The Woodshop Shed

Lathe accessories box

Furnished content.
(from Lumberjocks.com)


I bought a lathe last Friday. It's the Harbor Freight 12×33 inch model, and it came with the usual bits; there's the face plate, the tool rest extension, and a handful of wrenches the you need to get the thing put together. Plus I'll be getting another chuck for it. So I had those parts laying around.Rather than losing them, I built a small pine box to keep them all together. As you can see in the first picture, it fits nicely on the lathe stand, and once it finishes drying, I'll add a pair of cleats to the bottom so it'll be nice and secure there.The box is dovetailed, with a raised panel bottom that rides in grooves in the sides of the box. The lid is piston-fit and just butt-jointed. Most of the pine is 3/4 stuff, but the edges of the lid were resawed to a little under 3/8”.Finish is two coats of shellac. I may apply a coat of soft wax yet, but more likely I'll just leave the shellac.Total time? About 3 hours, not counting waiting for the glue to dry.Thanks for looking!

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