of the straight side and don't see how it would make the tote that much easier to carry.I am embarrassed to admit it, but I could not understand Shannon's explanation of the need for compound angles, a lack of visual/spatial intelligence on my part I am afraid. I decided to go ahead and just make simple angles, see what was wrong when I put it together and hope I'd be able to saw or plane compound angles if necessary. As it turned out, I never did discover a need for them and am puzzled. Shannon's design obviously differs from mine in some way.
Shannon joined the center divider/handle to the end pieces with an angled through mortise, which I am sure is traditional but seems to create a weak point. I decided to use an alternative that has worked well for me in the past. I created a dado for the handle/divider to sit in and fastened it to the ends with dowels. Quick, easy, and strong, this distributes the force generated by carrying the tote among the dowels. The sides sit in rabbets and are also fastened with dowels (I would like to have tried cut nails like Shannon used, but I don't have any). I made the dadoes with a saw, chisel and router plane. I made the rabbets with a saw, chisel, and plow plane. So this is what my end pieces look like:
My center divider is made just like Shannon's, except for the tenon. I drilled out most of the waste for the handle and then used rasps and files to finish it:
Notice the blotching. I went to a lot of effort to cut this tree, have it sawed up and then air dry it, only to discover that most of it is like this, apparently from minerals in the soil, so it gets used for a lot of shop projects. I used a scrap piece of baltic birch plywood for the bottom, so expansion isn't an issue. Add the sides and it's done:
I'm pretty happy with how this came out and it was definitely a good project to begin to get in shape with. It's easy to see why woodworkers went to the trouble of creating the angled sides as it makes seeing and accessing tools very convenient. The 'I' is a full 1' thick and the sides are 1/2' thick on this prototype, making for a stout but heavy tote, overkill I think. Shannon's was 3/4' and 3/8' and I think that is better.
I am thinking about buying some dye to see if I could mute this blotching. I tried stain in the past and it didn't work. Milk paint might look good. Ideas welcome.
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The humble sawhorse. It’s often the woodworker’s first project. You often inherit them from woodworkers who’ve passed. No matter where they come from they are the unsung heroes of many woodworking projects. I found a great thread over at woodnet (show me your saw horses) that got me hunting down all the sawhorses I could find. I’ve corralled a good mess of them here for you – 25 (now 37) different plans.
If you’ve built any of these I’d appreciate your thoughts. If you prefer the metal/plastic collapsible kind let me know what brand and why. You can leave comments on this post or email me at gfrench@thetoolcrib.flywheelsites.com.
The sections are as follows:
1) Celebrity Saw Horses
2) Wackiest Sawhorse
3) Best Sawhorse Idea I Couldn’t Find Plans For
4) Sometimes You Need a Mobile Carpenter Bench, Not a Sawhorse
5) Your Basic and Free Sawhorse Plans
6) Space Saving Sawhorses
7) Sawhorses for Sheet Goods
8) Sawhorses Etcetera
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1) Celebrity Saw Horses:
If a woodworking celebrity designed it or uses it… it has to be good, right? Well, you’ll have to be the judge of that. I just thought it would be fun to break them out of the pack :)
Norm Abram’s Picnic Table and Saw Horses
Why did they put the sawhorse and picnic table together? Who’s gonna pay 6 bucks for sawhorse plans? That’s more than the cost of materials! Anyways, there are folks who have built this style of sawhorse and love it. This is the only non-free plan I link to.
Roy Underhill’s Sawhorse Design (PDF)
Underhill’s one of the original galoots. His sawhorse is solid and suitable for corded tool users too – it’s based on a sawhorse he found in his parents’ basement.
Chris Schwarz Sawbench
Chris Schwarz is the editor of Woodworking Magazine. He’s a big handtool aficionado too, a galoot if I understand correctly :) His Sawbench is well suited for hand tool users: Free Construction Drawings for the 2008 Sawbench.
Schwarz’s sawbench is similar to this Sawing Trestle plan from the 1900s.
2) Wackiest Sawhorse:
This is just a patent, so don’t take the idea and make millions from it. You’ll get sued. That said, it might be a good influence on your design if you’re crafty enough to figure out how to build one.
FIVE-LEGGED SAWHORSE
3 Legged Sawhorse
3) Best Sawhorse Idea I Couldn’t Find Plans For:
SawPony – shorter saw horses for when you want to put a foot or a leg up on the work you’re cutting to help hold it down. I guess you could just make shorter saw horse legs… Here’s where I read about them: show me your saw horses
4) Sometimes You Need a Mobile Carpenter Bench, Not a Sawhorse:
Are you using your sawhorses as mobile carpenter benches… setting up your chop saw on them, etc… It might be that you really need a mobile carpenter bench.
Mobile Carpenter’s Bench from Tim Carter
Or… maybe you just want to store more tools on your sawhorses. Check out these sweet sawhorses: Tool Tote Sawhorses.
5) Your Basic and Free Sawhorse Plans:
Sometimes vanilla is the best flavor. These sawhorses are straight ahead, no nonsense sawhorses that you will have for the next 25 years. So pick your plan carefully ;)
The Cheapest, Easiest, Ugliest, Most Functional Saw Horse Known to Mankind I’ll give it easiest, but I’m not so sure about ugliest…
Simple Sawhorse
The Classic Sawhorse
The 14-Minute Sawhorse
the Ultimate Wood Sawhorse
wide topped sawhorses
a functional, strong and elegant sawhorse
The World’s Best $6 Sawhorse?
Wood Sawhorse Plans
Basic Woodworking Sawhorse Plans
Saw Horse Plans
Scrapwood Saw Horse Plans – Metric
Mr. Wizard’s Sawhorses (PDF)
Vintage, 1991 Sawhorse Plans from Popular Mechanics
Sawhorse Classic from Fine Woodworking
6) Space Saving Sawhorses:
Sometimes space is at a premium. These sawhorses will politely fold up or stack up and get out of the way when they’re not in use.
The “Richard”: The Ultimate Knock-Down Sawhorse
Knock-Down Sawhorses
Foldaway Vise Table & Sawhorse (PDF)
Stackable sawhorse plans
Sawhorse – Knockdown Workstation Accessories
Stacking Sawhorse Plans
Roy Underhill Tool Tote Plans Online
Simon Shea Stackable Sawhorse Plans
Light Folding, Medium Folding, Heavy Fixed Sawhorse Plans
7) Sawhorses for Sheet Goods:
Sometimes you need a little extra help with those sheet goods. These sawhorses will gladly and ably pull more than their own weight.
Roy Underhill Tool Tote Plans Pdf
Sheet Rack
Knock-Down Sawhorse Cutting Grid
Sawhorse worktable
8) Sawhorses Etcetera:
I didn’t know which category to put these sawhorses in, but I knew I needed to include them. Here’s everything else that didn’t fit in the categories above.
chain saw sawing horse (pdf)
Replaceable Inserts Save Sawhorses
Add an adjustable outfeed roller to your sawhorse
TALE OF TWO SAWBUCKS
Low-Standing Sawhorses
Roy Underhill Tool Tote Plans Pdf
Other Resources:
Workshop Sawhorses = 29 plans with pics and everything
Any Sawhorse Plans?
Free Saw Horse Plans
Saw Horse Plans
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