Comments on: A Slightly Fancier Tool Chest

By: rburwell

rburwell — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:37:19 +0000

Beautiful chest…its does seem logical, and ‘anarchistic’ to adjust the form and style to the craftsman’s sensibilities. I just toured the Duncan Phyfe exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum in NY. See: http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2011/duncan-phyfe-master-cabinetmaker-in-new-york
Certainly an incredible display of furniture, but also includes his toolchest, which on the outside is plain, but on the inside matches his furniture – read that as wow. Definitely worth a visit.

By: David Cockey

David Cockey — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:36:39 +0000

Front till and back till, both full width, and each can slide to the center.

By: allenworb

allenworb — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:22:37 +0000

What if the tool chest itself was one big, complex till? And it could sit on rails and slide inside an even bigger tool chest? Has anyone ever made a tool till-till?

A similar paradox to Jeff Miller’s Benchtop Bench.

When will the madness stop?!?!

By: Christopher Schwarz

Christopher Schwarz — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:43:12 +0000

David,

Maybe my coffee hasn’t kicked in but I am having trouble visualizing this. There’s a left till and a right till that slide forward and back?

By: Jonas Jensen

Jonas Jensen — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:21:20 +0000

Beautiful work.
The green colour is everything I had hoped for in my chest. (which sadly ended up purple by a mixing mistake..). I especially like the look of the inner lid, very nice indeed.

By: David Cockey

David Cockey — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:54:08 +0000

Question about tool chest design. The tool chests of three of the joiners (joiners, not cabinetmakers) working at Colonial Williamsburg have two tills, one on each side, and the front-to-back depth of each till is approximately 1/3 the overall interior depth. Both tills slide. There were various arrangements for bins and drawers in the tills. Advantages of the two till design appear to be greater volume of till space, and the individual tills are lighter to lift out. Chris – did you consider a two till arrangement when you designed the anarchist’s tool chest?

By: davhill

davhill — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:33:43 +0000

Skyblew: look closer.. the top till is 2 layers .. tray & drawers in 1 unit .. and a bottom for that unit encloses the drawers. Also you see 6 screw heads in the top tray that hold the drawer dividers.
And.. The saw rack is deeper than the bottom till: remove the walnut ‘floor’ visible in other photos to reveal the deep cavity. Note brass finger-pull to lift out the floor.

Lovely work, Matthew.

By: skyblew

skyblew — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:20:47 +0000

Matthew’s chest is very nice but I don’t understand how the middle and bottom tills work. Looks as if there are rails on the carcass for the middle till but what supports the center part of the drawers when pulled forward?

The third photo shows a saw rack in the bottom which would preclude the bottom till from being pulled out. Is the saw rack installed inside the bottom till?