Well, I’m finally getting around to posting my picks of one of my more ambitious projects. I had a smaller machinists toolbox, and since I’ve been accumulating more tools I decided I’d make a larger one out of oak.
I decided I would make the inner casings and drawer bodies out of 1/8” and 1/4” Baltic Birch. Since the tool box was to be 25” Width by 20” Height by 13” Depth, I had a challenge - Max cut sizes on the Glowforge are ~19” x 11.5”, so I built 3 cases and then joined them later.
I used Cuttle (great tool!) with a cuttle users divider generator to create dividers for the Drawers, and also cut out a few organizers out of EVA foam.
I then had help from another friend and glow-forger that gifted some 3/4” thick Oak (with wood prices, thank you thank you thank you!) and he did the table saw cuts for me on the outer case of the toolbox. The drawer fronts were made of 1/4” Quarter sawn oak that I bought from Ocooch Hardwoods
And so you should be pleased with how it came out! That is gorgeous! I love the foam dividers - you know instantly where everything should go! And the drawer stops are great. I am so impressed!!
Not so hard actually. It is only one side that needs a bit of shaving. The problem I see is that the increased strength is only on one side, Increasing the number of fingers. or putting them through holes accomplishes the same goals.
You can also do pins perpendicular to the joint, but that is hard if the wood is less than 10mm.
Yeah, I want actual dovetails right from the GF. I really wish there was a way to cut angles. I have tried propping the wood up and cutting straight across it, but that only works for small cuts. Not bad if I was making a small box and wanted clean joins. CNC is the way to go for that I suppose.
Not being able to cut at an angle was one of my first great disappointments. I considered a rant about the lack of agility to rotate the laser making it no better than a doorstop but thought better of it.
