On May 23, 2008, at 11:28, Washington, Aubrey O. wrote:

> This leads me to my questions.  What ideas do you have for designing  
> a toolbox to carry a few essential woodworking tools with me?  Also,  
> what tools would you consider essential?  Here are a few thoughts  
> that I have had.  I would like the toolbox to double as a low work  
> bench/saw horse that I could clamp a piece of wood to for drilling,  
> sawing, planing, shaving (drawknife or spoke shave), etc.  And, of  
> course, it should provide convenient storage and access to the  
> essential tools.

I would be hard pressed to live without one of my jointers, but  
they're big and heavy.  I suppose I could live with a #5 sharpened  
like a jointer (mine has a cambered edge that makes it unsuitable for  
general purpose work but excellent for what I use it for, which is  
rough prep), but I'd prefer the #6.

I presume you are implicitly adding layout tools to this, like a try  
square and a marking knife.  I might add a cabinet scraper and perhaps  
my folding rule; oh, and a mallet.  Depends on what sort of work  
you're doing.

What you really want, I suspect, is a portable shaving horse, which  
shouldn't be that hard to make.

Graham
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