Joseph Durham wrote:
> Greetings. I just found this group. I have been doing wood work for quite
> a number of years.
>
>
> Is there a website around that has several designs, pictures, et cetera of
> old toolboxes? I am looking for ones that would hold hundreds of tools, et
> cetera in a number of different compartments.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe
I'm sure there are websites, but I'll have to defer to google to help
you find them. However, you might check out "The Toolbox Book" by
Tolpin/Taunton Press. I've read "The Workbench Book" (also through
Taunton), and that was excellent - good history, informative, useful
tips, helpful examples, etc.
Good luck,
Andy
Joseph Durham wrote:
> Greetings. I just found this group. I have been doing wood work for quite
> a number of years.
>
>
> Is there a website around that has several designs, pictures, et cetera of
> old toolboxes? I am looking for ones that would hold hundreds of tools, et
> cetera in a number of different compartments.
I think you have to narrow it down a bit. What sort of tools exactly?
How big of a box? Is it meant to be carried to job sites or does it
sit in the shop? Wall-hung? Rollaway?
If you build something like this
http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/masonicmuseum/tool_chest_made_by_studley.htm
post some pictures when you're done...in five or ten years. ;)
R
"Joseph Durham" <[email protected]> wrote
> Greetings. I just found this group. I have been doing wood work for
> quite
> a number of years.
>
>
> Is there a website around that has several designs, pictures, et cetera of
> old toolboxes? I am looking for ones that would hold hundreds of tools,
> et
> cetera in a number of different compartments.
Have a look at my website - Projects - A Tradesman's Tool Chest.
Jeff G
--
Jeff Gorman, West Yorkshire, UK
email : Username is amgron
ISP is clara.co.uk
www.amgron.clara.net
charlie b wrote:
> Joseph Durham wrote:
> >
> > Greetings. I just found this group. I have been doing wood work for quite
> > a number of years.
> >
> > Is there a website around that has several designs, pictures, et cetera of
> > old toolboxes? I am looking for ones that would hold hundreds of tools, et
> > cetera in a number of different compartments.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Joe
>
>
> While the Studley Tool Chest is probably at the high end of the
> spectrum
> and an old kitchen cabinet with pegboard on the inside of the doors
> is
> the other, the one I did falls on the Studley side of the midpoint.
> I've
> got over 100 tools in this thing and there's room for some more small
> modules but I lost interest. No ebony or ivory (handy to work for a
> piano maker, which Studley did), no inlays or turned and fluted half
> columns etc. but it provides a home for a S**T Load of hand tools
> and little things we acquire and use semi-regularly.
>
> Here's one of two I did that may give you some ideas. Doing the
> carcase
> and doors then making modules for the various tools and things
> gives you options to change or rearrange things - and can utilize
> much
> of the "Not enough to make a piece of furniture out of but too nice
> to throw away or burn" wood you've no doubt stashed in every nook
> and cranny in your shop (or am I the only one who does that?).
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~charliebcz/RightToolCabinet.html
>
> And here's some details and specifics about dimensions and
> how it's hung on the wall - french cleats are handy.
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~charliebcz/WallToolCabinetDesign.html
>
> Hmmmm- now that I have a lathe - maybe some turned rosewood
> half columns, perhaps with flutes? NOT!
>
> Next to making a real woodworking bench to suit the types of
> things you do, making a tool cabinet is the second Right of
> Passage on the woodworking journey - very specific to your
> needs and tools.
>
> And trust me - if they have a home to return to, especially
> if they have their own room - tools won't run away and hide
> from you. (If you put your tool cabinet near - within a step
> or two - of your workbench, you'll put things away so you
> can find them again the next time you need them - AND
> you'll free up some benchtop space).
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> charlie b
WOW!
Nice work!
Joseph Durham wrote:
>
> Greetings. I just found this group. I have been doing wood work for quite
> a number of years.
