Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Hand drills support

After thinking about my hand drills support mentioned in my previous post, I again changed my mind. It looks like changing plan is a tradition for me.
I think it will be better looking if the support is of same size of the previous one, and as I do not need the same space to store the 3 drills I own, I will add 2 shelves at the bottom so to store my drill bits.
The plan is now to get something like this:

The new plan.

As usually the first step was to cut all pieces to length using the miter box, some sawing fun.

I love to play with this miter box.

The needed material is a 16"x32" pine board to be used as the back, three 1"x6"x4' boards to be used for the shelves and sides. and a scrap piece of 1"x4" that will form the hanging support.

The pieces cut to length.

Now that the pieces were cut I had to tackle the two lower shelves. These two will be notched to encompass the back board. First, I marked the board.

One of the shelf marked for cut.

To cut the notch I used a backsaw to do parallel cut into the waste.

Using a backsaw to cut the waste.

This saw was made by Footprint. When I got it I was expecting a cheaply made saw but was very surprised and I really love it. I find it well balanced and the tote is of perfect size for my hand.

The waste cut like a comb.

Next I used a chisel to chop out the teeth of the waste comb.

Choping the waste.

I then cleaned the remaining chunks to get the final result.

One shelf done.

Repeat the same for the second shelf and I got a pair of shelves ready to be fitted.

A pair of shelves.

Next step was to tackle the drills handing support. For this I cut 3 notches in the 1"x4" board. After marking the notches location, I started to drill a hole using a brace then I cut each side with the backsaw.

Drilled and cut on one side...

...waste removed, remains to clean the cut.

After a bit of cleanup with a sharp chisel and two more notches, the support is done ready to be fitted.

Support to hand the drills.

For the side the process was the same as for the previous support, I marked the boards, cut the waste with a coping saw and carved the curves using my spokeshaves. I then assembled the top shelf, the below support and the two sides using glue and dowels.


Top shelf, support and two sides assembled.

I then assembled the two lower shelves, again with glue and dowels.

Gluing bottom shelves.

After choping the dowels dead flat and planing sides with a smoother the support is ready for a coat of linseed oil and turpentine. Below is the result.

The support after one cor of oil.

I will wait a day and will give it some coat of blonde shellac like the previous one and fixed it on the wall.











4 comments:

  1. Nice job. Looking around your shop, I can see a saw till and a plane till in your future :-)

    Bob, driving the kiddos to school this morning

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    1. Thank you Bob! You are totally right, but you are too kind. You could have said that looking around my shop looks quite messy :). For my saws and planes I plan to build a tools chest where to properly store them with a lot of other tools. This is in the list... But the list is long!

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  2. Looking good, Lionel. Are the two lower shelves just attached with screws from behind? Looking forward to a picture of it loaded up with your hand drills.

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    1. Hi Matt. The two bottom shelves are glued on the back board as well as pegged on the back board from behind. There is no screw in the support except to fix it on the wall.
      Image of it installed will come soon, just need to apply some coat of shellac and I will call it done.

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