Yesterday I recieved them in the mail and spent the evening drilling holes and hammering in the nails.
Now I have a nice sturdy toolbox!
The box is made from beech (Fagus sylvatica). A very common tree here in Denmark.
The design came from a chest that I saw at mittelalter möbel, so I´m guessing that the technique is somewhat authentic. Although it isn't based on a particular find.
I really liked this project because it´s (almost) the first wood-working project that I have done. And thus I learned a lot from it. Now I just hope to get to do some more of this type of woodwork! Eventhough most of the sawing and planeing was done using modern powertools I sawed and chiseled the dovetails by hand.
Now I just need to fill it with tools :-)
great job!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations
Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteI was just wondering how did you fit in the bottom? With nails?
I used wooden dowels.
ReplyDeleteI guess i should have cut a mortise all around the edge of the bottom piece, so it would fit more tightly in to the bottom of the box... but i only thought about that afterwards.
I was also wondering how you attached the bottom. Good to know! I really like the way the splines are visible in the lid.
ReplyDeleteHi
ReplyDeleteThe hinges at the Box, where do you get them ?
I made them myself. Cold wrought from mild steel. As far as I remember, they were not that hard to make.
DeleteBut you can get hinges like them from Tibberup Høkeren in Helsingør or from any blacksmith.