Comments on: Good Wood Species for Tool Chests

By: Cosmo

Cosmo — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:01:24 +0000

And, “not to mention” the charcoal made for filtering bourbon and making barrels to age and store the pride of Kentucky.. Viva la Kentucky!!!

By: Bear

Bear — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:49:02 +0000

Chris
I’m curious about your remark that oak is difficult to dovetail. I just built a bedroom suite for my grandson and used red oak for the drawer boxes; all hand cut dove tails. Also, my Pennsylvania House cherrry bedroom set uses red oak for the drawer boxes; machine cut of course. I’ve made drawers from poplar, cedar and birch previously, but I prefer oak. I haven’t given it a lot of thought until now, but on reflection, I think it’s because of the way it responds to a sharp chisel; it cuts cleanly. Also, it is so tough that it doesn’t split if you have to use a little extra persuasion when assembling the joint.

By: Woodso

Woodso — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:09:18 +0000

I have built two nice tool chests one for my brother and one for me. I made one using recycled furniture parts of riff sawn white oak and the other out of a mulberry boards that I had sawn from a tree that was felled by one of my neighbors. The white oak was very stable to work with because of its age and when stained really turned out quite well and the other I was able to book match some nice grain (very wide in mulberry) and watch it turn from a yellow to a brown as it aged. Both were you might say “locally available woods” and were obtained at a minimal cost.
Marc Woods

By: jablankenship

jablankenship — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:03:56 +0000

Is Bald Cyress a good wood to use for a tool chest?

By: allenworb

allenworb — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:20:29 +0000

I’m gonna cast my vote for walnut, if you can get it cheap. In retrospect, I’d also probably go a little thinner like 3/4 vs. 7/8 thick since it’s denser than pine.

By: GunnyGene

GunnyGene — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:53:19 +0000

Ahh, the ubiquitous generic “White Wood”. Kinda like white fish.

Another pine variety that is useful for a variety of non-decorative stuff is Loblolly pine. Heavily farmed and cheap as dirt. Fast growing. I have some acreage in it that I use occasionally.

By: tjhenrik

tjhenrik — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:01:48 +0000

Not to mention what was burnt to make charcoal in order to make iron. Oh, and British Navy masts!

By: woodboy8

woodboy8 — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:56:49 +0000

What do mean that radiata pine ‘crumbles’?

By: Megan Fitzpatrick

Megan Fitzpatrick — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:13:24 +0000

works for me. for now.

By: tsstahl

tsstahl — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:06:06 +0000

Ikeus Cardboardae?