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I saw this cabinet on Tommy Mac's wall in his shop so being that I am tired of all my hand tools everywhere, I thought I would build one for my own. Anyway, I had some birch PW lying around and trimmed it with some walnut. I made the chisel rack removable, its 36W X 90L 8D. I really like the fact that everything is in one place vice being scattered around in different tool boxes. I left a empty space for a Bad AXe 16" tenon saw. (wish list)

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Nice cabinet! one change I may have made would be since the plane and chisel boards are slanted, there is wasted space behind them. they could easily be hinged to lift and have a bit more storage. Great work, my shop is in need of something along this line. It is on my shortlist between actual job projects.
 

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Why didn't I think of that. Damm good idea Ben. Now that you bring it up I will store small stuff that I don't use much behind the chisel rack.
 

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This is great Tommy would be proud.Nice job.
 

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That's a great cabinet, Joe. I'm trying to build one for my hand tools, too, and you've given me fresh inspiration. Nice work.
 

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How steep is that angle the planes are on? Looks steeper than what I was planning. Or do you have a rare earth magnet behind each plane? Saw the Woodwhisperer did that on a case he built.

I have one half built, and was trying out different angles to see what worked best to hold my larger planes as well as shoulder and bullnose planes.

Looks great!
 

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I think it's around 60 degrees. It's a tad steep but it's based off height and depth. There is enough lean for them to be secure.
 

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Thanks Joe! Looks like it is more than that, but hard to tell from photos.
 

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Outstanding! and Hayoooooooge!
 

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would you like to come to my house and build me some tool cabinets? i really need them. those are very nice.
 

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Nice!
I'm making the same tool cabinet! How many sheets of ply did you use? Just to save me the time of adding them up.
Thanks for sharing!
-WoodWorkingGeek
 

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Sorry for the delay WWG. I think I used three sheets. It calles for 1/2" for the back but I used 3/4.
 
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