Month: November 2012

Remarkably Wee Tool Chest

Remarkably Wee Tool Chest

“Robertsonโ€™s tool chest contains all the same tools that were found in the original. All the tools work, even the planeโ€™s tote (handle) is set a scale 1/8โ€ณ to one side as the original. The saw has 160 teeth to the inch. Robinson says that the hardest tool to make was the folding rule with 5 leaf hinge. It is about .030โ€ณ thick and hand engraved on boxwood. Things like the shears and dividers also have nice little joints…”