Broken Screws.– Click link for Glenn Huey’s wisdom on installing and removing.
Category: mistakes
The top .. after the first coat.
This top and it’s quarter sawn wood gave me fits with, as you can imagine, tear out. I can’t say that I’m really very happy with it, but it’ll have to do.
I’m sure you know the situation. As a maker of the top, all you tend to see is the mistakes. There’s tear out, a tiny gap I had to fill and some plane tracks. And after a lot of attempts to fit all of that, I wasn’t able to get them all out.
I wet sanded this first coat of Pro Fin and the top looks better than I thought it would, but I can still see the imperfections. Chalk it up to a good learning experience.
If I had to do it over again, I’d use some nice old cherry or just oil the 1/4 sawn instead of trying to finish it.
Chocolate walnut and maple inside with a cherry outside ..
Doors have book matched white oak panels with cherry frame. I picked the panels up from Bell Forest. Handles are oil rubbed bronze.
Yes, I have gotten a few comments that this is too nice for a tool cabinet, but hey, at least now I know I can do the cabinets for the inside of the house.
The panels were run through a power planer because I was having trouble with the knots and the significant cup. Since then I’ve learned a few lessons from Joe and how to plane knots. I’ll try that next time.
Cabinet Side and Door Grain Matching. I glued up the panels for the sides including the door width and then ripped out the door sides to make sure I had an appealing grain pattern.

I still need to hang many of my tools. The brace, egg beater drill, spoke shave, etc. will be mounted later on the inside of the doors.
(a little reminders that I’m still learning not to make stupid mistakes)
1. Measure before you cut .. Doh!
2. Don’t drop your work on the concrete floor because even with a little water and a hot iron, you might not be able to decompress the fibers … Doh!
3. Pair up you tail board to make sure you don’t cut your tail board upside down .. Doh!
Links to other posts for this project: Tool Cabinet Project Page