Woodworker’s Tool Chest – Replication Means Multiplication
I have decided to make the tool chest shown here and make it a series on my blog. Enough people have said that they would like this so I will post the cutting list shortly. Choose your own wood. I think this will be a most enjoyable task and I will work on it as I teach the upcoming Craftsman Style Rocking Chair. It is simple enough for new woodworkers to make and progress their skills by and then they will have a good place to stow their tools safely.
We have a couple of places left in the remaining Foundational Courses later this year but please sign up as soon as you can set your schedule because I think they will fill. Above is the classroom. Below are the chairs we make in a few days time.
Can’t wait, no more chisel avalanches!
Marvellous I think I now know what I will be getting for Christmas now its just up to me to making it .. an even better Christmas present 🙂
look forward to the series
TIA Paul
That shop could use some handcrafted windows.
Will it be a lid and bottom drawers model (my preference) or one with internal top drawers as depicted?
Paul,
Are you intending to go through the internal till details and other furniture such as chisel racks and saw racks?
We’ve seen him make the bench top one with drawers already. This one has tills as pictured. A traditional tool chest. Much more flexible in terms of storage capacity. Drawers can be limiting. The first thing I will be putting in the bottom of mine will be my #7 plane. I think mine will be just an inch or so longer than my longest plane.
This will be a nice series and one I want to build myself. I still plan on building the original one with drawers but trying to collect the right wood for it, I don’t want to use pine on that one.
Steve