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TOOL CASES AND CHESTS
After our boys had made several dovetailed and inlaid boxes, Ralph announced that his pupil was ready to attack the construction of a tool cabinet. It was to be fastened to the wall over the bench, designed to hold most of the small tools, and to be in such a position that it could be reached from the front of the bench.
The cabinet designed was really a dovetailed box 30 × 20 × 6 inches over all. It was made of 1⁄2-inch quartered oak except the back, which was 1⁄2-inch pine. The bill of material was:
| 1 piece pine 30 × 20 × 1⁄2 | 2 pieces oak 20 × 51⁄2 |
| 1 piece oak 30 × 20 × 1⁄2 | 2 pieces oak 30 × 51⁄2 |
The front and back, each 30 × 20 inches, were made of two pieces 30 × 10 inches, jointed and glued, placed in clamps over night and the joints planed down to take off the excess glue which had oozed out under pressure of the clamps. While these two parts were gluing, the sides and ends were dovetailed as in previous boxes.
Fig. 189. A tool cabinet