Plywood Tool Chest (from FWW Tools & Shops)

Just great! That cabinet looks like a fine resting spot for your tools. I looked at that plan in FWW as well. Nice job!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

This is too cool…I like the depth of the case, the doors and drawers…you did a really nice job building this.

How did you attach you “attachments?” I don’t see any screws! Nice!

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

I deliberately didn’t want to use any screws. Everything is glued together, except for hinges.

Jon,

This is awesome, I have the article and I want to build this, too. I did notice on the FWW forums that there was some discussion about the dimensions on the plan being off, and that it would require adjustment when you’re building this, did you encounter this?

And, since you say that everything is glued up, I think this might qualify for the LJ Summer Woodworking contest in the “no mechanical fasteners” category…I’ll be willing to exempt the hinges since I don’t see how you can build this without them. GREAT JOB!

-- Erik garagewoodworker.blogspot.com

I made a mistake right up front, and made it 36 inches by 48, which is also how I ended up with 9 drawers.

Essentially once I did that wrong, I just kind of eyeballed the drawing from then on, and went with the flow!

Vewry nice…on my list of things to build. I need it in my small shop.

Erik….this won’t qualify for the joint contest….no glue allowed. Pure wood joinery…here are the rules.

Wood Joinery – Let’s get technical – but without glues, metal nails, screws or other mechanical fasteners! Yes, this is the “WOOD JOINERY” challenge for all you LumberJocks out there. Let’s see what you are made of – or rather what your woodworking project is made of. If you can build it with screws, you can build it without. Pure and Simple: Envision it, build it, enter it. Note that entries in this category should have at least one joint and NO glue or mechanical fasteners should be used to create the joint(s).

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

Great chest. I will have to look up the plans.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Looks great to me! Making things for the shop is a good learning process for me since the small mistakes don’t tend to matter as much as if you were going to put something in your living room.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Nice work, and useful. I’d be proud to have that hanging in my shop. jockmike

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Thanks Bob for pointing out my oops on the LJSA contest rules…

-- Erik garagewoodworker.blogspot.com

very cool…Sounds like you learned and made adjustments as you went—-that is the best way to learn…Like Charlie said…better to learn on the shop projects then on the living room projects…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

Super job!

-- Jesus is Lord!

Looks great – and for not having many hand tools, you certainly have some very good ones! Nice!

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

Very nice.
This is now on my list of things to do also.

-- don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things

Nice work on the cabinet. And it shows off the tools nicely too.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

Jon can you truley believe how many tools you can fit or will have to buy to fill this unit up…I built the same chest …every woodwker. should have one!!!! Blkcherry

This is GREAT!... I’m trying so hard to get organized. I’m going to add this to my projects list. Thanks!

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †

perfectly functional and well built.. great use of space

-- making sawdust....

looks great! It really does have a great real estate capabilities, and can hold a lot of tools in a considerate small space! I made mine deliberately smaller to follow space limitations I had, so I had no idea that the FWW plans were off – thanx for pointing that out…

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

Nice work,

-- jeanmarc manosque france

Nicely done, I’ve admired the cabinet from that FWW issue for quite a while now. Great job building it.

-- If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over? - John Wooden