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  • 07/06/2013 at 4:35 am #13083
    Brent Dowell
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    So, Thought I’d put together a little organizer/storage unit for my WEPS.

    Dang if it didn’t turn out to be the happiest little organizer box I’ve ever made.

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    07/06/2013 at 4:48 am #13084
    cbwx34
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    Haha… it is happy! 😆

    Looks like a great job. (Nice photos too.)

    Thanks for sharing.

    Welcome to the forum!

    07/06/2013 at 8:28 am #13090
    Brent Dowell
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    Welcome to the forum!

    Oh, I’ve been lurking for a while, well, since I got the WEPS,

    But didn’t really feel I had anything to share until now…

    This is great place, and a great source of sharpening info. I check it most nearly every day.

    07/06/2013 at 8:41 am #13091
    Eamon Mc Gowan
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    Well that is the happiest storage box I’ve ever seen! 🙂 Welcome and thanks for your contribution. I’ll bet you have plenty to add. 😉

    07/06/2013 at 8:56 pm #13099
    Phil Pasteur
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    Great job. I mean really nice construction.
    Just curious, how much does it weigh all loaded up?

    07/06/2013 at 9:02 pm #13101
    Mikedoh
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    Very nice job on the storage box

    07/06/2013 at 9:17 pm #13102
    Brent Dowell
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    Great job. I mean really nice construction.
    Just curious, how much does it weigh all loaded up?

    Now that is a very good question. It’s a little heavy, so I just went out and weighed it.

    The WEPS mounting board and blade holder weigh 8#4oz on its own.

    The rest of it is made up of 1/2″ baltic birch ply, with 1/8 ply bottoms and weighs in at 16#6oz, with all the accessories in it.

    Total weight is 24#10oz. That’a actually heavier than I thought it would be.

    I suppose I could use a different way to mount it than using the mounting board. That would save quite a bit of weight.

    07/07/2013 at 3:35 am #13110
    Ken Buzbee
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    Awesome!

    Ken

    07/07/2013 at 6:04 am #13112
    Mikedoh
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    It wouldn’t be too hard to add a top that allowed for the WEPS to stay fully mounted, and carried by a top handle, would it?
    Very nice work.

    07/07/2013 at 6:54 am #13114
    Brent Dowell
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    Question
    It wouldn’t be too hard to add a top that allowed for the WEPS to stay fully mounted, and carried by a top handle, would it?
    Very nice work.

    That would actually be very easy. Just another small box, with a lip to fit around the inside of the top section, and a couple of latches. It would also be easy to drill a hole in the back that would go down through the drawers to fit a pin of some sort to keep the drawers closed while in transit.

    Great idea. Thanks Mikedoh!

    07/07/2013 at 7:57 am #13119
    Mikedoh
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    Hey, it’s a very nice craftsman’s cabinate box. I know that for me, Breaking down the vise would be something I wouldn’t do.
    Great amount of storage, great looks. Always a fan of dove tail joints. I’m lazy when it comes to much reassembly. . . .ok, I’m just plain lazy, but particularly so when it comes to much disassembly, reassembly.

    Wonderful storage box. Like it very much. A lid that allowed the vise to stay intact would be the ultimate for me.

    Thanks for sharing.

    07/07/2013 at 9:04 am #13122
    Brent Dowell
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    Just simple box joints on the drawers.

    Great suggestion you made, and I would tend to agree with you. I’m thinking I might just make the lid for it. If for nothing else, to keep the sawdust off it out in the shop. Not sure I want to take it apart everytime I want to put it away either.

    07/07/2013 at 10:14 am #13125
    Mikedoh
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    Sorry for my display of ignorance. I’d always considered any sort of fingered joinery as dovetail, even if they were not splayed at the ends.

    Appreciate the education I got from looking up the difference between box and dovetail and the strength debates.

    07/09/2013 at 10:00 pm #13158
    DARRELL ALLEN
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    very cool design Brent, and nice job to boot. 🙂

    Thanks for sharing that.

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