As I mentioned in several earlier post, I needed to build a tool cabinet to hold my hand tools for easy access. Some secondary purposes including making some hand cut dovetails and use up some of the left over plywood that I had (yes, the tool cabinet would be better if it were solid wood but I wanted to use left over supplies and keep the cost down).
I made the interior of the cabinet have adjustable shelves to hold the hand planes that I’ve aquired. The doors had some thickness so that I could hang chisels, files and measuring and marking tools. I used hand cut dovetails to join the sides of the main cabinet and sides of the doors. I did use a router to make a groove for the back of the cabinets and the front of the doors. I used a cleat to install the cabinet on to the wall. It is positioned over my work bench (I will show that off in a future post regarding a shop tour).
Here is the finished cabinet:
Here are some progress shots:
It’s a simple design but retains a lot of flexibility for the tools I expect to use in my future projects. I’d love to hear about other tool cabinet designs and implementations in the comment section.
