At Saqqara, within a passage in the third dynasty Step Pyramid a broken coffin was found made of a “plywood” construction; alternating layers of wood were at right angles to one another and then pegged together. The surface of this coffin was carved with a corrugated pattern before being covered with gold sheet. The fifth dynasty tomb of Ti at Saqqara has wall reliefs that show carpenters making furniture with adzes, saws, chisels, and a bowdrill. Two carpenters are shown smoothing the lid of a box with sandstone rubbers; they sand in the conventional way, along the grain, so as not to scuff or damage the wood. In the Middle Kingdom tomb of Meketra, a model of a carpenters’ workshop (wḫryt) was discovered. Carpenters are seen squatting in the shade of the high workshop walls; they appear to be repeating the same practical task, as if part of a team making batch-produced furniture. There is a striking difference between the Middle Kingdom woodworker and the multiskilled New Kingdom carpenter, who sat on a three-legged stool and worked at a bench made from a log that was altered to help hold the timber on which he worked. He used a wide range of tools, including a try square, a straight edge, a cubit rod, and a miter-cutting aid. Illustrations show that jobbing carpenters stored their tools in a basket similar in design to a modern carpenter’s holdall tray.