Four things, actually. Brackets for my centre bits and Sheffield brace, 
and a couple of turning tools. The maple turnings were my first attempt 
at something of that sort. The brace bracket is water-stained, 
shellacked and waxed.

In order to do the detail on the top of the turnings I made a pair of 
round skews - 1/4in & 3/8in - from drill rod. Handled them with ash 
shovel-handle cut-offs courtesy of Eric Coyle. Probably should have made 
them shorter, but they're useful as is.

The stems of the bits were all slightly different sizes, so the angled 
dadoes in the cherry bit bracket had to be individually fitted. The 
bracket shape uses a bit less panel space than if the bits were simply 
placed in a straight shelf, and provides easy access to the bits which 
are pushed up from below to extract them for use, avoiding the need to 
lift them out by the sharp end. The cutting heads of the smallest bits 
were narrower than their stems, so I used tiny rare earth magnets to 
keep them in place. Photos are here:

https://groups.io/g/oldtools/album?id=263819

Don

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