Saddle Stamp tool holder from Maple Boos Block cutting board

[chriscraft]

I had found an 1 3/4” thick BooS Block cutting board at an estate sale for a reasonable price. I thought it would make a nice tool holder after I unglued it apart. That was some work using a chisel to break it apart and I just had to sand down the glue residue to get to bare clean maple wood. These solid wooden blocks now measured  1 3/4” by 1 3/4” square by 24” long that I cut down to 22” long. I had seen the beautiful wood work that Dave Swallow produces and wanted to create something close to what he builds. I didn’t have any measurements or plans to build one and just guessed on what would work with the supplies I had in hand. I spaced my tool holes 7/8” apart and made a template so I could mark out my 3/8” holes. 

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I decided on building it 5 levels high with a top shelf. Having only 1 3/4” thickness to play with I drilled my holes 1 1/2” deep. 

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For my sides, I found a local woodworker that had 1 1/4” thick Walnut for sale. This was easily cut on my scroll saw. 

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I used cabinet screws to secure the sides to the maple blocks. I capped the screw holes with wooden caps. 

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I used Minwax spray urethane satin finish on this project. 

Edited March 18, 2022 by chriscraft

[PastorBob]

Wow. That's is a piece of art all by itself.  Love the contrasting colors of the walnut and maple.  Nicely done.

[chriscraft]

Thanks PastorBob. I also like the two different colors of the wood together. Before I built this I was storing most of my saddle stamps in a drawer. This makes it easier to find the stamps I plan to use. It’s been a year since I built this tool rack and only wish I had built it sooner. 
 

[chuck123wapati]

definitely very nice!!!! Love the looks of the natural woods contrast and your design is awesome. My feeble attempt has gotten to small i may have to borrow your inspiration and make a new one lol. Been torn between a real type tool box or a stand such as yours.

[Scoutmom103]

Beautiful, love the contrasting wood.

 

[JayEhl]

Beautiful to look at, fun to work with! I bet it makes your passion for crafting more inspirational.   thanks for sharing!

[chriscraft]

5 hours ago, chuck123wapati said:

definitely very nice!!!! Love the looks of the natural woods contrast and your design is awesome. My feeble attempt has gotten to small i may have to borrow your inspiration and make a new one lol. Been torn between a real type tool box or a stand such as yours.

 The design belongs to Dave Swallow. He uses all new construction and has different dimensions and a variety of sizes he offers these tooling stamp holders in. He is on Facebook if anyone is interested in purchasing one. 
I just simply wanted to share that a similar one could be built. I already had a drill press, scroll saw and the basic hand tools around.  Want to share that you can source wood materials from local woodworkers as most have plenty of scrap wood laying around. I paid $15 for the solid Walnut, it would have cost a fortune had I gone to a lumberyard. The old used cutting board was $8 at the estate sale.  I probably spent more on sandpaper, glue and screws. I was just determined to make myself something for my stamps. 
 

 My wife was surprised on how nice it came out. Now she thinks I can build anything out of wood but I’m no woodworker. So be careful if you decide to tackle one of these on as you’ll also be expected to remodel a kitchen. 

[Tugadude]

So much fun to see some take what amounted to scrap and turn it into a thing of beauty.  As I've aged I've come to appreciate repurposing in a big way and this definitely applies.  Good on you!  May it bring you many years of joy.  

Oh, one thing I'd do if I were you is to make sure that you identify that it was made by you.  Someday someone may see it and not appreciate it for what it is.  Stuff like this can last more than one lifetime!

[chuck123wapati]

39 minutes ago, chriscraft said:

 The design belongs to Dave Swallow. He uses all new construction and has different dimensions and a variety of sizes he offers these tooling stamp holders in. He is on Facebook if anyone is interested in purchasing one. 
I just simply wanted to share that a similar one could be built. I already had a drill press, scroll saw and the basic hand tools around.  Want to share that you can source wood materials from local woodworkers as most have plenty of scrap wood laying around. I paid $15 for the solid Walnut, it would have cost a fortune had I gone to a lumberyard. The old used cutting board was $8 at the estate sale.  I probably spent more on sandpaper, glue and screws. I was just determined to make myself something for my stamps. 
 

 My wife was surprised on how nice it came out. Now she thinks I can build anything out of wood but I’m no woodworker. So be careful if you decide to tackle one of these on as you’ll also be expected to remodel a kitchen. 

