Horia Case

[gpraceman]

I have a case for my staking set and a case for my Seitz set, but nothing for my Horia clone.  I was thinking of building myself one, but lumber is not too cheap these days and I don't like my box joint jig.  So, I looked around at some local antique malls for an existing wooden box that would work.  I snagged a nice box for $10, but I would have had to lay the Horia tool on its side, as it wasn't tall enough.  I didn't like that idea, so that box is now storing some miscellaneous tools.  I found an old staking set case on eBay.  It had a poor finish job, rusty hardware, a lousy latch, and was missing the lid support.  It's bigger than it really needed to be for the Horia set, but it would fit the tool standing up.  The case ended up costing me only $22 but it took 5 weeks for it to finally show up on my doorstep.

I sanded it down to bare wood, revealing the beautiful wood grain that was hidden by the old finish.  Stained and clear coated it.  Out of some scrap wood I had, I made an insert to securely hold the stump and pusher set and keep the tool from sliding around.  Replaced the hinges.  Added a better latch.  Added a lid support.  I think it turned out nice.  It makes a nice partner to my staking set case which I also refinished.

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