Attention to detail as always. I love the use of magnets as in stage carpentry we use them all the time. Most all plays/Opera/Broadway shows you'll see, there's magnets that shut doors with such precision and they always create a great sound. Especially when mic'd up for audio. So good as always, Take care !
I really enjoyed the chest tour, especially how you made use of earth magnets. I have used them a lot in my tool chest (Shuster tool chest). Thanks for explaining how you attached everything.
Thank you very much for those nice words. It's a pleasure every time I grab a tool from it. I hope you can make a tool chest that inspires your best work.
Nice Dutch toolchest. I'm a Dutchman and may tell you that luckily the contens of your toolchest isn't typically Dutch. Like the absolute heirloom appearance of the tools and chest.
Hi Marty- Can't say that I'm going build a tool chest, but you gave me a ton to think about. It gets tiring looking through the drawers for tools and tool rolls. Are sometimes a pain. So I will use many of your ideas, if it's ok with you.
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! One idea...can you do something w/ the lid to make it a drawing surface? either as a drawing desk or as a place to keep drawings in use? that slope just exudes drafting table...
The slant would be nice for that, but then it gets in the way of accessing your tools. The beauty of the slant lid is you can't pile stuff on top of it which would make it a hassle just to open the chest. All of the flat surfaces in my shop eventually collect junk, but my dutch tool chest is always free and ready to be opened.
Amazing work, wondering if you could share where you got your work apron. Something lightweight like that would be handy in the summer humidity. Thank you!
Thanks for the tour Marty, nice work! Did you have each tool in mind before you constructed the chest or did you place them afterward? If afterward, how did you make the place for the magnets? Some look like they would be hard to drill. Thanks again.
Thank you! The basics of the chest was built during a workshop, and is not my design. Over a period of about two years I settled on the placement of the various tools that I use. All of the tool holders and associated magnets were installed after the chest was built and in use, and weren't too difficult to do (I have a nice right-angle drill by Milwaukee that's very useful for operations like this).
Incredible! Maybe should relabel this video “extremely magnetic OCD tool chest”. Not sure if the magnetic field repels sawdust somehow. Either way, very impressive. Thanks for the great video!
No, it's only for show ;-) Perhaps if I shot this in 4K video you would be able to see the sawdust. I do clean my shop and tools so you will never see bunches of sawdust on my tools. Look at some of my other videos and perhaps you'll see that I use my tools.
likely unintentional, but nevertheless good puns: 8:20 - bits, (for my hinge driver) "which I'll show you in A BIT" ... 11:56 (in the lid) "I know this is a little over the top"
...I have a O.C.D. friend...can see him now turn one thing, swap two things. Be there All night long...staring....looking...knowing....(friends like me you don't need)
never ever use rare earth magnets on high end (expensiv) tools that will kill the iron over time and can causes scratches on your woodwork by ironchips, because your tool WILL get magnatised
that is quite the collection of rare earth magnets u got there..haha!;) j.k. one hell of a tool collection and box. man that thing must weigh A LOT! and be worth ALOT.Thanks for the tool box tour got some cool ideas..super organized.AWESOME job bro!
Marty Backe ALWAYS Bro!! i use them a lot for holding planes and rulers in my tool cabinet also. they do work VERYwell.can't go wrong with them especially considering what they're holding. and yeah I wouldn't want to lift that tool chest either.. unless I want a herniated disk. lol
Go to Lee valley Veritas website. They have the strongest rare earth magnets I have ever used. 10 times better than the garbage at Home Depot and they are really cheap
The tool chest is great. From a video standpoint, I liked the angles, pace, and descriptions--very well made! I'm recuperating from an injury, and this made me feel like I was in the workshop rather than stuck in bed. Only thing missing is the smell of freshly cut wood. Thanks for making this.
