redfishsc
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I decided to make myself a massive pen tote, I think "tanker" is the appropriate word. It's 30" long and 16" wide, 5 1/2" thick. Yes, it is HEAVY!
I wanted trays that articulated like a nice tackle box, so I made a couple of prototypes and wound up with this, and I LIKE IT!!!!!!! This will make a fantastic display box for when I need to take a LOT of pens.
It will hold more than 135 pens, but I prefer keeping them one space apart, gives the box less of a "stuffed" look. Well, that, and I don't have enough pens on hand to fill it up, as I have some others at stores.
The black tray inserts did not come with elastic string, so I used the Dremel to make holes to weave the black string through to hold the pens--- each pen has two loops to hold it.
The only thing I would modify is that I would make the wood hinges longer, because the back row of the middle and bottom trays aren't as easy to access as I'd prefer.
The box is made from quarter-sawn Paduk. The lid is the most unreal curly maple I've ever had. The bottom (not seen in pics) is 1/4" Finnish birch.
Miter keys--- yellow birch.
Wooden handle-- hickory.
Pen trays--- mahogany with lock-shoulder joints.
Wooden tray hinges-- hickory with aluminum binding-posts as the pivot.
Box dividers (on either side of the trays)-- cherry.
The lid is finished with 5 coats of 100% Tung oil, cured for a month, and then the whole box was sprayed with several coats of satin conversion varnish (same thing I use on the pens).
I wanted trays that articulated like a nice tackle box, so I made a couple of prototypes and wound up with this, and I LIKE IT!!!!!!! This will make a fantastic display box for when I need to take a LOT of pens.
It will hold more than 135 pens, but I prefer keeping them one space apart, gives the box less of a "stuffed" look. Well, that, and I don't have enough pens on hand to fill it up, as I have some others at stores.
The black tray inserts did not come with elastic string, so I used the Dremel to make holes to weave the black string through to hold the pens--- each pen has two loops to hold it.
The only thing I would modify is that I would make the wood hinges longer, because the back row of the middle and bottom trays aren't as easy to access as I'd prefer.
The box is made from quarter-sawn Paduk. The lid is the most unreal curly maple I've ever had. The bottom (not seen in pics) is 1/4" Finnish birch.
Miter keys--- yellow birch.
Wooden handle-- hickory.
Pen trays--- mahogany with lock-shoulder joints.
Wooden tray hinges-- hickory with aluminum binding-posts as the pivot.
Box dividers (on either side of the trays)-- cherry.
The lid is finished with 5 coats of 100% Tung oil, cured for a month, and then the whole box was sprayed with several coats of satin conversion varnish (same thing I use on the pens).
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