Thread: Shannon Rogers' Tool Cabinet

wow

One of the niftiest tool cupboards I've seen in a while! Really like the way the three layers of hinged compartments work. If I ever need to build another tool cupboard (& I sincerely hope I won't!), I think I'll be borrowing that idea.

I like his philosophy of grouping the tools by usage, but that probably doesn't work so well for most of us amateurs because we do all sorts of different things, & it would be difficult for me to come up with other than very general categories. I've just tried to keep all tools easily accessible, and the most-used get the podium spots, which seems to work well enough for me.

I also found a long time ago, that having a place for everything & trying to put tools away as you finish with them is a very good practice! Pity I don't always stick to it! However, I do always put my stuff away at the end of the day, & more than once I've noticed some small thing missing, & eventually found it in the shavings & sawdust. One time, the missing tool was in the shavings & sawdust that had already been bagged ready to drop in the wheely-bin...

Had a little chuckle at his honesty, too - I also discovered after I'd built my tool cabinet that was to hold all the tools I ever needed or wanted that there were still a few I had to have (like about a dozen extra saws!) & had to find other space for the late-comers....

Cheers,