Initially the Dutch Tool Chest turned me off because it seemed like a jumbled mess of tools in most people's boxes. Yours is without a doubt the nicest DTC I've seen and probably one of the nicest in general. Thank you for sharing. 've watched it probably 5 times over the past 6 months as I contemplate my build.
I really enjoy mine and anticipate using it for the rest of my life. If you build one and fit it nicely I'm sure you'll love yours. Thanks for the nice comments. I really appreciate it.
Too many magnets. I don’t like magnetizing all my tools. I notice a fine layer of metal dust gravitating toward all my tools and, being magnetized, is not so simple to wipe off. Likes to cling to the tool. Not a problem I guess if you don’t also use your shop to work iron or restore old tools.
Awesome work! thanks for the inspiration! Hey just a thought for the ruler & straight edge... if you cut in little "finger recess/ pocket" into the lid, etc. behind where they sit it may make it easier to get your finger behind the ruler & straightedge to pull them off the magnets.
hahaha, actually I perceived a little amount of dust over the awl holder behind the chest just in the beginning of footage and remember wondering "well, on the editing session this man must have thought a hundred times in remake the film from zero just to match the high-end NASA standard of his workshop". Well, that is a thing a man like me suffering WOD (workshop obsessive desorder) would think. by the way, this chest is a unique masterpiece! Greetings from Brazil
John Montgomery standard practice. Before the pozidrive straight slot screws were always aligned to the piece screwed on. As here horizontal, which is the lie of the handle and in the likes of door hinges vertical, following the door height. On door hinges the alignment also served to prevent paint gathering in the slot, (as it would if horizontal) as well as looking neat.
Super storage chest, well laid out. Wouldn't want to have to carry it Anywhere. Just looking at it, imagining having to pick it up made my hemorrhoids flutter.
That's a very impressive box! I'm preparing to build my own, and yours is my favorite, by far. Are the dimensions the same as the plans the October 2013 Pop. Woodworking article or did you increase the height to make room for the drawer? How tall is that drawer? Thanks for the inspiration, Marty!
Thanks. Mine was built during a workshop with Christopher Schwarz. Yes, we used the plans (his plans) from the Pop Wood article. The drawer is 2 - 3 inches in height. If you want to incorporate a drawer then I would first build the basic chest, determine what you are going to store in the bottom section, and then size the drawer based on the leftover space. Good luck with your build. I really enjoy using mine.
How is this a Dutch tool chest? I lived in Holland for 15 years and never saw anything like this. Most Dutch carpenters have a rectangular box with a removable lid. Nothing fancy, with maybe some provision to protect the handsaws and chisels. They have a minimum of tools and develop ways of eliminating tools they don't need so that they don't get a hernia lifting them. A collection like you have would only be found in a museum. Working carpenters are continually misplacing and damaging tools, or just wearing them out, so it doesn't make much sense to make a luxury resort for them. It is beautiful, what you have made, but I think that it will hinder your production rather than enhance it. Put more effort into the other things you make, although this has been a good exercise, I am sure.
It's based on an old chest that was brought from Amsterdam in the 1800. It's a simple nailed thing and became for C.Schwartz an alternative to the also traditional larger joined chests.
Nice use of space. My wife doesn’t call me a woodworker she calls me a maker of boxes. I think she should expand the description to say, maker of boxes and other stuff don’t you?
I I like how you people perfect joinery and cabinet making with the right and perfect planes and chisels, but you still do rabbits instead of rebates and that's like pushing an elephant up the stairs. Rabbits eat carrots and rebates are wood joints. Everything you do is wrong if you do rabbits.
" ... Rabbits eat carrots and rebates are wood joints. Everything you do is wrong if you do rabbits. ..." No -- rabbits leave droppings in their cages, and rebates are money refunded after a purchase. I'd rather have money than rabbit shit.
