First, I laid out tails on both sides and cut them at the same time.
Then sawed out the waste between the tails and pins.
And finally, chiseling out the rest.
Before gluing up the carcass, I made slots at the back of the shelf for saws.
Chest all glued up ..
.. nice and sqaure.
I used my hand plane to clean up the dovetails.
Then I laid out the tools, making sure everything fits.
I sawed and chiseled out lock slots.
I used the tongue and groove plane to match up the back boards.
Tongue and groove back with spacer.
Then I nailed on the back.
Oh, I found another use for my bench on bench. I needed a little boost to plane the edges of the chest.
love the tool chest and photos
Great progress on the chest! Can’t wait to see the finished product. What are your plans for a finish?
Adjustable benches have it wrong! What we need is an adjust-a-floor! Great progress!
HA! Thanks all! Finish will be blue milk paint. I’m also adding copper nails. Snazzy huh?
Great progress on the tool chest, it looks like you’ll be done in no time! I bet the blue and copper will look great. Maybe you should add a white pinstripe detail?
If I could paint such a thing .. .
I’m going to add some variety to the blank looking front with a small edge rabbet all the way around the fall front, the copper nails and some simple moulding (I’m not sure what) to the top. I’ve been thinking about a simple bead too .. but I’m not sure where.
The tool chest pics look great. Will this hold all your tools or is this one for traveling?
Actually, it’ll do both .. although not ALL my tools. It’ll hold the ones I use frequently. The bottom section will hold moulding and dado planes. The rest less used (like my plow plane) will stay in the tool cabinet.
Hi Marilyn,
A little late to this post, but I’ve been building my own DTC and yours has been a huge inspiration! One thing that has been impossible to find info on (seriously, try googling it:) is whether or not to glue the tongue and groove back to the carcase (I’m actually using shiplapped joinery). I assume this would not be glued and simply nailed or screwed to allow for expansion/contraction. However, as a new woodworker I’d be curious to hear you thoughts. Thanks and keep up the awesome blog!
I had to go look. I nailed only the back and I’m sure I was following Mr. Schwarz advice on that. I posted a picture on this post to show what I did.
Excellent, just nails it is. Thanks for the info!
Your most welcome! Thanks for reading!