With a few snowy days to kill, I decided to resurrect a project that has been stalled for a year or so. Like a lot of my projects, it never received the planning it deserved. I just picked up some scraps lying about and made a carcass figuring I could "fit the tools in later." It's mostly white oak with poplar/cypress? doors. The interior fittings are white pine.
Previously all my boring tools lived rather chaotically in a canvas tote. Since I don't have a fixed shop, my tools come with me to jobsites. This cabinet/toolbox was designed to be carried and jostled about AND eventually hang on a wall like a proper tool cabinet when I have the space. When the doors close, the tools are locked in position.
With the doors closed
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Doors open. I'm still working on the tool storage system for the left door.
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Bit storage. The bit box on the right lifts out by removing the two pins on the top.
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Detail showing how the bit storage racks clear the braces as the door is closed.
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The latch is still in the prototype stage. The left door is rabbeted over the right so only one latch is needed. It is activated by pushing up on a button that extends flush with the bottom of the carcass. There is enough "spring" in the hinges that the door pops open so no knob is needed. There will eventually be feet which will allow a finger to reach beneath to the latch button.
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