Originally Posted by
Malcolm Schweizer
This is a great thread. I have it in mind to make a tool cabinet, but I'm kind of liking the idea of repurposing an old armoire and installing tool racks and drawers within the existing carcass, should one happen to find a nice one at the right price.
My dilemma is I am always buying new tools and always afraid to build a cabinet and then change my mind on which tools to go in it.
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This is a problem that runs through my mind all the time. Even the tools that see regular use will take up quite a bit of space. Does my tool storage solution need to take on a few traits of the minimalist? Do some tools need to be eliminated or stored in an alternate chest?
Then comes the question of where to start?
With chisels and gouges, there are roughly five sets of chisels set up for different uses and then the duplicates. This doesn't include the gouges and carving tools.
With planes, of which one can never have too many, there are not only duplicates of many sizes, there are also many speciality planes for molding, rabbeting, plowing and trimming.
Where and/or how should all the squares, rules, marking gauges, braces and all the various other odd tools we accumulate be stowed?
How many drawers will be enough? How many sizes of drawers?
Some facets of the Studley toolbox are starting to look more appealing.
jtk
Last edited by Jim Koepke; 01-04-2017 at 3:33 PM.
Reason: How many draws
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