 I live to repurpose, 63 and never bought a new car in my life. Been there for sure the wife thinks i can do about anything after 40 + years lol.!! Most of my good hard wood comes from old furniture or a friend who does hardwood floors lol. I made my kitchen cabinets out of Cherry tongue and groove cutoffs that he gave me.  Right now i have a really nice solid oak twin bed frame that's going to be my tool box or something. Good luck in you new home improvement career lol.

[JayEhl]

1 hour ago, chriscraft said:

My wife was surprised on how nice it came out. Now she thinks I can build anything out of wood but I’m no woodworker. So be careful if you decide to tackle one of these on as you’ll also be expected to remodel a kitchen. 

I am finding this to be true with my leather craft hobby.      I'm glad to think my wife and family think I can build stuff for them, though.  Build my confidence and my love and joy of the craft.

[chriscraft]

46 minutes ago, Tugadude said:

So much fun to see some take what amounted to scrap and turn it into a thing of beauty.  As I've aged I've come to appreciate repurposing in a big way and this definitely applies.  Good on you!  May it bring you many years of joy.  

Oh, one thing I'd do if I were you is to make sure that you identify that it was made by you.  Someday someone may see it and not appreciate it for what it is.  Stuff like this can last more than one lifetime!

  I hear ya, I’m almost 50 years old and do appreciate these kinds of builds. I’m definitely not trying to make stuff that will end up in a landfill.

I have a pattern since I was young, I’m either full on board when I make stuff or not onboard at all. My leatherwork has suffered because of this. I don’t make a lot of items anymore. No offense to those that do, I just simply don’t have the energy anymore like when I was in my 20’s. I’ve found that I like to be in a comfort zone and building random items for the first time takes me out of that zone.  I need to be fully determined in order to get things done. Something that I never used to think about when I was younger and just came naturally. 

 

thanks for the compliments on this build. It does make me feel better about my craft and makes me want to put more of myself into each product. 
 

[Bert03241]

I don't know about some of you children thinking your old at 49 and don't have the energy you use to. I can't imagine what your gonna do when your 60 or 70 or older like me BTW nice tool rack, sorry it took so much out of you to make it LOL

[chriscraft]

I guess I didn’t word that correctly. It’s not that it took so much out of me to make it, just took me so long before I actually got started on it. lol

 I didn’t get into leatherwork because I had a bunch of extra time on my hands and didn’t know what to do with it. I’m slowly starting to dive into this hobby while I’m still working full time and still have kids at home. The idea is to slowly get better at my craft and purchase more tools as I need them so that I can become more efficient at building stuff.  When the time comes that I end up with a lot of time on my hands, I can build stuff in a timely manner with the skills I’ve learned. 

[Bert03241]

1 minute ago, chriscraft said:

I guess I didn’t word that correctly. It’s not that it took so much out of me to make it, just took me so long before I actually got started on it. lol

 I didn’t get into leatherwork because I had a bunch of extra time on my hands and didn’t know what to do with it. I’m slowly starting to dive into this hobby while I’m still working full time and still have kids at home. The idea is to slowly get better at my craft and purchase more tools as I need them so that I can become more efficient at building stuff.  When the time comes that I end up with a lot of time on my hands, I can build stuff in a timely manner with the skills I’ve learned. 

LOL I was just rattling your cage lol

[chriscraft]

Bert, no offense taken and I appreciate any criticism. It’s how we learn

[chuck123wapati]

1 hour ago, chriscraft said:

  I hear ya, I’m almost 50 years old and do appreciate these kinds of builds. I’m definitely not trying to make stuff that will end up in a landfill.

I have a pattern since I was young, I’m either full on board when I make stuff or not onboard at all. My leatherwork has suffered because of this. I don’t make a lot of items anymore. No offense to those that do, I just simply don’t have the energy anymore like when I was in my 20’s. I’ve found that I like to be in a comfort zone and building random items for the first time takes me out of that zone.  I need to be fully determined in order to get things done. Something that I never used to think about when I was younger and just came naturally. 

 

thanks for the compliments on this build. It does make me feel better about my craft and makes me want to put more of myself into each product. 
 

"My wife was surprised on how nice it came out. Now she thinks I can build anything out of wood but I’m no woodworker. So be careful if you decide to tackle one of these on as you’ll also be expected to remodel a kitchen." 

 

whaaaat......... you made it to 50 before the wife found out you could do something constructive? how the heck did you pull that one off?

[toxo]

Excellent job. Almost makes me wish I did tooling.