Todays Project - What did you do today?

[ml_woy]

Well gentlemen it is time to share with you my latest project. Over the past three weeks I have been building a new tool box to complement my recently acquired mill. I decided to build a box to hold all of the accessories for the mill to save me time walking across the shop to my other boxes. There was also a problem with space as acquiring more stuff requires more storage space. I had a stand designed for a grinder which I was not using and figured it would make the perfect base.

The box is made from two oak planks purchased from my local Lowes Improvement Center. I have been told by the clerks in the store that Lowes is not a hardware store that they are a home improvement center and that is why they carry such a poor selection of bolts, taps and other accessories after they have driven the two full line hardware stores in town out of business.

The box measures 18” x 10” x 10” and has fourteen drawers and a top designed to hold tools you are using on your project. Tony Well provided some well needed advice on how to use a slot saw on the mill for installing the metal bottoms in the drawers. They were made form scrap stainless steel salvaged from an old dishwasher. The whole box is glued together, there are no fasteners used. Total cost, around $60.00 and some time.