Carrying Tote Gallery
Welcome to the Carrying Tote community gallery. You can watch Paul’s introduction to the project here.
Here is Paul’s example…
Now it’s over to you!
Carrying Tote by Greg Merritt
Pine with shellac and wax
Carrying Tote by Robert Nieuwenhuijs
This is an adaptation of Paul’s carrying tote. I adapted Paul’s design slightly due to the wood I had available. This was a gift for my mother, who wanted something to store her sheet music books. Since the side pieces were quite narrow I added an extra piece on each side to give the books more support when in the tote. Since I had a spare piece of oak I decided to experiment with a through tenon for the handle. The sides are cypress, the end pieces are elm.
Carrying Tote by Martin King
Recycled pine plank from car-boot sale
Carrying Tote by Bob Easton
Carry tote embellished with Acanthus carvings – Radiata pine with shellac finish.
Carrying Tote by John Moore
Dress Up! For Christmas, my daughter got a big box of “dress up” clothes. She loves to dress up. My wife saw an idea for a dress up rack on-line (screwed together). I changed the design to a large carry tote and made this for my daughter. She came home from school today to this surprise. She was all smiles. Now she can see all her outfits at one time. It is 36 inches wide and 36 inches tall. The rack is 12 inches wide. The two side boards are 10 inches wide. All the wood is pine. I did buy the letters pre-made, I painted them white, and glue them on the front.
Carrying Tote by Paul J
Fir – I think – (labelled Sapin de Jura here in France). Finish is plain old linseed oil. Minor changes to the the design with chamfers and a slight curve on the ends (that I’m happy with), and a grip on the handle (that I’m not happy with).
Carrying Tote by Doug H
A little different design but the same joinery techniques. Made from old pine with no finish.
Carrying Tote by bit101
Dovetails, dadoes, curves. Poplar with shellac and finishing wax.
Carrying Tote by Misha
Pine. Two coats of shellac. Handle is made of birch.
Carrying Tote by Whitney Turk
Maple/walnut. Tarted it up a bit to make a tote for a sixer of home brew. Mortised a couple of rare earth magnets into the inside, 7″ below the bottle opener, to catch lids. Removable divider (for different bottle sizes) is made with lap joints.
Carrying Tote by rusty
Christmas Tote, wedged handle, Lowes’ Cabot “Gingersnap” water-based stain & finish
Carrying Tote by BrianJ
Cedar 1 x 6 fence boards, no finish, given as mother’s day gifts
Carrying Tote by thiel2
Pine tote I’ll use to haul tools around the house for small repairs and such.
Carrying Tote by fred97
This carrying tote is made from pine. It is made with only hand tools besides the holes for the pins and the handle. I was. Very happy with the finish on this one, the pine just shimmers so beautifully. I had this one for sale for quite a while at the farmers market but it didn’t sell. I showed some of my pieces to my math teacher and she bought it. It’s a joy knowing someone will have something I made with my own two hands, something that will last a life time at minimum.
Carrying Tote by Tyler Allen
Dovetail + tenon tote
Carrying Tote by Sam Patterson
A tool tote using housing dado joints, in pine. Very simple and enjoyable method of creating a piece that will last.
Carrying Tote by Paul Cunningham
European oak (Romanian), 3 coats of Tung oil and waxed.
Carrying Tote by joeleonetti
pine for one; poplar for other two; Watco Danish oil cherry color (don’t care for it)
Carrying Tote by cplatlf
Wine tote with dovetails and through tenons. Poplar with spruce handle.
Carrying Tote by samogitian
Material used is pine and mahogany with oak curved handle, finished in three coats clear shellac.
Carrying Tote by Réamonn Bateman
My first fully hand made wood project made with pallet wood and finished with BLO. I haven’t gotten myself a drill brace yet so the handle will go on once I do 😛
Carrying Tote by nyda
Upcycled pine from a donated draw and surplus plywood for base
Carrying Tote by Ryan O’Hayre
Bottle tote
Carrying Tote by Christopher Guest
Pine tote.
Carrying Tote by MIKE OBRYAN
Pine Tool Tote. Shellac finish
Carrying Tote by btyreman
tote made from and old 1930s mantlepiece, douglas fir handle and redwood pine sides, all laminated. The dowels are hard maple. Finished with de-waxed shellac.
Carrying Tote by Zdenko Tudor
Repurposed old ikea drawers
Carrying Tote by Kurt Schultz
1by8 pine, handle upcylcled from a broken broom. Finished with 3 coats of shellac. Perfect storage tote for a 1/2 set of H&R’s.
Carrying Tote by glasertl
Maple with oak handle. Three coats of shellac and one coat of wax.
Carrying Tote by Michael Chatzipetros
Pine – old broom for handle – finished with linseed oil
Carrying Tote by Sharon Casa
Made with 1×8 home center pine and finished with shellac
Carrying Tote by Nenad Jankovic
Made from pine, finish with shellac
Carrying Tote by Andrew LeRoy and Max
Carrying Tote of pine. Made with my grandson Max. Thanks to all.
Carrying Tote by Andrew LeRoy and Mason
Carrying Tote of pine for his woodworking tools. Made with my grandson Mason. Thanks to all.
Carrying tote by cragglerock
Reclaimed pine tote for my Grandaughter
Carrying Tote by Sharon Casa
Carrying Tote by JONATHAN HARRIS
Modified version of the carrying tote. Maple, walnut base and dowels. Finished with polyurethane. Fathers’ day gift
Carrying Tote by Lenny Kelleher
Tool box I made with antique stair treads and walnut.
Carrying Tote by caseymillsdavis
Tool tote from red oak, finished with shellac
Carrying Tote by Amir
Carrying Tote made from Pine.
Carrying Tote by nemo
Carrying Tote by nemo
A small tote for clothesline pins. Made from recovered wood (unknown type, from drawers). Bottom is oak. Finished with acrylic varnish. Sixth attempt at dovetails but first time trying angled dovetails. Clamping for gluing would have been much easier if I had switched the tails and pins. Goes without saying but entirely made with hand tools using the techniques taught by mr. Sellers.
Carrying Tote by Mike O’Neil
Pine, mahogany, and oak pallet wood tool tote made using Paul’s rebate plane and dovetail template. Only hand tools were used – no power tools. I mixed a 1-pound cut of amber shellac for the finish.
Carrying Tote by Ian Lambert
Body recycled pine, base recycled ply painted, handle ash. Finish Oslo Polyx-oil
Carrying Tote by Tom Ray
This tool tote was made from pine (except for the padauk highlight strip) that had been stored in my garage for 45 years! I knew I would use it someday. The tote has a removable top tray and room on the inside for another tray should I need one in the future. It should be large enough for my saws, planes, chisels, etc. There are a dozen drawbore mortise and tenons, two angled M&T’s for the handle, dovetails, and a dozen lineal feet of groove and tongue joints. The only tools I used in making this were backsaws, panel saw, plane, router plane, spokeshave, and an eggbeater drill. Handtools only: no electricity was consumed in the manufacture of this product!
Carrying Tote by Kenneth McCraw
Knotty Alder case with Cherry handle. Shellac finish
Carrying Tote by Kenneth McCraw
Garden tote. Redwood with linseed oil finish
Carrying Tote by Chuck Wimpee
I made this cherry tool box for my grandson to match the one I use
Carrying Tote by Kent Hansen
Glue tote made from aspen, clear shellac finish
Carrying Tote by George Bodi
Salvaged pine and black walnut.
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