Thread: Tool Chest Design

G'day Martin and welcome to this menagerie of the wise, the helpful, the knowledgable,the comedic etc.,etc..
Tall order but surely your experience should give you a start?
I took a different approach to storing my tools. Some I have hanging on pegboard ( freebie from a friend ),some I have hanging around my assembly bench and some just hang around.
I took the pantry cupboard out of the house and pu in a pull out pantry. I used the pantry carcase as the basis for a set of 20 drawers in which i store power tools, nails and screws and almost anything you can imagine. Nothing is locked except the shed door.
My proud boast is that nearly everything in my shedIs either recycled or 2nd hand.
I digress. I understand why you want to approach you storage problems in the way you do. Perhaps looking up woodwoking magazines from both the UK and Usa is the best place to start.
Good luck.

Hi,

Welcome to the forum.

I have read these 2 books on making tool chests in my local library, both had to be ordered in through the inter-library lending service.

They should get your creative juices flowing.

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Toolbox-Book-Craftsmans-Cabinets-Storage/dp/1561582727/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1199140952&sr=1-2"]Amazon.com: The Toolbox Book: A Craftsman's Guide to Tool Chests, Cabinets, and Storage Systems (Craftsman's Guide to): Books: Jim Tolpin[/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Building-Perfect-Tool-Chest-Stack/dp/155870650X/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1199140952&sr=1-1"]Amazon.com: Building the Perfect Tool Chest: Books: Jim Stack[/ame]

G'Day mjmpropman,

Welcome to the New Year and to here,

Tool Chests?
What about these in here?

Hi artme , bigshed & ivan in oz (down under in the land of the ever lasting sun) you lucky woodies.

Thank you fellow woodies for your posts its given me many other avenue to explore which i very much appreciate.

My interest for posting in the first place, i was hoping other woodies would show and share what they had designed and produced for thereselves over the yrs for there individual style of woodworking , and it still is . not really interested in somthing thats mass produced. ( only if its a really individuall design.

As i said storage is my main problem ,trouble is whilst i was self employed i went on all courses in different trades to cover all aspects of property maintenance (so i could work the complete job continually usually fitting kitchen and bathroom from stat to finish) that way i had no long waiting times for other trades men to turn up to do there bit , hence I now have complete set of electical tools plumbing , decorating , floor and wall tiling , and general building tools, as well as my main joinery tools all in differnt boxes and tool bags taking up quite a conciderable amount of space.

I would very much like to fit that into one tool chest , allbeit it going to be (um lets say) quite large.

Yes artme i am more than capaable in designing and manufacturing my own tool chest after all these years but i am interested in what other may have incorporated into there own individuall designs, I too would prefere to use second hand timber any day to using new actually the older the better, any if i can recyle any thing good o, trouble is home hear with hanging thing on the walls in winter time in get pritty dam cold and damp hence rust forms, i dont like that at all , I use silicone miniture bag which is usually found inside a shoe box which i get from the local shoe shops and chuck in hand fulls of them into my boxs and bags in winter time to keep the rust of them , I'm a bit of a tool freak i only buy the best that money can afford i dont and will not buy the cheap Diy tools, false economy, tools have to be looked after as there getting very very expencesive home hear in rip off briton, the diy stores are taking over ( sadly).

so if you would like to share your ideas please send in your photos , remember you might think it not worth showing but others might think it great just what they should have thought of. look forwards to any reply.

kind regards martin.

Welcome Mrmpropman from another countryman.

Would you be good enough to click edit at your last post, and change the last two lines to ordinary print, no capitals.

If you are new to forums, capitals are considered to be uncouth

Welcome aboard mjmpropman. From the sound of things, I reckon you'll need an entire shed for a single tool chest. Perhaps separate chests for each speciality?

Originally Posted by jow104

Welcome Mrmpropman from another countryman.

Would you be good enough to click edit at your last post, and change the last two lines to ordinary print, no capitals.

If you are new to forums, capitals are considered to be uncouth

Bad keyboard design. "Caps Lock" key is too close to the "Shift" key.

Joe

Hi joe

hey not a bad idea , but lets go one step further a walk in tool box ha ha no really only joking, no it was not bad key board design i type it in caps to try an make my point so other might like to share there own ideas with all other woodies, back in my days it was called shouting but it now considered as uncouth but hey I'm big enough to have my hand slapped . kind regards martin

http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworki....aspx?id=27038

http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/masoni...by_studley.htm

and other pages (google "studley tool chest")

Something to drool over for a while, before coming back to earth....

Cheers,
Andrew

Welcome to the forum Martin. Try having a look at the Show off your Chisels and Show off your Planes threads for some inspiration, they have a fair few pictures of how different people store their hand tools

https://www.woodworkforums.com/f152/chisels-49262

https://www.woodworkforums.com/f152/planes-47780

Welcome Martin. Good to have you aboard.

Hi everybody

thank you for all replies and especially the one from burnsey with the chisel and planes thread i was so disappointed when i got to page seventeen ( hoping for more ) by then i was dribling at the mouth, now i know where all the planes from e bay keep disappearing to you guys are snapping them up like hot cakes , leave some for me back in old uk.


I must say it been a real treat these last few days since i join this forum it really nice to know the old trade is still going fine and strong especially down in the land of oz and just as much in the states i feel even more so than back hear in England . hear the the Di standards are taking over with cheap throw away tools and chipboard (sadly)

Since i been on this forum i cant Wait till my shed roof is completed so i can get started on my tools boxes and now all sort of idea and thing are racing round in the old head .

Please keep the tool chest pics coming in thick and fast .

kind regards martin

I just noticed that the Link never came out when I replied from work.
[There are other issues on here, when I am at work]

You might like some Tool Chests here,
I do

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ad.php?t=47780

OH!! Stuff, Burnsie has sent it Darn! Darn!! Double DARN!!

I can highly recommend "The Toolbox Book" by Jim Tolpin, mentioned previously by Big Shed. I got it out of my local library and liked it so much that I bought it. It has endless ideas in it for toolboxes, some thoroughly beautiful designs.