>
> Is there a website around that has several designs, pictures, et cetera of
> old toolboxes? I am looking for ones that would hold hundreds of tools, et
> cetera in a number of different compartments.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe
While the Studley Tool Chest is probably at the high end of the
spectrum
and an old kitchen cabinet with pegboard on the inside of the doors
is
the other, the one I did falls on the Studley side of the midpoint.
I've
got over 100 tools in this thing and there's room for some more small
modules but I lost interest. No ebony or ivory (handy to work for a
piano maker, which Studley did), no inlays or turned and fluted half
columns etc. but it provides a home for a S**T Load of hand tools
and little things we acquire and use semi-regularly.
Here's one of two I did that may give you some ideas. Doing the
carcase
and doors then making modules for the various tools and things
gives you options to change or rearrange things - and can utilize
much
of the "Not enough to make a piece of furniture out of but too nice
to throw away or burn" wood you've no doubt stashed in every nook
and cranny in your shop (or am I the only one who does that?).
http://home.comcast.net/~charliebcz/RightToolCabinet.html
And here's some details and specifics about dimensions and
how it's hung on the wall - french cleats are handy.
http://home.comcast.net/~charliebcz/WallToolCabinetDesign.html
Hmmmm- now that I have a lathe - maybe some turned rosewood
half columns, perhaps with flutes? NOT!
Next to making a real woodworking bench to suit the types of
things you do, making a tool cabinet is the second Right of
Passage on the woodworking journey - very specific to your
needs and tools.
And trust me - if they have a home to return to, especially
if they have their own room - tools won't run away and hide
from you. (If you put your tool cabinet near - within a step
or two - of your workbench, you'll put things away so you
can find them again the next time you need them - AND
you'll free up some benchtop space).
Hope this helps.
charlie b
On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:10:16 -0400, "Joseph Durham"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Greetings. I just found this group. I have been doing wood work for quite
>a number of years.
>
>
>Is there a website around that has several designs, pictures, et cetera of
>old toolboxes? I am looking for ones that would hold hundreds of tools, et
>cetera in a number of different compartments.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Joe
>
>
I think that your request is at least a bit of a contradiction. Old
timers did not have many tools - at least not like today. My
grandfathers shop was well known where I grew up and as a boy it was
extensive and elaborate to me. However, compared to the typical shop
today it is/was quite humble I guess. Especially related to
woodworking, the toolboxes of yesteryear are most likely going to be
fairly modest.
Timothy Juvenal (sp?) reads this group and it is my impression that he
might have real knowledge on this subject.
Good Luck!
Joseph Durham wrote:
> Greetings. I just found this group. I have been doing wood work for
> quite a number of years.
>
>
> Is there a website around that has several designs, pictures, et
> cetera of old toolboxes? I am looking for ones that would hold
> hundreds of tools, et cetera in a number of different compartments.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe
You have to buy the plans though,but if your a pro woodworker the pics can
give incentive.
http://tinyurl.co.uk/mbyt
http://www.mytoolstore.com/gerstner/41d.html
http://www.plansnow.com/classicplans.html
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
I bought "the toolbox book" and found it to be very inspirational.
LeeValley doesn't stock it anymore, but Amazon says they have it.
http://www.amazon.com/Toolbox-Book-Craftsman-Cabinets-Systems/dp/1561582727/sr=8-1/qid=1158153306/ref=sr_1_1/103-9462676-4155062?ie=UTF8&s=books
Mike
www.ottawawood.com
"Andy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Joseph Durham wrote:
>> Greetings. I just found this group. I have been doing wood work for
>> quite
>> a number of years.
>>
>>
>> Is there a website around that has several designs, pictures, et cetera
>> of
>> old toolboxes? I am looking for ones that would hold hundreds of tools,
>> et
>> cetera in a number of different compartments.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Joe
>
> I'm sure there are websites, but I'll have to defer to google to help
> you find them. However, you might check out "The Toolbox Book" by
> Tolpin/Taunton Press. I've read "The Workbench Book" (also through
> Taunton), and that was excellent - good history, informative, useful
> tips, helpful examples, etc.
> Good luck,
> Andy
>