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Forum topic by GaryK posted 127 days ago 866 views 4 times favorited 34 replies Add to Favorites Watch
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GaryK

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127 days ago

For those who have never seen the H.O. Studley Tool Chest here it is.

I just found it on youtube.

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

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DAN

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127 days ago

very studly … I like it … thanks for posting

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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Sean

81 posts in 493 days


127 days ago

awesome. I have this episode recorded on the DVR. Long live the Norm.

-- "Democracy is by far the worst system of government. Except all the others that have been tried." ~ Winston Churchill

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Woodwrecker

469 posts in 453 days


127 days ago

That thing is INCREDIBLE!
I would have loved to hang around with that dude in his shop.

Thanks for the post Gary.

-- Eric

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Joe Lyddon

469 posts in 930 days


127 days ago

This is the first time I’ve seen a video on it… just still pictures to this point…

Very impressive… as expected…

Are you going to make your own design, now?

-- Have Fun! Joe Lyddon - Alta Loma, CA USA - Home: http://www.WoodworkStuff.net ... My Small Gallery: http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/showgallery.php?ppuser=1389&cat=500"

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CharlieM1958

7459 posts in 1096 days


127 days ago

Gary, have you started your version yet?

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

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DaleM

392 posts in 261 days


127 days ago

I believe he has more tools neatly fit into that small cabinet than I have spread out on two 10 foot long shelves in my workshop. Amazing. Thanks Gary.

-- Dale Manning, Carthage, NY

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woodworm

7803 posts in 468 days


127 days ago

Really really amazing!
To make one? Oh no no….I just could’nt even imagine how to organize hundreds of tools in small chest like that.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

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TopamaxSurvivor

2808 posts in 553 days


127 days ago

Fantastic!! Thanks for putting that one up :-))

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

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kolwdwrkr

2218 posts in 468 days


127 days ago

I’ve seen the pictures, but they don’t give it justice like the video does. Amazing.

-- ~ Inspiring those who inspire me ~

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GaryK

9496 posts in 866 days


127 days ago

Joe, Charlie – Give me 300 tools and I’ll give it a shot.

If you want to read a Fine Woodworking article on it click here.

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

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PurpLev

2673 posts in 526 days


127 days ago

great fine Gary. took Mr. Studley many revisions, and many years to build this thing… one step at a time. one impressive build indeed.

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

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sharad

685 posts in 682 days


127 days ago

Great toolcase. How much thinking must have gone into making it. Thanks for making it available for us to see.
Sharad

-- patanjali

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ND2ELK

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127 days ago

Wow! What a true craftsman he must have been! I really enjoyed see it. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

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Gary Fixler

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127 days ago

It’s so great to see it in motion! I’ve had this poster on my office wall at work for much of this year, bought from Taunton when it went on sale, which was the first time I’d ever heard about it, or Mr. Studley. I didn’t know how incredibly heavy it was, that it was specific to work on pianos, nor what the outside looked like. Did he have 2 people heip him bring it places, or some kind of wheeled cart?

Btw, there are wallpapers of this thing at the link, if anyone wants to jazz up their computer backgrounds.

-- Gary, Los Angeles, video game animator

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TopamaxSurvivor

2808 posts in 553 days


127 days ago

Forgot to ask if Norm duplicated this one after he looked it over ? :-))

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

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Tony

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127 days ago

Thanks for posting the link Gary – It give a wonderful glimpse of a masters tools box – something that is just not apparent from the pictures and poster available.

-- Tony - All things are possible, just some things are more difficult than others! - SKYPE: Heron2005 (http://www.poydatjatuolit.fi)

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CanadianWoodChuck

151 posts in 791 days


127 days ago

Just awesome! Thanks Gary

-- Canadian Wood Chuck (Bruce)

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jockmike2

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127 days ago

Very cool Gary.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

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Mark Shymanski

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127 days ago

Great post, and incredible toolbox. It would have been interesting to see his workshop.

-- ...it's rennovation time!!!

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Gary Fixler

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127 days ago

Topamax – in Gary’s link a few comments back (great read, btw!), the last sentence of page 53, they say: “There are also plans to do fully dimensioned drawings of the tool chest at some future date.” I assume that means the Smithsonian. Of course, that was a May, 1993 issue of Fine Woodworking, so who knows whatever happened.

-- Gary, Los Angeles, video game animator

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TopamaxSurvivor

2808 posts in 553 days


127 days ago

I suppose making one would be rather pointless unless you have the exact same tools to put into it. It is even more amazing than some of the finest cases rifles and tools produced in the same period.

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

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SCOTSMAN

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127 days ago

I’ve seen this many times including the Norm Abram original but you have to say one can never really see to much of this kind of stuff, wonderful thanks for posting.I also love the very large shaker workbench on the front of the workbench book widely available. Norm also did a feature about that too absolutely beautiful.kindest regards Alistair

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patrick m

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127 days ago

Oh man….. OCD x2 to 10th power! I Love iT!!!!!!
Nice clip Thanks for posting it! It totally blows away any tool chest I’ve seen or thought of.
Hard to believe all that stuff fits. In a dart board box. Pretty Cool.

-- PJM.`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸ ><((((º> ""BY HAMMER AND HAND ALL ARTS DO STAND""1785-1974 nyc Semper Fi, Patrick M

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JMG

45 posts in 127 days


127 days ago

Not only an incerdibly efficient tool box, but a work of art. Thanks for sharing Gary

-- -Jon

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Don K.

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127 days ago

Hard to believe that was one mans work…no “Computer help” etc….just years of tinkering…he was a true craftsman in EVERY sense of the word.

-- Don S.E. OK

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Ted79

4 posts in 126 days


126 days ago

Hello all! Interesting vide. How do you think about design?

scrap metal steel

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patrick m

180 posts in 691 days


126 days ago

Saw, an old add for this Studly, from the Smithsonian….
The design? , We just don’t make anything like we used to.
I’m in complete Shock-n-Awe at America’s Previous Craftsmen.

Saw AMAZING stuff at NYC Mercantile Museum Institute of Architects and Engineers
> (((((((By Hammer and Hand all Arts Do Stand)))))))
A breed of craftsmen like soldiers from guatalcanal, No short cuts!

-- PJM.`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸ ><((((º> ""BY HAMMER AND HAND ALL ARTS DO STAND""1785-1974 nyc Semper Fi, Patrick M

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Milo

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126 days ago

I know a gal that’s practically a human toolbox/organizer. I’d hire her once a quart to come in and clean/organize my shop for me. i’d find things afterwards that had been lost since her previous visit. Sadly she’s 400 miles away now… I need to find another…

-- Beer, Beer, Thank God for Beer. It's my way of keeping my mind fresh and clear...

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Grumpy

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123 days ago

One great piece of workmanship Gary.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

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buffalosean

61 posts in 265 days


123 days ago

thanks for posting this. I saw it awhile ago. AMAZING

-- Sean Buffalo, New York

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John Gray

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122 days ago

WOWEEEEE!!!! Thanks for the post!

-- Only the Shadow knows....................

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Dick, & Barb Cain

6989 posts in 1177 days


122 days ago

Thanks for sharing Gary!

If you want to see some more outstanding tool chests, look here.

These are from a recent FWW contest.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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Hunterastin

43 posts in 168 days


122 days ago

wow thats amazing

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blockhead

268 posts in 186 days


121 days ago

Truly incredible. Great craftsmanship and every detail so well thought out. Thanks for posting Gary.

-- Brad, Oregon- Wood, it's what's for dinner.

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