Workbench organization - Tool Tray

This week i decided to build a tray for all the tools needed for cutting hand cut dovetails. This should help with organization and make cutting dovetails more efficient .
thanks
Ryan
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[@thomascollins72]

Nice project. And by the way, there are "flaws" in everyone's dovetails. You might want to consider using the word "character ".

[@bigbeeforever]

5:30 not to alarm you but I noticed your shop level (by the door) swinging .... poltergeist ?

[@gasduck1]

Your Rob Cosman is showing!

[@Shopbuilt]

lol, little bit;)

[@thomasarussellsr]

Please read till the end... "Just a shop project"? Always strive to do your best work, it will help to keep your skills sharp. Great idea, decent execution, questionable attitude toward your mistakes. You definitely show you have some skills. However, words to live by, at least they work for me, are "Good Enough is Neither." Let me explain... Good is a personal standard, Enough depicts where you are personally satisfied to stop trying to make it better. For me, Good Enough is Neither means it is neither good, nor enough. That you are happy with your end product is all that really matters. That you stated, in a round about way, that you were satisfied regardless of your mistakes tells me that you will be bothered by those imperfections and will notice them every time you look at this project. Thank you for acknowledging those "uh-oh's" as this will help others to watch out for making those same mistakes. A thinking man will take a lesson away from this project. A poor craftsman will think there is a limit to his skills and not reach for the best he can do. Even shop projects can inspire our future work. If we do our best on shop projects they can help hold us to a standard of workmanship, and make us feel inspired to do better work in the future. I know that if you didn't really care you would have just gone down to the dollar store or WalMart and bought some plastic silverware divider system. Don't sell yourself short by accepting less than you are capable of. Good luck on future projects.

[@Shopbuilt]

+Thomas Russell Thomas, I actually do take great pride in all my projects and when I said "good enough for a shop project" that is not really what I meant. What I was trying to say is that I'm still learning hand cut dovetails and a shop project is a great place to practice and still put forth my best effort. I do really love the try and I think it looks awesome:) Thank you for your insight as it's great advice! Ryan

[@thomasarussellsr]

Thank you for not taking it harshly, it was not intended that way. And yes, despite the "brain fart" on the dado through the tails, it is still a very nice looking project.

[@Lagged2Death]

It's a noble, humanizing thing to 'fess up to your goofs.

[@FishersShop]

Awesome job, Ryan. I was going to suggest adding feet in the back or route in some finger grooves on the sides but you thought of it already. Great work, sir!

[@Shopbuilt]

Thank you!!

[@kolodojpes]

Greetings from the Czech Republic and the Czech chisels NAREX :)

[@Mikhandmaker]

Great organization!

[@TheCoachStokes]

From experience, 2:14 is very dangerous. Always put the piece you are paring in a vise. Even if it's inconvenient. *And this is the first time in several years of watching WW video's on KZbin that I have made a safety comment... FYI. Great channel, keep it up.

[@SpecialWorks]

Very nice video !!! Only one thing I noticed ...! Do you have another camera? It was a bit too light. I also fight with the exposure, but it is not always easy. Greetings from my channel. (I love your videos)

[@Shopbuilt]

The second camera is my phone, so it is all auto exposure...

[@SpecialWorks]

Thanks for your very quick reply! Would be a little contrast. greetings from Switzerland😄👍👊

[@HeavyTone66]

Ryan...at 2:14.. I am looking at the side of my hand between my thumb and finger looking at the scar I have there.. bad bad habit mate, your hands are not vices.. chisel blades are sharp.. skin and muscle is easy prey for the slippery chisel.. safety always

[@wvannoort]

Looking neat! I see you have some Narex chisels, How are those working for you? Looking to get some for myself.

[@BruceAUlrich]

Nice solution, Ryan. Enjoyed the video.

[@Shopbuilt]

Thanks Bruce:)

[@DylansDIYWorkshop]

I absolutely need one of these, I'm going to make one and make it into a drawer, so it can be stored away when I'm not using it. I want to do that for my different essential tools for different operations. thank you so much for the inspiration! also, not to be a pain, but when you were ripping the pieces on the tablesaw, you were standing to the right of the fence, in my experience there isn't as much control standing there. I'm just concerned you're sacrificing safety for a good camera angle.

[@jeremie4174]

Man I really like your videos but please stop putting this shitty music in the background

[@GetHandsDirty]

Really nice Ryan, I need a nice way to storage my chisels as well, it may evolve from this idea.

[@Gforceracing20]

That's a first for me. Never saw anyone mark their dovetails w/a saw like that. Pretty slick.

[@dan__________________]

With some initial thinking you can avoid cutting holes in the dovetails for the tray slot. If you make small pins on the ends of the joint so that the tray slot is not too high up and if you make a large enough rebate on the back side of the tails, when you cut the slot it doesn't cut into the tails and goes between the pins.

[@ttufts5642]

boy thats a dandy stop on your table saw. where could one find such a quality item?

[@robnhannon]

Looks great. How are you liking the Narex chisels?

[@lukejohnson2854]

Nice. Now you could build a cradle for storing the dove-tail tool tray.

[@BDM_PT]

Hi there from Portugal, Man that grove in the dovetail :D Obrigado(thanks)

[@Shopbuilt]

i know...

[@jeffforbes3772]

Another cool video Ryan. Thanks!

[@JoeBcrafts]

Ryan, interested in your thickness planer chip/dust stand. Don't see an old video on it (unless I missed when I looked through them). Is it standalone? Looks like the chips feed in one side and there is a filtered discharge on the opposite.

