Tool Cabinet

Nice looking cabinet- and the doors ARE a nice touch. I just built a (sorry – mine is ALL plywood) tool cabinet based on the FWW design but scaled smaller, and am now left to figure out how to organize the inside, and actually make good use of the cabinet space that I now have… I guess it’s one step at at time huh?

Thanx for sharing… hopefully I’ll post mine soon too.

-- My Drinking Club has a Woodworking Problem...

cool!

A nice garage for your hand tools which will come in handy. May I recommend a neat idea that I iused in my tool chest. In the space for the handplanes cut some carpet to fit the slots this way you don’t have to retract the blade everytime you store the plane. Nice cabinet thanks for the post…Blkcherry

Great looking storage cabinet. I need to make some similar projects for my shop. Thanks for the inspiration.

-- Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.

Very functional and looks good.

-- Bob

Great job. I’m in the planning (actually more like fantasizing) phase of a toolbox project, so it’s always nise to view others to get ideas. -SST

-- Accuracy is not in your power tool, it's in you

Nice looking cabinet. A place for your stuff!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Nice looking tool cabinet. I like the way it looks. Good job.

-- Davesfunwoodworking

Very functional and purdy as well!

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

Thanks for the comments. Somebody else asked how the drawer runners worked, so I thought I’d post that here too:

All the drawers run on wooden rails (more 1/2” ply). They’re actually pinched between 2 sets of rails, so that the drawers don’t tip forward & out until you’ve pulled them almost all the way.

The drawers have a corresponding runner glued to the outside that runs in the gap. I loose a little bit of drawer width this way, but I keep the maximum drawer depth, which was my goal.

Probably this is not an original idea… but I was pretty happy with how it worked out.

-- -- Kevin in Mentor, Ohio

looks good man. I like to leave little silica packs in my outdoor enclosed cases to help avoid moisture problems. Lots of food items and stuff come with them. They are also called anti-desiccant… It helps in a wet garage.

-- making sawdust....

Nice idea with the silica packs… I was going to see how it did with nothing first, and then try those little “anti-corosion” emitters that Lee Valley sells if I needed more help. Anybody ever used those?

But maybe now I’ll start with the silica instead.

-- -- Kevin in Mentor, Ohio

I love the simplicity of the design. It looks great, yet you didn’t go to extreme’s in constructing it. the wood drawer guides are a great example. Very functional for the shop and cheaper than buying hardware. I’m getting more and more into hand tools and they’re starting to need a dedicated home. Will have to keep this in mind.

-- Jeff, South Carolina

Nice looking cabinet.Good job.

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