Here is the model of my tool chest i am planning on building. I decided it was finaly time to give my tools a proper home. I just discovered sketch up what a great tool! I was planning on just making a traditional joiners chest but i didn't like the idea of having to pull all the tills out to dig out the tools on the bottom. I also really liked the machinist chests with all the drawers but there was no deep storage in them for molding planes and long tools etc. So i combined them and this is what i came up with. The saws will be held under the lid like the seaton chest, my hand planes with go in the bottom two drawers, smaller planes in the next one up, then chisels auger bits and what ever else in the rest. In the back will go all my molding planes. I will make the case with some nice curly red heart maple i have and the saw till will be walnut or mahogany with maple and ebony inlay.
I'm really excited to get this project underway. I was planning on taking a bunch of photos of the construction process and making a new thread about it. Is that something you guys would be interested in?
Any critiques or comments on the design are welcome!
One question i have is the lid and keeping it flat. I want to put a profile on it but I'm worried that the saw till alone might not be beefy enough to keep it flat. Should i use bread board ends? but if i do that i cant really put a profile on it i think it would just look goofy with the end grain and face grain right next to each other. What would you do?