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Tool tote with dowel handle
Open tote for tools, garden equipment or cleaning supplies: finger-jointed walls, tall end pieces with a hole for a dowel as handle. Length, width, height, material thickness and fit adjustable.
- Size
- 384 × 630 mm, 12 mm thick
- Material
- Plywood
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Milling time
- approx. 58 min
- Bits
- End mill Ø 3.175 mm
- Customise
- Size, text and details adjustable with sliders
- With a laser
- diode laser from about 32 W (cuts 12 mm)
Try it without an account · carve with Chrome or Edge · no installation
Build instructions
Materials and accessories
| Qty | Part |
|---|---|
| 1 | Beech dowel 25 mm |
| 1 | Wood glue (water-resistant D3) |
| 2 | Wood screws 4 × 35 mm with wall plugs |
Also: sandpaper (grit 120 and 240), a utility knife or fine saw and, for joints, a rubber mallet.
Carving and finishing
- Clamp the workpiece flat on the spoilboard or secure it with double-sided tape, and set the origin as shown in the carving assistant.
- Mill the handle holes, then cut out bottom, long walls and end pieces with finger joints.
- Free the parts at the holding tabs with a utility knife or fine saw and sand the tab remains flush.
- Before gluing, dry-fit everything. If a joint is too tight, increase the clearance by 0.05 mm and carve the part again; if it wobbles, reduce it.
Assembly and final touches
- Fit the walls around the bottom and glue them. Cut the dowel to length plus twice the material thickness and push it through both holes before gluing the second end piece.
- Secure the handle with one screw from the outside through each end piece. The tote carries quite a bit, but not on a single glued finger: glue all joints well.
- Finally oil, wax or varnish; for toys use oils or varnishes that are saliva-resistant according to EN 71-3.
How to carve this template
- OpenOpen the template in the app and adjust size and text if you like.
- CheckLook at it in 3D, check run time and warnings.
- Set upThe carve wizard guides you through material, clamping, bit and zero point.
- CarvePress start; the app drives your Grbl router directly over USB.
