Travel Tool Chest & Workbench Build Process

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Rather than getting straight on with a (probably temporary) front for the chest, I thought I'd start the day with a quick trial run. I dug into the shed and pulled out my Makita mitre saw stand (which a kind member of another forum offered for free a few years ago) – I don't have a mitre saw any more, but I've kept the stand as it is very robust and comes in handy occasionally.

I clamped the box down to the stand and cut a strip off a bit of plywood:

I then clamped the plywood to the back slats and sawed a notch:

Finally, I used the planing stops and the notched "doe's foot" (I think that's what they're called) to plane the surface of a random offcut of sweet chestnut.

By Jove, it works!

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