Comments on: German Work Box

By: wgbrazier

wgbrazier — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:11:29 +0000

I checked out the Lee Valley web site and found metal drawers but they do not fit the work box. The box could be adjusted to fit these drawers but the L.V. ones are only 10″ Deep. The slot at 1.25″ spacing is also very different. I have not found other sources. Does anyone have a suggestion?

By: karlpinturr

karlpinturr — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:42:07 +0000

Correction – not according to my Sketchup modelling, it doesn’t!

Although I’m no Sketchup expert, I can’t make all 3 hinges work together without dropping the Lidand Spacer by a minimum of 27/32″ – and it’s another 1/4″ before it rests on top of the Rest.

I’ve also had to resize the base for the 3 left-hand drawers, so maybe the PDF is just a guide and not meant to be followed religiously?

It could be my measurements, of course, but I have checked them repeatedly.

By: karlpinturr

karlpinturr — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:35:03 +0000

I know whaat you mean – I was struggling with this for a while, too.

But if you magnify the PDF a good bit, then scroll around to the Wing Hinge Detail, you can see that the Till/Lid Hinge’s centre-line is actually on the same level as the Wing Hinge’s base-line.

Given that the Till/Lid slips inside the section, to rest on the Till Rest, this allows sufficient room to close both sets of hinges.

By: ricrowe

ricrowe — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 19:58:45 +0000

gads… and please forgive the dangling clause at the end… I had a thought that escaped me before I could type it.

By: ricrowe

ricrowe — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 19:57:00 +0000

Okay, I’m new here, but sorta old in the world and my eyes don’t always pick up everything I think I’m seeing, so I am going for the dumb question of the month. Not too unusual for me. As I look at the “Wing Hinge Detail, it appears to my old eyes that both sets of hinges (the lid & the wings) occupy the same plane, which would seem to make it difficult to close the wings over onto the lid. I’ve studied the drawings as well as an old guy can and I don’t see this as workable, so figure that I simply don’t understand the drawings… another symptom of my years, and would truly appreciate enlightenment. (Well… as regards these drawings, anyway.) Of course, it may well be

Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely,

Richard

By: John Hutchinson

John Hutchinson — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:34:55 +0000

Bob Lang’s way ahead of me. See above. He da man!

By: John Hutchinson

John Hutchinson — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:30:36 +0000

Thanks, Bob. I wasn’t aware of them. Just trying to lend a hand.

By: Robert W. Lang

Robert W. Lang — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 14:16:23 +0000

A SketchUp model of this project, along with 245 other free SketchUp models lives in the Popular Woodworking Magazine 3D Warehouse collection. A tip of the hat to reader David Houston for providing the model.Here is a link to the German Work Box SketchUp model Here is a link to all of the "Shop Projects" SketchUp models.

By: wgbrazier

wgbrazier — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 14:03:58 +0000

I would appreciate the cad files. Please send to wgbrazier@sbcglobal.net

Thanks

By: John Hutchinson

John Hutchinson — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:32:29 +0000

David — I was reading karlpinturr’s Sketchup comment and that made me think of something. Imagine that! I have the .dwg and .dxf files for this project sitting on a CD in my office. I’d like to assist anyone that I can when they’re transitioning to CAD. The original CAD files would take some of the drudgery out of starting from scratch. Would you like to have them? I’ve got about a hundred.