*my liver does not have the industrial fortitude to withstand such repeated dousing's of recreational grade ethanol without exploding...nor do i have an emergency backup liver to replace it or work in tandem during the metabolism transformation of said ethanol into less volatile compounds...but then i don't actually drink either as i have no difficulty making a fool of myself or have need of chemical or pharmaceutical assistance to do so....i'll just leave the drinking to the professionals and the classically drunk*
Its a shame bridge city tools went modern they would sell a boat load of tools if they still made them like the old ones !!!!!!! Now their just shiny over priced crap !!!!
I sense a high degree of obsessive compulsive behavior. Please pass on my condolences to your wife 😩. Beautiful tool chest! Why anybody would leave a thumbs down on this effort is beyond me. Keep up the good work!
Inspiring tour Marty, thank you :) Impressive "tool density". Fantastic attention to detail, possibly OCD even! Could you please come and sort my workshop out? :D Chris has a taller, 3 section version, on casters, behind him near the start of his preview video. I think a 3 or 4 section version would suit me better, as I am out of bench/table space and could really use more, good tool storage. Getting them all into one storage unit would be a significant and worthwhile achievement.
Thank you. Yes, everyone arrives at their own customized solution. But this tool chest design provides a good foundation for adapting. Good luck with yours.
I've watched this a few times Marty and probably commented before. I use a Snap-on type red steel tool chest, my first Grandson has inspired me to make something like yours for all my favourite tools so that it can go to him eventually. I'll be using yours as a resource when I start it. Lovely job ;-)
Beautiful! I have a fraction of the tools you have, but I still find myself trying to figure out the best way to store them. I'm amazed at how much this chest can hold.
Nice tool chest . Do you keep a picture of each drawer? I could not remember where I put all my tools but I am 67 , so I need all the help I can get. What table saw do you use ?
We clearly have differing opinions as to the main function of a toolchest. I see that you permanently mount the front cover on the back of the chest so where do you keep the battens?
Yes, doesn't everyone have different opinions on how tool chests are built and used? That's a good thing in my opinion. This Dutch Tool Chest (as documented in the Popular Woodworking article) only has one center batten. I didn't show it, but it rests between the lid and the back of the tool chest.
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Every tool is implanted, and place precisely, thank you for sharing this delicious collection and magnificent tool box. Tool porn at it's finest.
Thanks for that :-)
Nice sideline for you making/selling these , i"ll put an order in now .......good vid., just sub"d :]
....Sexy....
Attention to detail as always. I love the use of magnets as in stage carpentry we use them all the time. Most all plays/Opera/Broadway shows you'll see, there's magnets that shut doors with such precision and they always create a great sound. Especially when mic'd up for audio. So good as always, Take care !
Thank for that James :-) Nice to hear from you
Lovely Marty. So thoughtfully planned out. We all love to other craftsman's tools. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks John!
I really enjoyed the chest tour, especially how you made use of earth magnets. I have used them a lot in my tool chest (Shuster tool chest). Thanks for explaining how you attached everything.
What a great way to spend a half hour! Wow, super organized colection, nice work!
Thanks :-)
Wow...beautiful work Marty, good use of space and I like the layout. I can tell a lot of thought went into the planning. Thanks.
Thanks :-)
Thanks for the tour Marty, there is quite a bit of inspiration in that chest!
Thanks. I enjoy getting inspiration from other tool chests too.
Beautiful, well thought out, creative, and inspirational, Marty!
Thank you!
I pereodicaly watch this video for inspiration! Amazing tool chest!
Thank you very much for those nice words. It's a pleasure every time I grab a tool from it. I hope you can make a tool chest that inspires your best work.
So much details, I love it ! great work (for great tools)
Awesome tool chest! Thanks for sharing.
Nice Dutch toolchest.
I'm a Dutchman and may tell you that luckily the contens of your toolchest isn't typically Dutch.
Like the absolute heirloom appearance of the tools and chest.
Beautiful work! A joy to watch!!
