Kyserike Kraftman's Workshop Blog

Tonight I was able to complete the grooming tote for the tack trunk that I’m building for my daughter Chelsea. I spent the last couple of days completing the design of the tote, making a material list and cutlist, purchasing the material, cutting the parts to size, creating the joinery, and assembling the tote. It seems a little larger than I expected but I think it will work well.

I used 1/2″ oak plywood for the base, 1/2″ oak hardwood for the long sides, tall sides, and the long compartment divider, and 1/4″ oak stock for the small compartment dividers. The handle is a 7/8″ oak dowel. I decided on rabbit and dado joinery to strengthen the assembly and used […]

The lid and top trim are done and I think that this might turn out to be a tack trunk yet!

I tried to get the lid done yesterday but only succeeded in getting the lid sides cut. I needed to figure out a way to cut the plywood lid top to size which was just a little too wide for my table saw to handle so I stopped for the day to do some research in how I could accurately cut the lid top. I picked up today with cutting the lid top after I figured out a method that would work for my saw and completed the lid today as you can see.

I started yesterday by cutting the […]

Well I didn’t get the rest of the trim added to the carcase this weekend as I had planned. I had a small problem trying to glue and clamp the vertical corner trim pieces because I didn’t have the correct clamps available, but after some trial and error I decided to glue the corner trim pieces together first as a unit, let them dry thoroughly and then attach them to the carcase corners. Yesterday I glued up the individual corner assemblies and tonight I attached the four assemblies to the carcase corners. It’s drying now (sorry no photo).

This weekend I also received some of the hardware that I will be using. I ordered a solid brass hasp and a […]