{"id":778,"date":"2021-07-28T17:29:04","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T17:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/?p=778"},"modified":"2021-07-28T17:29:04","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T17:29:04","slug":"small-tool-caddy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/small-tool-caddy","title":{"rendered":"Small Tool Caddy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How often have I been working on a project somewhere around the house or garden, and needed a box of screws, a few bolts and washers and some small tools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the project I invariably need a few smaller tools, but I only have two hands. So I make several journeys to the workshop or the tool cupboard to get the bits I need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to tidying up, I don&#8217;t want to cart my entire toolbox to where I was working, but I end up making five journeys back and forth to tidy up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What I need is a small tool-caddy. Like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_4093-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_4093-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_4093-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_4093-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Cost: zero. It&#8217;s made of 15mm ply because I have some. Plus a wooden batten for the handle, some wood glue, and two screws.<\/li><li>Tools used to build: hand saws, a cordless drill, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Stanley-ST083100-Band-Clamp-Yellow-Black\/dp\/B001DZVNE8\/ref=asc_df_B001DZVNE8\/?tag=googshopuk-21&amp;linkCode=df0&amp;hvadid=222086461140&amp;hvpos=&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=6226569984786652033&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=1007097&amp;hvtargid=pla-444932308554&amp;psc=1&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1\">band clamp<\/a>. <\/li><li>Time taken: an hour here, an hour there, over a few evenings.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The lessons I learned here are about squareness. I didn&#8217;t really make much of an effort to cut the ends of the side pieces square &#8230; and the caddy is slightly wonky. Next time I will take more care to mark and cut square. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The base was cut to be oversize &#8211; about 3mm each size, then it was glued on and left to set overnight. I trimmed the base using a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Z-Saw-H-150-Dozuki-ultra-fine-saw\/dp\/B00AS9H7IQ\/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_i=B00AS9H7IQ&amp;psc=1\">Japanese Pull-Saw<\/a> and cleaned up the edges and corners with sandpaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is it worth oiling it or painting it? Probably not. I&#8217;ve already found that it isn&#8217;t long enough for my hammer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How often have I been working on a project somewhere around the house or garden, and needed a box of screws, a few bolts and washers and some small tools. During the project I invariably need a few smaller tools, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/small-tool-caddy\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[66,63],"tags":[69,68,70,67],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":780,"href":"https:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778\/revisions\/780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}