Hi Marty-
Can't say that I'm going build a tool chest, but you gave me a ton to think about. It gets tiring looking through the drawers for tools and tool rolls. Are sometimes a pain.
So I will use many of your ideas, if it's ok with you.
I'm glad you found some useful ideas from the video
beautiful
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! One idea...can you do something w/ the lid to make it a drawing surface? either as a drawing desk or as a place to keep drawings in use? that slope just exudes drafting table...
Thanks :-) Regarding the lid, I have seen some examples where the lid is used as you suggest. It just doesn't fit my needs to do so.
The slant would be nice for that, but then it gets in the way of accessing your tools. The beauty of the slant lid is you can't pile stuff on top of it which would make it a hassle just to open the chest. All of the flat surfaces in my shop eventually collect junk, but my dutch tool chest is always free and ready to be opened.
Amazing work, wondering if you could share where you got your work apron. Something lightweight like that would be handy in the summer humidity. Thank you!
My wife made it for me :-)
Mooie gereedschaps kist ,en mooi gereedschap. Om van te watertanden!!!!!
Bedankt
Awesome work man!
Thanks!
Thanks Marty!
Thanks for the tour Marty, nice work! Did you have each tool in mind before you constructed the chest or did you place them afterward? If afterward, how did you make the place for the magnets? Some look like they would be hard to drill. Thanks again.
Thank you! The basics of the chest was built during a workshop, and is not my design. Over a period of about two years I settled on the placement of the various tools that I use. All of the tool holders and associated magnets were installed after the chest was built and in use, and weren't too difficult to do (I have a nice right-angle drill by Milwaukee that's very useful for operations like this).
Incredible! Maybe should relabel this video “extremely magnetic OCD tool chest”. Not sure if the magnetic field repels sawdust somehow. Either way, very impressive. Thanks for the great video!
The one thing I don't see is sawdust. Do you ever use them?
No, it's only for show ;-) Perhaps if I shot this in 4K video you would be able to see the sawdust. I do clean my shop and tools so you will never see bunches of sawdust on my tools. Look at some of my other videos and perhaps you'll see that I use my tools.
Burn that was below the belt lol
likely unintentional, but nevertheless good puns: 8:20 - bits, (for my hinge driver) "which I'll show you in A BIT" ... 11:56 (in the lid) "I know this is a little over the top"
Funny. Thanks for adding some humor :-)
BTW, it does sound like I may have said "hinge driver" but I actually said "hand driver". Still funny though.
What are the dimensions?
It's built according to the plans by Christopher Schwarz in Popular Woodworking magazine.
@@MartyBacke alright....
Okay I'll hop on the bandwagon -- with so many magnets, how do you still get to still call them rare? Nice tool, chest, or should I say "drool chest?!
Very funny. I guess I did reference those magnets a bit too much :-) Thank you.
OCD person's wet dream.
...I have a O.C.D. friend...can see him now turn one thing, swap two things. Be there All night long...staring....looking...knowing....(friends like me you don't need)
never ever use rare earth magnets on high end (expensiv) tools that will kill the iron over time and can causes scratches on your woodwork by ironchips, because your tool WILL get magnatised
Very funny :-) I think you may worry too much about inconsequential things.
Say rare earth magnets one more time. LOL Just kidding. Nice tools and chest.
Thanks :-)
I hope to achieve your level of OCD one day.. it’s beautiful
Thanks :-)
its not dutch enough its only dutch when its messy. and about to fall apart. and every tool is dirty and half of it is atleas broken
More like a jewelry chest
more like a fireplace for cash
when you die can I have it
Magnets turn the tool into a magnet. When you sharpen the edge of one, the cuttings stick to the blade.
that is quite the collection of rare earth magnets u got there..haha!;) j.k.
one hell of a tool collection and box. man that thing must weigh A LOT! and be worth ALOT.Thanks for the tool box tour got some cool ideas..super organized.AWESOME job bro!
