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While perusing old episodes of The Woodwright’s Shop, I was inspired. This tool chest design seemed to me to be as useful today as it was in days past. As this episode and this chest have been talked about at great length, I will not go into details.
Schwarz had his chest full of pristine hand tools, all in perfect condition, sitting neatly in their well thought out locations. Mine will probably never look like that. Mostly because I am not a hand tool purist. After, 25 years in the construction industry, I am well indoctrinated with the time is money mentality. I grab the tool that will produce the work as efficiently as possible. Sometimes that is a hand tool. Sometimes it’s powered. So, my chest will hold an assortment of both. The lower cubby will be a nice place for my smaller brad/staple guns. I do have a couple decent planes that need a safe home.
On the show, it seemed like they cut the sides from a 1
My take on the Dutch Chest #1: Initial Casework
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