Comments

1. 
   goodguy | Jun 13, 2009 10:24pm | #1

   I like the straightforward design. The size seems right too.

   Although many rave about the complex intricacy of the Studley, the open spacious size of this style cabinet seems much more friendly, more useable. The size is plenty big enough to house a full complement of choice woodworking classic-tools, capable of tackling almost any job. (As witnessed by the excellent choice of tools inside!) Yet there is room for a hand to remove and replace everything easily.

   Visually, I feel that also makes it easier to notice when something is not put away at the end of the day. And the cabinet is small enough to move whenever necessary, but too large too steal easily.

   I made the mistake of making a beautiful rolling tool case which was the envy of many co-workers. Unfortunately, that envy and the easy-rolling feature made it all too easy to roll away too. As it stands now, when ever I manage to get everything replaced, (an expensive and time-consuming process) I will gravitate towards a design like this one. Beautiful, simple, practical, secure.

   I see you have a generous portion of space left. I wonder... are you leaving room for future acquisitions? Given the wise choice and assortment of tools already there, I would be curious to know what's left on your wish list!

2. 
   iccs | Jul 01, 2009 02:18pm | #2

   Thank you for your kind comments, it was a very enjoyable project. You are are correct about the openess feature, it makes it nice to just reach inside and grab what I need.

   The cabinet has been evolving everytime I pick up more tools. Not pictured in this post are a cabinet scraper, a flat spoke shave, folding rule and a used North Bros Brace I just bought for $5, which works better than my current Brace.
   I have also mounted another hammer, so I guess I should post another picture once I am done.

   I also just bought a new Large Tenon Saw from Adria Tools to complete the set of their saws. So I have more rearranging in my future ;o) I will most likely remove the Wenzloff saw from the cabinet (I don't use it as much as I thought I would) and put the new Tenon Saw in it's place.
   I still want to add a BUL Smoother and one or two more spoke shaves, thanks again for looking, take care.