Fig. 143. Tool box
This knife box was so satisfactory that our young carpenters resolved to have a large one for tools. Whenever they had a job to do in the house, they were constantly running out to the shop for something, so that a tool box became a necessity.
The construction was similar to the knife box; but this was larger and heavier, and the dado joints at the ends were replaced by a butt joint fastened with flat-head screws. ([Fig. 143]). The bottom and partition were also put on with screws, on account of the weight to be carried.
Fig. 144. Another tool box
These tool boxes are frequently made in the shape shown in [Fig. 144], with sloping sides and ends called the hopper joint; but aside from the tool practice it affords, it is doubtful if the shape has advantage enough over the other form to warrant the extra time it takes. Man is an imitative creature, however, and what one carpenter has, the others copy.
The principal features about this useful article should be size and strength, especially in the handle, which should be of about 5⁄8 or 3⁄4 inch stock.