I do like my magnets, but they work so well :-) I would not want to lift the chest, that's for sure. Thanks for your nice comments, as always :-)
Marty Backe ALWAYS Bro!! i use them a lot for holding planes and rulers in my tool cabinet also. they do work VERYwell.can't go wrong with them especially considering what they're holding. and yeah I wouldn't want to lift that tool chest either.. unless I want a herniated disk. lol
:-)
I was trying to get some Rare Earth Magnets on Ebay but They're all sold out. :)
Home Depot, Lowes etc now carry rare earth magnets.
They’re quite ‘rare’. ;)
Go to Lee valley Veritas website. They have the strongest rare earth magnets I have ever used. 10 times better than the garbage at Home Depot and they are really cheap
The tool chest is great. From a video standpoint, I liked the angles, pace, and descriptions--very well made! I'm recuperating from an injury, and this made me feel like I was in the workshop rather than stuck in bed. Only thing missing is the smell of freshly cut wood. Thanks for making this.
Glad you enjoyed the tour. Hope you can get back in the shop soon.
Initially the Dutch Tool Chest turned me off because it seemed like a jumbled mess of tools in most people's boxes. Yours is without a doubt the nicest DTC I've seen and probably one of the nicest in general. Thank you for sharing. 've watched it probably 5 times over the past 6 months as I contemplate my build.
I really enjoy mine and anticipate using it for the rest of my life. If you build one and fit it nicely I'm sure you'll love yours. Thanks for the nice comments. I really appreciate it.
Too many magnets. I don’t like magnetizing all my tools. I notice a fine layer of metal dust gravitating toward all my tools and, being magnetized, is not so simple to wipe off. Likes to cling to the tool. Not a problem I guess if you don’t also use your shop to work iron or restore old tools.
Magnificent Work, definitely a Tool Chest to be Proud of. cheers from Michael Australia.
Awesome work! thanks for the inspiration! Hey just a thought for the ruler & straight edge... if you cut in little "finger recess/ pocket" into the lid, etc. behind where they sit it may make it easier to get your finger behind the ruler & straightedge to pull them off the magnets.
Thanks, and that's a great suggestion regarding the finger recess.
What kind of magnets is he using? 🤔😄 nice tool chest.
Rare earth magnet drinking game! Just kidding, love the box and tool organization. Subscribed!
Absolutely beautiful!!!
He’s one of my favorite Woodworkers too. I love everything Chris does!
Nice chest holding a real nice collection.
Woodworking David Lynch is a lot nicer than film making David Lynch.
Wow! Really awesome tool chest, with an amazing collection of fine tools!
@MartyBacke I'd love to see how you made your magnetic plane holders. Any chance you'd be interested in showing off a bit?
That stuff almost looks too nice to use hahaha
Beautiful collection, I hope I'll get there somewhere far in the future!
:-) Just start and you'll get there eventually. I had almost no tools 25 years ago.
Thank you for your reply!! Luckily it's going well with my collection, my first Lie-Nielsen is on it's way, a number 4 bench plane.
Me too , its taken me @ 25 years to get quality tools like Knipex , Wiha , Stahlwille , etc..:]
Lovely tool chest, well presented tour of same and everything in its place. Thanks for sharing.
Good God! Does anyone else get the feeling that there's no dust in this guys shop? :-) This is just fantastic! Beautiful work sir!
hahaha, actually I perceived a little amount of dust over the awl holder behind the chest just in the beginning of footage and remember wondering "well, on the editing session this man must have thought a hundred times in remake the film from zero just to match the high-end NASA standard of his workshop". Well, that is a thing a man like me suffering WOD (workshop obsessive desorder) would think. by the way, this chest is a unique masterpiece! Greetings from Brazil
You have many nice features on your tool chest. Thanks for the video.
You could call this the "rare earth magnet toolchest"! Awesome and thanks for sharing!
