Build a Plywood Tool Chest with Christopher Schwarz Part 11

[@robhaggard4766]

Chris is a legend. Anytime he talks...I listen. Great work!!

[@amundsel]

Legend, that you publish this old chestnut at this dark time. good on you man.

[@TheJohnreeves]

I just love tool chests. I've now made two Dutch chests (one for camping kitchen supplies instead of tools), but I really want to make one of those huge English chests (like the Anarchists tool chest). They just look so good and fun to make. I just (not from experience) think the Dutch design seems better to work out of because of how the top part "presents" all the tools. Maybe I'll make one just as a chest for "stuff".

[@galland3496]

Thank you for your EXCELLENT PRESENTATION . This was a big project and well received !

[@lbhunter6341]

On my lid, I used tenoned miters on the frame with a floating panel...worked like charm.

[@tonyennis1787]

5:24 a clever person could design a knock-down set of legs for the Dutch chest to sit on, and store it in the chest when you travel. Getting it 18" or 24" off the ground would be back-saving.

[@joshwalker5605]

thanks very much for this series!

[@reynaldobravotejada4063]

Well hell yeah, great closing phrase; and just to remember "tradition", was the craft at its peak then, so lets follow it.

[@crmcbrideww]

I will be going with baby poo green, thank you very much!

[@g.pblack507]

Ditto!! haha

[@738polarbear]

I also like a piano hinge so the lid can fully open and support planes etc

[@brightnuertey1451]

Good work keep it up

[@johns5781]

Enjoyed watching these videos nice job

[@tarlx902]

15:02 Groove and Groove Guerrera is one of my favorite Lucha wrestlers.

[@bmandrakeeee8378]

chest lifts indeed make life easier. in fact, here in Brazil, when you want to say that somebody is a pain in the ass, you say that him is a "chest without lifters" ("mala sem alça")

[@scottgibbs5903]

How do I purchase the plans and material list?

[@vladtepes97]

lift? is that anything like a handle?

[@epicurustaylor5954]

I have listened to you talk about your preference for open space inside a tool chest. I understand your logic, but as I plan my build I hope you can address a question. How do you deal with tools that have accessories like fences and/or multiple blades. One example is my LV large router plane. For this plane I have a full set of blades, 2 fences w/rods, the sharpening jig and allen wrenches. I feel if I don't keep all that stuff together it will be lost or not available when I need them. I currently store them in a purpose built wooden case with a side section that hold the LV small router plane and all it's accessories. The obvious answer is to put the whole box in the tool chest but I am curious to hear your thoughts. Do you just not use the accessories/ alternate blades? I have a couple tools with multiple accessories so it would mean having 3 or 4 boxes. How do you do it?

[@dylanneely91]

Did you ever come up with a good solution to this problem? I'm coming to the same point and I'm thinking a custom tool roll.

[@FearsomeWarrior]

Lee Valley offers a roll specifically for the router cutters. It fits nicely inside their wooden box too. Easy answer is using a block of wood with holes. Square some of the holes with a square file or chisels. I choose to replicate the block of wood in the box that holds everything. I leave it disconnected and it floats around near the router plane. I have the bag so it is just the fence and inlay head I need to store. I am a fan of zipper bags like all the major tool brands sell. Walmart has cheap ones too that work great for keeping small kits together. I have extra Klein tools bags from working as an electrician.

[@tonyennis1787]

8:00 use nails instead of screws if you're worried about wood movement. Use cut nails and your tools won't speak ill of you.

[@mikejustice1196]

When you translated Roubos book, was any of his historical content (Roubos words and phrases) lost through editing and redactions from speech to print in your book?

[@738polarbear]

I prefer the English joiners chest over the Dutch due to its flat top which is handy to sit and have lunch or to lay out blueprints. The slanted Dutch one seems a waste of space.

[@wolflahti412]

Shellac is one of the easiest finishes to repair.

[@738polarbear]

So true.Easier than paint really. Especially if tinted nicely.

[@holdemNE1]

In 2020 when this video was produced, this would have cost $100 to make. Now in 2021 it cost $350

[@SebR-FR]

I much prefer the dutch design... but i'd prefer to build the english one. Why would one want to complicate joinery on the dutch ? personnaly because I don't care much about historical correcteness for my propjects and I prefer to experiment tools & technics on a real project rather than on pieces of scrap wood - if I screw it up too bad, but it's just my toolchest, no big deal.

[@holdemNE1]

Milk Paint.......... ill.....as in not feeling well, pronounce the "ill" Milllllk Paint. Milk Paint. Not Melk Paint.

[@g.pblack507]

I think you mean't "feeling" not "felling"

[@holdemNE1]

@@g.pblack507 Haha .....yes I did. thanks,

[@hammondmiers3789]

Stodoys plans are amazing!