Tool chest build

This is a fully built one with some decent photos. It’s not as pretty as the dutch chest or the ATC I think, but it’s possible to add a bit of skirting and so on (I’m going to experiment a bit with mine when it’s built).

The DTC actually handles plane storage wonderfully - the large one I think is long enough to store a No 7 with room to spare. I had a jack plane, my No 4 and a few other odds and ends which fitted no problem. The top shelf of my DTC was also perfect for moulding/toothing/coffin planes, and I kept mine there. Just like having a shelf in a cupboard.

If i had to pick one real poor point on the DTC vs an English one, the tills on the latter are great for small fiddly things. I built this tool chest as a friend wanted to make one and it was easier to make two and work out how to do it as I went along. The till was great to have for odds and ends as I worked, and that’s what’s leading me to try this. Personally I think very traditional chests store too much in tills: I wouldn’t want more than two (and I might even find that a bit irritating) but we’ll see how I get on with this one.

I’m limited by needing almost everything to fit in the chest I build (not unlike yourself, possibly), but I think in an ideal world it would be nice to have a DTC for moulding planes, regular planes and chisels all in a row, then a small english chest like this for power tools (in the bottom) and all the little things in the tills. But then I love moulding planes and want to build a set.