Thanks :-)
I like the idea to use magnets. Think I'll do some of that too whenever I put a tool chest together. Really nicely organized.
Thanks. I do like the magnets :-)
I love how you aligned your screws
John Montgomery standard practice. Before the pozidrive straight slot screws were always aligned to the piece screwed on. As here horizontal, which is the lie of the handle and in the likes of door hinges vertical, following the door height. On door hinges the alignment also served to prevent paint gathering in the slot, (as it would if horizontal) as well as looking neat.
Super storage chest, well laid out. Wouldn't want to have to carry it Anywhere. Just looking at it, imagining having to pick it up made my hemorrhoids flutter.
Did you know that these chest were also used in the 17th century in dutch sailingships? The sloping top was to prevent rain dripping into the chest
Also so no will park there buttocks on your chest
That's a very impressive box! I'm preparing to build my own, and yours is my favorite, by far.
Are the dimensions the same as the plans the October 2013 Pop. Woodworking article or did you increase the height to make room for the drawer?
How tall is that drawer?
Thanks for the inspiration, Marty!
Thanks.
Mine was built during a workshop with Christopher Schwarz. Yes, we used the plans (his plans) from the Pop Wood article. The drawer is 2 - 3 inches in height. If you want to incorporate a drawer then I would first build the basic chest, determine what you are going to store in the bottom section, and then size the drawer based on the leftover space.
Good luck with your build. I really enjoy using mine.
How is this a Dutch tool chest? I lived in Holland for 15 years and never saw anything like this. Most Dutch carpenters have a rectangular box with a removable lid. Nothing fancy, with maybe some provision to protect the handsaws and chisels. They have a minimum of tools and develop ways of eliminating tools they don't need so that they don't get a hernia lifting them. A collection like you have would only be found in a museum. Working carpenters are continually misplacing and damaging tools, or just wearing them out, so it doesn't make much sense to make a luxury resort for them. It is beautiful, what you have made, but I think that it will hinder your production rather than enhance it. Put more effort into the other things you make, although this has been a good exercise, I am sure.
Keep in mind that woodworking is a side passion of mine, not my occupation. If you Google "dutch tool chest" you can better understand the name.
It's based on an old chest that was brought from Amsterdam in the 1800. It's a simple nailed thing and became for C.Schwartz an alternative to the also traditional larger joined chests.
havent found one person that dont like there incra t rule lol
Functional e beautiful, congrats Sir !
Nice use of space. My wife doesn’t call me a woodworker she calls me a maker of boxes. I think she should expand the description to say, maker of boxes and other stuff don’t you?
Well organized, well thought out!:)
man loves his magnets and block planes
Very nice box and tools Marty! Thank you.
My favorite Dutch Tool Chest on TH-cam.
I've watched this a few times and love all the little details. You gave every element purpose and aesthetics. Great work.
Thank you very much!
That is one awesome tool chest! I love your modest decorative touches and the use of magnets.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for those nice comments. I appreciate it!
How many times does he say "rare earth magnets"
I I like how you people perfect joinery and cabinet making with the right and perfect planes and chisels, but you still do rabbits instead of rebates and that's like pushing an elephant up the stairs. Rabbits eat carrots and rebates are wood joints. Everything you do is wrong if you do rabbits.
Rabbet
" ... Rabbits eat carrots and rebates are wood joints. Everything you do is wrong if you do rabbits. ..."
No -- rabbits leave droppings in their cages, and rebates are money refunded after a purchase. I'd rather have money than rabbit shit.
Jason Wierenga correct
When you trying to be a smart ass but you're ending at being just an ass.
Loved to see your satisfaction face at the end. With all this, you can build not one or 2 houses, you can build 10.
