In this course, learn how to create a Portable Hand Tool Case using a combination of power tools and hand tools. Over 3 hours of detailed video instruction describe how to create the hand tool case. Includes a short course in creating dovetails. The tool case has integrated stands to keep the two halves up while working at a workbench. Tips + techniques are provided for creating + fitting drawers, using hand tools + machines, creating dovetails. Detailed, printable CAD diagrams included. Follow along and build your own Hand Tool Case. You are guided through the build process from a board to the final Hand Tool Case. I share techniques and processes to create and precisely fit drawers in their compartments and how to locate + install the tool dividers.
Watch the process of how I lay out a series of hand tools to determine the best layout for the dividers in the hand tool case. Discover how to create dovetail joinery to use in your next projects. The build, plans and course are based on skills developed in a functioning furniture making studio. My build techniques, processes, tips and techniques will benefit you in your future projects.
Includes detailed, printable CAD drawings with measurements
Over 3 hours of video instruction in 12 modules and 13 videos
Includes
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Detailed, colored, printable CAD diagrams of all components with precise measurements
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Over 3 hours of detailed, comprehensive video instruction. Follow the plan and diagrams to build your own Portable Hand Tool Case
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Includes Start Woodworking (eBook)
What you will learn
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How to layout and dimension wood
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Design concepts of a Portable Hand Tool Case
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How to design a Hand Tool Case for your own tools
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How to create strong, precise dovetail joinery
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How to precisely fit parts together in a project
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How to effectively use small hand planes in your furniture projects
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Learn a trouble-free method to assemble a case
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Learn how to create a rabbet joint for drawers and back panels
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Learn techniques to accurately line up components in a project
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How to use a shooting board
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How to use a bench hook
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How to make drawers in exact dimensions
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Learn techniques to piston fit drawers in their compartment
START WOODWORKING (eBook, 115 pgs., $15) included with this course
Purchase Hand Tool Case with (3+ hrs. of videos) and plans for $40
Norman maintains a blog of ongoing projects in his studio: Pirollo Design Blog as well as having written and published over six books in recent years. Books, magazines where authors furniture, work methods and philosophy have been featured:
Quiet Woodworking (New Art Press)
Hand Tool Woodworking (New Art Press)
Start Woodworking (New Art Press)
Craftisian Interview (Norman Pirollo)
HackSpace Magazine – Make With Wood April 2020
Woodworking: From Design To Making (New Art Press)
The Wood Artist: Creating Art Through Wood (New Art Press)
From Hi-Tech to Lo-Tech: A Woodworker’s Journey (NAP)
Start Your Own Woodworking Business (New Art Press)
Rooted: Contemporary Studio Furniture (Schiffer Publishing)
IDS15 (Studio North)
IDS14 (Studio North)
Canadian Woodworking magazine Jan. 2015
Our Homes magazine Fall 2014
IDS14 (Studio North)
NICHE Magazine Winter 2013
Fine Woodworking Magazine – 4 Bench Jigs for Handplanes
Fine Woodworking Magazine – Essential Shopmade Jigs
Woodwork magazine
Wood Art Today 2 (Schiffer Books)
500 Cabinets ( Lark Books)
Studio Furniture: Today’s Leading Woodworkers (Schiffer)
Canadian Interiors Design Source Guide
Ottawa Life magazine (Profile,work) 2012
Panoram Italia magazine
Our Homes magazine
Craft Journal