Carrying Tote Gallery

A little different design but the same joinery techniques. Made from old pine with no finish.

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).

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.

Carry tote with Acanthus carvings

Carry tote embellished with Acanthus carvings – Radiata pine with shellac finish. More info at: http://www.bob-easton.com/blog/2013/2883/

Recycled pine plank from car-boot sale

Pine with shellac and wax

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.

Dovetails, dadoes, curves. Poplar with shellac and finishing wax.

Pine. Two coats of shellac. Handle is made of birch.

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.

Christmas Tote, wedged handle, Lowes’ Cabot “Gingersnap” water-based stain & finish

Cedar 1 x 6 fence boards, no finish, given as mother’s day gifts

Pine tote I’ll use to haul tools around the house for small repairs and such.

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.

Dovetail + tenon tote

A tool tote using housing dado joints, in pine. Very simple and enjoyable method of creating a piece that will last.

European oak (Romanian), 3 coats of Tung oil and waxed.

pine for one; poplar for other two; Watco Danish oil cherry color (don’t care for it)

Wine tote with dovetails and through tenons. Poplar with spruce handle.

Here’s a tote that I designed and built over the past weekend: It’s made out of Douglas Fir that came from an old set of bookshelves that I picked up at a garage sale in September. Thank you to Paul and all of your support crew, I never would have been able to do this without you!