---
title: Tool Tote
description: "One 8-foot board becomes the thing you carry everything else in."
url: "https://thejoinery.club/docs/project-tool-tote/"
updated: "2026-08-04"
category: Projects
---

# Tool Tote

*One 8-foot board becomes the thing you carry everything else in.*

## Why this one

You start with one 8-foot board and end with something you will actually use every time you come to the shop. It walks the whole arc of woodworking — rough lumber in, finished object out — without any single step being hard enough to stop you.

> This is a prototype. When I do a project for the first time, I like to think of it as a prototype — I’m practicing the skills to produce the real piece once I have it all figured out. This takes a lot of the pressure off.
>
> Steven

## Skills you will use

- Milling rough lumber to precise thickness
- Crosscutting and ripping to dimension
- Template tracing and layout
- Domino loose-tenon joinery
- Bandsaw curved cuts
- Router edge treatment
- Gluing and clamping

## Tools

[Mitre Saw](https://thejoinery.club/docs/dewalt-mitre-saw/) · [Jointer](https://thejoinery.club/docs/jointer-planner/) · [SawStop Table Saw](https://thejoinery.club/docs/sawstop-table-saw/) · [Domino](https://thejoinery.club/docs/domino/) · [Band Saw](https://thejoinery.club/docs/rikon-band-saws/) · [Router Table](https://thejoinery.club/docs/router-table/) · [Rotex Sander](https://thejoinery.club/docs/rotex-sander/)

## Time

Seven phases, roughly 3 hours of shop time.

## Download the companion

  [Download the Tool Tote companion (PDF)](https://thejoinery.club/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Tool_Tote_Project_Plan.pdf)

## Stuck?

Open office hours run Wednesdays and Saturdays. Bring the project, bring the board, bring the question. Good one to bring if you have never used the Domino.

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