1660 Era Ingenious Tool Caddy From Colonial Williamsburgh - Free Plans To Make Your Own 

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Get on there Harry, glad to see this in my notifications. Happy to see you back in youtube land

Great to see you looking so well Harry, thanks for uploading this interesting piece of history.

Genius design. More often than not, simple is best. Easy access. My kind of tool tote!

Oh I'm so glad to see you again. LOVE YOUR VIDEOS. You look great.

Hi Harry, glad to see you back.

Thank you so much for sharing this tool box pattern. Great ideal for my project. Blessings😊

Nifty piece of kit my friend. Well made. 💪👍👍

Sounds pretty good Harry great to hear your voice again on RU-vid

My father is a carpenter, and has made a box very much like what you have there. Instead of leather straps it has wooden "loops". He probably saw one from some older master and made it from memory. Didn't think the design would be (at least) hundreds of years old.

brilliant tutorial Harry! I'm straight off to do this

Harry! This certainly is a wonderfully awesome idea that you have shared here! This cool Tool Caddy with your new added details and free plans are greatly appreciated! This Tool Caddy can be appreciated and used in different lines of work and jobs that need to be done…. I’m so excited to see you back to work and on RU-vid sharing your wonderful ideas and videos. Many prayers 🙏🙏🙏 are sent your way for a full recovery ❤️‍🩹 blessings be with you!

Thank you so much for this upload. It is a joy to see you back. I am pleased to say that both of the beautiful belts you supplied to me over the years are worn both exclusively and constantly.( I binned all my other belts) I am even more delighted to note that I still use the same fastening location on the one I bought in 2018!!! The older it gets the sweeter it becomes. Wish I was like that!! You have always been one of the most intriguing, skilled and gentlemanly people I have ever had the privilege to watch on RU-vid. Live long and prosper sir....

I like the " loo roll " handle with perhaps an old Allen key to fix ? Off now to modify a few of my tool boxes... ;o) ... mb

Hi Harry, Good to see you back on form. Congratulations on your book and love that 15th century toolbox, great. Take care.

I have made lots of these, and one carried my Plumbing tools for 20+ years until I retired, I fitted compartments on the Outside to hold specialist Plumbing Tools leaving more room inside. Len O.

Very good to see you again. My dad had a couple of tool boxes like this, one a bit larger than the other. I don't recall seeing him use a strap to carry them, but he did have assorted leather belts & straps hanging on a wall in his tool shed.

Great project Harry. I’m about 1 1/5 hrs from Williamsburg. I don’t remember seeing the shoe shop. I’ll have to make sure I get there again soon and spend some time in that shop. Thanks for the dimensions. Great News on your book. Very glad for you. Best Regards, John

Thanks Harry. I use a toolbox of similar design, every day. Mine is made of plywood and has a piece of conduit for a handle. It's 8x20, lightweight and easy to carry comfortably at your side because it's narrow. I've added basswood blocks full of small holes to hold drill bits etc. I wouldn't trade it for anything, think I paid twenty dollars for it at an auction

Good looking toolbox. I'd be afraid of putting dings in it and scratching it.

Sweet design, thanks for sharing. One thing I would've done differently is nail the leather loops in AFTER I glued the whole thing together. That way, it takes four times as long and the inside of the box gets all banged up. I keep a bunch of my tools in japanese design tool boxes, another time-proven one. their weakness is definitely requiring two hands to pick up. I'll make this handled style soon :)

Gracias por compartir, un gran aporte para mi. 👏👏👏🤝🤝🤝

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Purpose of the notch in handle? Thank you for sharing.

I have a very similar one my wife bought me though the handle doesn’t disassemble. It was frustrating to the point where I sawed it off, adding two inch feet to each end so it was higher. Still not as good as the one you’re showing here.

Harry, what is the brown bulbous thing in the toolbox?