I'm now the very happy owner of a Dutch tool chest that I've been working in for a few weeks here and there.
I pretty much stuck to the standard design with a couple of changes:
- It seems the norm in the states is to make them with 1*12 material which doesn't seem to be a thing here, so I instead thought what depth would I ideally go for. The main thing was I wanted to be able to get all of my current planes in there. I ended up going with about 380mm internally (~15 1/2") which allowed for an extra row of bench planes up top
- The standard design didn't look like it had good options for bits and bobs. As such, I added a couple of drawers under the main compartment
I'm pretty inexperienced, so this project was a lot of firsts for me, including half blinds and breadboard ends. It was not without mistakes but I'm very happy with how it turned out and it's perfect for my spare room workshop setup.
I pretty much stuck to the standard design with a couple of changes:
- It seems the norm in the states is to make them with 1*12 material which doesn't seem to be a thing here, so I instead thought what depth would I ideally go for. The main thing was I wanted to be able to get all of my current planes in there. I ended up going with about 380mm internally (~15 1/2") which allowed for an extra row of bench planes up top
- The standard design didn't look like it had good options for bits and bobs. As such, I added a couple of drawers under the main compartment
I'm pretty inexperienced, so this project was a lot of firsts for me, including half blinds and breadboard ends. It was not without mistakes but I'm very happy with how it turned out and it's perfect for my spare room workshop setup.
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