[@JoeBcrafts]

Oops... found it on the 3rd time through. Nevermind. Amazing how things can hide in plain sight.

[@zbyszekolszewski1828]

Brass Back Dovetail Saw Where did i buy

[@ExplorerOffgrid]

www.lie-nielsen.com/nodes/4145/dovetail-saws - love this saw.

[@Shopbuilt]

its off the Rob Cosman website

[@handdancin]

saw hitting the major 7th at 4:00, very hip

[@jean-marclabonte2844]

Another simple and elegant solution. Job Job Ryan. Thanks for posting the build.

[@Shopbuilt]

Thanks man!!!

[@phil.pinsky]

Really like this project. The idea of purpose driven tool trays is something I might incorporate into my flow. Thanks for the inspiration

[@billhiney6925]

I haven't seen anything from you yet that I did not like. I have learned a lot from you so far. As you noted, your dovetails were not perfect....it's the perfect imperfections that make it handmade. I live in Texas and we have a saying at my house..."If someone gets close enough to notice a mistake AND they say something bad about it...it's okay to punch 'em between the runnin' lights". Keep up the good work and please keep showing the mistakes, it allows folks like me to learn more.

[@Shopbuilt]

Nice, i like that saying:)

[@havenisse2009]

Your organization gene is huge.. work around a nut in walnut. I would have made a tray of untreated pallet wood, this would do the job. But man you make even the simplest thing shine.

[@Shopbuilt]

lol, Yeah youtube gives me a good excuse to use walnut on shop projects;)

[@paulbuckeljr8870]

Looks good, Ryan. I've made the same mistake on furniture for the house, lol. I always buy extra wood...now.

[@k2thah286]

What I always appreciate about this channel is you leave the mistakes in. Thanks. Looks great. This would also work for organizing kitchen drawers obviously.

[@MrBubbajohnson1]

Nice job Ryan,wow a rob cosman saw...must be nice! ha ha. Keep up the good work! Like the vids.

[@kozmo239]

I'm glad to see your videos are doing so well. Thanks for taking the time to put them on youtube. Rick

[@yertle38]

What's a good way to not expose the dados? Plunge cut with a router? Any other solutions?

[@Shopbuilt]

Yes, plunge on the router would have worked well.

[@Cactusworkshopchannel]

That looks reeeeally fancy!

[@StavrosGakos]

Nice idea and neat tails! Btw beautiful saw handle. What kind of wood is it?

[@Shopbuilt]

Thanks, Birds eye maple.

[@LZACCARO]

Well done. Congrats.

[@GregsGarage]

Digging Ryan.

[@Shopbuilt]

thanks:)

[@silasmarner7586]

Very nicely done, bud!

[@KennethLRubenstein]

Just happened onto your youtube channel. It is great to see you do the same mistakes we all do. It is very real.

[@JakeThompson]

Very Cool!!

[@Shopbuilt]

thanks!!

[@ahmedhusany]

where is your plan?

[@LivefreeanddiyTv]

Very nice, looks great! 🤓👍🏼

[@Shopbuilt]

thank you!

[@MakingStuffco]

Nice project man, love the walnut :)

[@lessilies2048]

Nice video. What stood out to me were some interesting steps you took in cutting the dovetails. First after marking your tails you used your square as a guide to keep your saw perpendicular to your tail board while sawing. Then before you removed the waste from the tail board you placed it over the pin board and pulled your dovetail saw thru each kerf to mark the pin board. While marking the pins you offset to compensate for the saws kerf. Where and how did you learn your technique? Rob Cosman?

[@Shopbuilt]

+Les Silies yes, this is mostly Rob's technique. It works well.

[@lessilies2048]

Thanks

[@JamesRichman138]

Great idea for a project

[@GuysShop]

Nice idea Ryan!

[@wiser82]

Nice! Looks good. I just recently bought a similar style bamboo organizer for my cutlery at home and I see it could serve a similar purpose. Would be tough to get everything to fit perfectly that way though.

[@Shopbuilt]

Probably would do the trick;)

[@esbenriisandreasen]

Good job... So nice to see you use Rob's dovetail guide... The king of dovetail...

[@Shopbuilt]

Its a great method:)

[@itsdanbooth]

Are you a lefty?

[@dustyhush]

nice to have

[@Thom4123]

Super sweet job dovetails are great. Great thinking to make a nice tray for specific projects.

[@Shopbuilt]

Yeah, its a great practice project.

[@lisag2771]

Awesomeness!!!

[@mkwoodcraft4]

good chenl

[@garydelder]

Very nice

[@weegee5719]

Those looks stunning.Well done.

[@Shopbuilt]

Thank you:)

[@jam179]

Looks good

[@glenschumannGlensWorkshop]

Thanks.

[@robertbrunston5406]

Thanks

[@DaWinter69]

Inspired again. Thanks!

[@Shopbuilt]

Nice!

[@bobmacdonald4267]

Looks great nice job!

[@Shopbuilt]

Thank you!

[@birdtique7685]

That's a great project!

[@troppysholzhuette]

very nice

[@Shopbuilt]

thanks:)

[@timelmore2]

very nice tray.

[@Shopbuilt]

thank you:)

[@donaldpowell7762]

Great job!

[@Shopbuilt]

Thanks!

[@craigpereira6381]

Very Nice

[@Shopbuilt]

thank you!!

[@shaunnapierccc4191]

Good idea!

[@Shopbuilt]

thanks!