That sliding drawer although very simple is just super sleek how it slides across and everything
So Manny tools 😱 Dream toolchest
If you take a shot everytime he says magnets, you'll be FUBAR
*my liver does not have the industrial fortitude to withstand such repeated dousing's of recreational grade ethanol without exploding...nor do i have an emergency backup liver to replace it or work in tandem during the metabolism transformation of said ethanol into less volatile compounds...but then i don't actually drink either as i have no difficulty making a fool of myself or have need of chemical or pharmaceutical assistance to do so....i'll just leave the drinking to the professionals and the classically drunk*
This is an amazing tool chest!! So we’ll thought out. Gives me inspiration to make my own. Love it! Well done. 👍
That is one of the neatest tool boxes I have ever seen! A real gem of storage features and tricks. Thanks!
Its a shame bridge city tools went modern they would sell a boat load of tools if they still made them like the old ones !!!!!!! Now their just shiny over priced crap !!!!
I really like your videos, I find your attention to detail and skill very inspiring and motivating. Thanks for making them.
What an incredible tool box, just spectacular, thank you so much for sharing such a wonderful set up.
Que increíble y hermosa colección de herramienta. Si yo la tuviera no la utilizaría con el fin de no estropearla. ¡Gran trabajo!
very nice tools, and very nice dutch tool chest, thanks for sharing and giving me inspiration
I'm Dutch but I've never seen this anywhere
Every time he says "rare earth magnate" take a drink...
That'd be a fast track to alcohol poisoning.
I was hoping to see a good way of fitting a panel saw, but no...
that would be the "jumbo box." :-)
T'is a thing of beauty!
Thanks for the tour Marty. Really like how well organized everything is. I especially like the collection of fine tools you have!
Thanks Guy :-)
Awesome toolbox Marty! So many sweet tools. I have tool envy now!
I sense a high degree of obsessive compulsive behavior. Please pass on my condolences to your wife 😩. Beautiful tool chest! Why anybody would leave a thumbs down on this effort is beyond me. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for that :-) I appreciate your words.
Excellent work! RWB
Very inspirational tool chest and a beautiful tool collection! Cheers
Thanks for that :-)
Inspiring tour Marty, thank you :) Impressive "tool density". Fantastic attention to detail, possibly OCD even! Could you please come and sort my workshop out? :D Chris has a taller, 3 section version, on casters, behind him near the start of his preview video. I think a 3 or 4 section version would suit me better, as I am out of bench/table space and could really use more, good tool storage. Getting them all into one storage unit would be a significant and worthwhile achievement.
Thank you. Yes, everyone arrives at their own customized solution. But this tool chest design provides a good foundation for adapting. Good luck with yours.
I've watched this a few times Marty and probably commented before. I use a Snap-on type red steel tool chest, my first Grandson has inspired me to make something like yours for all my favourite tools so that it can go to him eventually. I'll be using yours as a resource when I start it. Lovely job ;-)
Beautiful work. Very well made. Very inspiring.
Beautiful! Love how every tool has a spot and a magnet!
Thank you!
That is one posh tool chest...
Beautiful! I have a fraction of the tools you have, but I still find myself trying to figure out the best way to store them. I'm amazed at how much this chest can hold.
Thanks. I really do like the form factor of this type of tool chest. It serves me well.
Here are my bits that goes to my driver which i’ll show you in a bit. 😎 massive straight faced pun!!
LOL
I have just ordered a bunch of magnets because of this video
Nice tool chest . Do you keep a picture of each drawer? I could not remember where I put all my tools but I am 67 , so I need all the help I can get. What table saw do you use ?
Thanks. No, I used the chest all the time so I have no difficulty remembering where everything is. I have a 3hp Delta Unisaw from the early 90's.
We clearly have differing opinions as to the main function of a toolchest. I see that you permanently mount the front cover on the back of the chest so where do you keep the battens?
Yes, doesn't everyone have different opinions on how tool chests are built and used? That's a good thing in my opinion. This Dutch Tool Chest (as documented in the Popular Woodworking article) only has one center batten. I didn't show it, but it rests between the lid and the back of the tool chest.