| Project by Waldschrat | posted 228 days ago | 1010 views | 10 times favorited | 16 comments |  |
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Good layout, pratical, space saving, and fun to build
Ok, so I thought I would post this too! (perhaps you all find this interesting)... this is a more or less standard German tool cabinet. When one learns as an apprentice here, he builds a tool box, a foot stool, tool cabinet, among other small things… here the Cabinet that I built.. (again, commming from my cellar again after cleaning it out today). Every shop I can think of has a couple of these in more or less the same form.
There is space for every hand tool a Cabinet maker needs…. planes of various sizes, chisels, schrew drivers mallets, hammers, saws.
Keep in mind this has been banging around in my basement for a while now!
It is all solid wood except for the back which is birch plywood. The rest is Nordisch Fir wood, which is why it is so finely grained. This Cabinet is a good example or way to show off hand joinery, skill, and the speed to complete it in a rational/economical fashion. The joinery was all made by hand… excecpt the tounge and groove door were made with the tableshaper machine.
As you can see the Doors are pinned from the inside and are held straight, but still able to work with moisture and still not change the outside dimension of the doors. The munton that is on the top and bottom as well as the tool holders are made out of Ash wood.
You can also see in the pics that moisture has taken a little effect, visible on the closeups of the dovetails. (when freshly built, they were all cleaned/planed flush, now you can see that a couple of tenths of a mm have swolen with the wood)
The key hole protector is made as well by hand out of extra hard yew wood, and made in the typical form of the Biedermeyer style (A style that was very popular in Germany in the second half of the 19th century and one of my personal favorites).
So tell me, fellow jocks, what you all think! I would love to hear!
-- Nicholas, Journeyman Cabinetmaker, Partenkirchen, Germany
16 comments so far
SCOTSMAN
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posted 228 days ago
farbelhaftig und sehr hubsch viel gluck/Alistair
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Loucarb
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posted 228 days ago
Very impressive hand joinery. Can you give a little more detail on how the doors are made.
Alan
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posted 228 days ago
Looks great. Shop cabinets are on my list to build.
-- Alan, Prince George
bootboy
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posted 228 days ago
hey there mate the cabinet looks terrific. Can you send me the design so i can make one.
WoodSpanker
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posted 228 days ago
Funny thing, my Opa was a German Cabinet Maker his entire life… cabinets just like these (more or less, anyway) lined the walls of his shop, and home garage. A fine example of outstanding craftsmanship. Good job! :)
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Douglas Bordner
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posted 227 days ago
Anyone would be proud to have such a cabinet. Building it yourself would double the pride. I’d love to see it filled.
-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.
Moai
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posted 227 days ago
It’s a very nice cabinet, built with so many care and atention on every detail, absolutely beautiful work.
I love German stuff, I often go to the Ulmia or E.C.E. website to look for the beautiful simplicity of all the tools, cabinets and workbenches.
-- Francisco Luna, San Francisco Bay Area.
Miket
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posted 227 days ago
Nice clean lines. Excellent job!
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JuniorJoiner
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posted 227 days ago
great work, tight joints
how is the back attached?
-- Junior -Quality is never an accident-it is the reward for the effort involved.
CharlieM1958
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posted 227 days ago
Beautifully designed and built!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
GaryK
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posted 227 days ago
Great execution and a very nice project.
-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.
steiner
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posted 227 days ago
Ausgezeichnet!
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Waldschrat
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posted 226 days ago
The back is attached with 40 mm screws (about the only kind of modern fastener on the whole thing!)
-- Nicholas, Journeyman Cabinetmaker, Partenkirchen, Germany
Todd Thomas
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posted 226 days ago
nice job…looks good
-- Todd, Oak Ridge, TN, Hello my name is Todd and I'm a Toolholic, I bought my last tool 10 days, no 4 days, oh heck I bought a tool on the way here! †
ND2ELK
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posted 221 days ago
Great looking tool cabinet. Thanks for posting.
God Bless
tom
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Todd A. Clippinger
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Your hand joinery skills are second to none!
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